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Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Personal issues > Smoking, alcohol, drugs & substance abuse
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder meets I May Destroy You, this dark YA
thriller will have your heart in your mouth from the very first
page! "Gina Blaxill weaves together a dark and engrossing tale that
will grip readers from start to finish." Ann Sei Lin, author of
Rebel Skies. "Brilliantly twisty and intense!" Kat Ellis, author of
Wicked Little Deeds. "It asks us to look at ourselves. You won't be
able to put it down until the tense final pages let you go." Bryony
Pearce, author of Little Rumours. Tragedy hits a teenage New Year's
party . . . When Alana's best friend is found drowned in a pool,
the forensic reports discover date-rape drug GHB in her blood. GHB
from a drink Alana knows was meant for her. Despite the swirling
rumours, the suspected group of boys seem untouchable. To
investigate, Alana allows herself to be pulled into their
glittering orbit. But among shifting alliances, changing alibis and
buried secrets, can she pinpoint which of the boys is responsible
before she becomes their next target? Perfect for fans of Holly
Jackson, Karen McManus and Chelsea Pitcher. From the Carnegie
nominated author, Gina Blaxill. A bold feminist read with a pacy
thriller plot that YA fans will love. Carnegie-nominated author
Gina Blaxill looks head on at privilege, bias and sexual assault in
a way that will resonate with Young Adults today. Perfect for fans
of Holly Jackson, Karen McManus and Chelsea Pitcher.
This book was previously titled ""Friends of Choice."" Karla needs
permission to stay overnight at Carol's because it is the only way
she can go to the party her new friends have invited her to. She
needs to give Carol an answer before they cancel the invite. But
Karla is afraid her mother will say no. Mrs. Centon says no to a
lot of things Karla wants to do for apparently no reason at all.
How can she convince her mother to say yes despite knowing she will
say no?
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Wastoid
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Gitte Tamar
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Winner of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award For
twelve-year-old Diego and his family, home is a prison in
Cochabamba, Bolivia. His parents farmed coca, a traditional
Bolivian medicinal plant, until they got caught in the middle of
the government's war on drugs and were mistakenly convicted of drug
possession. Diego's parents are locked up, but he can come and go:
to school, to the market to sell his mother's handknitted goods,
and to work as a taxi, running errands for other prisoners. But
then his little sister temporarily runs off while under his watch,
earning his mother a heavy fine. The debt and dawning realization
of his hopeless situation make him vulnerable to his friend Mando's
plan to make big money, fast. Soon, Diego is deep in the jungle,
working as a virtual slave in an illegal cocaine operation. As his
situation becomes more and more dangerous, he knows he must take a
terrible risk if he ever wants to see his family again. Correlates
to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.6 Describe how a narrator's or speaker's
point of view influences how events are described.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point
of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
Secrets Untold... Family secrets of sexual abuse and betrayal
torment and destroy the innocence of a teenage girl. Darkness
prevails as the animosity and violence erupts within her battered
soul. While battling her own demons, can this single mother bury
the pain of her own life to raise her children? Will she overcome
recurring nightmares of rape and bloodshed? Will the fight to
remain among the living, be stronger than her eternal desire to
die? Walk through hell with, Elizabeth Trujillo, as she faces the
most unspeakable scenarios of torment, and see if young, Elizabeth,
can survive...
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Heroine
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Mindy McGinnis
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When Aideen agrees to help ambitious class swot Maebh Kowalska deal with her crazy workload, she doesn’t expect to end up reluctantly pushing Maebh down the stairs. With this, Aideen becomes the school ‘fixer’: any problem a student has, Aideen will sort it out, from stealing confiscated mobiles to breaking into parties. All she asks for is a favour in return. But Aideen’s own life is a mess – her mam’s drinking again, her BFF Holly is avoiding her and she’s skipping school. Spending more time with the uptight (but annoyingly cute) Maebh and chatterbox Kavi, Aideen starts to wonder: can every problem be solved?
No previous research has ever explored thoroughly the types and
trends of smoking and the different models of tobacco smoking among
Palestinian children. This study was designed to identify the
factors that increase or mitigate risk associated with smoking
among school children and adolescents living within the Palestinian
territories. An ecological framework serves as the theoretical
framework for the study, incorporating multiple levels of
children's and adolescents' lives, including individual, family,
school, peers, and community dimensions. The study is based on
theory that considers the school as a central component of
socialization and also on problem behavior theory, suggesting that
humans develop clusters of dangerous behaviors that become part of
their daily lives. This research study is based on the data set of
the Health Behaviors in School-aged Children (HBSC) international
survey, and employed a dual focus on individuals and schools. It
revealed the high prevalence of tobacco smoking, the risk and
protective factors affecting smoking, and showed that Nargilah
ranked first among tobacco smoking habits. In an era of narrow
agendas of "effectiveness" and "control," this book suggests a way
to incorporate schools as venues and spaces for behavioral
transformation, growth, and positive change, and shows how
awareness can be created within the families and the relevant
agencies. Health promotion and risk prevention initiatives can help
control tobacco smoking, the most preventable cause of death and
disease in the nation. Those who smoke must quit, and we must work
together to prevent children from starting this endangering health
behavior.
Welcome to the substance abuse counselor field! If you are
interested in a career as a substance abuse counselor, you've come
to the right book. What exactly do these people do on the job every
day? What kind of skills and educational background do you need to
succeed in this field? How much can you expect to make, and what
are the pros and cons of these various professions? Is this the
right career path for you? How do you avoid burnout and deal with
stress? This book can help you answer these questions and more.
Substance Abuse Counselors: A Practical Career Guide includes
interviews with substance abuse counselors.
"Funny and painful, it's a sharply etched portrait of fallible
human beings living, loving, screwing up, and making do."
--Publishers Weekly Sixteen-year-old Austin is always messing up
and then joking his way out of tough spots. The sudden appearance
of his allegedly dead father, who happens to be the very-much-alive
rock star Shane Tyler, stops him cold. Austin--a talented musician
himself--is sucked in to his newfound father's alluring music-biz
orbit. None of Austin's previous bad decisions, resulting in broken
instruments, broken hearts, and broken dreams, can top this one.
Witty and audacious, Austin is dragged kicking and screaming toward
adulthood in this hilarious, heart-wrenching novel.
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