Showing 1–15 of 15 books
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10 Things I Hate About You
Cameron falls for the most beautiful girl in school. However, she is forbidden to date until the most hated girl in school, her ill-tempered older sister, goes out too.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2009
- ISBN: 9780788817793
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Breakfast Club
When Saturday detention started, they were simply the Jock, the Princess, the Brain, the Criminal and the Basket Case, but by that afternoon they had become closer than any of them could have imagined.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9780783283852
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Dead Poets Society
Robin Williams portrays English professor John Keating, who, in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest, exclaiming Carpe Diem, lads! Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary! The charismatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm--changing their lives forever.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781558908871
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Freedom Writers
A true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed, a voice.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781415731116
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Girl, Interrupted
Susanna is depressed and directionless after finishing high school in the late 1960's. A suicide attempt lands her in Claymore, a mental institution. She befriends the band of troubled women in her ward but falls under the hypnotic sway of Lisa, the wildest and most hardened of the bunch. Will Susanna drop anchor at Claymore and perpetually act out like Lisa, or will she finally pull her mind together and leave institutional life behind?- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9780767847421
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Good Will Hunting
A young working-class genius is hauled back from the brink of self-destruction by a gifted counselor.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781558908642
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Gridiron Gang
Based on a true story, Sean Porter, a former football star and now a juvenile detention center counselor takes a group of inmates and turns them into successful football team.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781424814985
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Into the Wild
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people, a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. Based on a true story, written by Jon Krakauer.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781415738337
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Mean Girls
When a young girl who has lived in Africa and been homeschooled moves to New York, she must enter a public high school. Survival of the fittest takes on a whole new meaning when she falls for the ex-boyfriend of the most popular girl in school. Based on the book Queen Bees and
Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781415700136
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On the Waterfront
An ex-fighter gets a job working on the gang-ridden waterfront under a crooked gangster boss.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9780767804271
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The Outsiders
When two poor greasers, Johnny, and Ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang, the socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events. Based on the novel by S.E. Hinton.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781419873379
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Some Kind of Wonderful
A young tomboy finds her feelings for her best friend run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781415718551
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Step Up 2
Andie is on the verge of being being sent to Texas to stay with another relative due to her behavior. As a last resort to stay in town a friend arranges an audition at arts school. Much to her surprise she gets in but all the rehearsal interferes with her time with her neighborhood dance crew. As Andie tries to fit in at her new school, she finds fitting in with her old friends difficult.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9780788886980
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Superbad
Seth and Evan are accepting the fact that they will be going to different colleges in the fall. Now, it seems more important than ever that they go to a high school party, and achieve some of their long time goals- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2009
- ISBN: 9781424852314
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Whale Rider
The Whangara people believe their ancestor Paikea was saved from drowning by riding home on the back of a whale. The tribal group has since granted leadership positions to the first-born males, believing them to be descendants of Paikea- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2009
- ISBN: 9781404943728