Teen Violence

This astonishing novel from three-time National Book Award finalist Rita Williams-Garcia about the interwoven lives of those bound to a plantation in antebellum America is an epic masterwork—empathetic, brutal, and entirely human—and essential reading for both teens and adults grappling with the long history of American racism.

Max and Jay have always depended on one another for their survival. Growing up with a physically abusive father, the two Bribri American brothers have learned that the only way to protect themselves and their mother is to stick to a schedule and keep their heads down. But when they hear a classmate in trouble in the woods, instinct takes over and they intervene, breaking up a fight and beating their high school's star soccer player to a pulp. This act of violence threatens the brothers' dreams for the future and their beliefs about who they are.

Sixteen-year-old Sarah can't draw. This is a problem, because as long as she can remember, she has "done the art." She thinks she's having an existential crisis. And she might be right; she does keep running into past and future versions of herself as she wanders the urban ruins of Philadelphia. Or maybe she's finally waking up to the tornado that is her family, the tornado that six years ago sent her once-beloved older brother flying across the country for a reason she can't quite recall.

Computer whiz Teddy and his family are sent reeling after his little sister Tina is killed in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting. Teddy wants revenge and begins planning how to get it: luckily the police interrupt his scheme before he can act. Now he's been placed into the capable hands of Mariana Diaz, the tough probation officer who just might save him from himself.

There is an unspoken agreement between the racially divided towns of Bayside and Hamilton: no one steps over the train tracks that divide them. Or else. Not until Zach Whitman anyway, a white boy who moves in from Philly and who dreams of music. When he follows his dream across the tracks to meet his idol, the famous jazz musician who owns The Sunlight Record Shop in Hamilton, he’s flung into Capri Collins’s path.

Hoodie Rosen's life isn't that bad. Sure, his entire Orthodox Jewish community has just picked up and moved to the quiet, mostly non-Jewish town of Tregaron, but Hoodie's world hasn't changed that much. He's got basketball to play, studies to avoid, and a supermarket full of delicious kosher snacks to eat. The people of Tregaron aren’t happy that so many Orthodox Jews are moving in at once, but that’s not Hoodie’s problem.

Lockdown is the powerful tale of 14-year-old Reese Anderson, who has spent 22 months in a tiny cell at a “progress center”. Living in fear and isolation, Reese begins looking within himself to find a way out of the prison system.

El mundo es una escala de grises, pero siempre lo vemos en blanco y negro. El blanco de quien es inocente y se acerca a la prisión con miedo a convertirse en una víctima. El negro que inunda las celdas de aislamiento. Y el gris que envuelve el lugar, plagado de matices. Un día me dijeron: «Leire, no vayas a la cárcel, hay gente peligrosa».

Some days it's just easier not to go to school at all. Adam has been slacking off lately, but today he stuck around to see his girlfriend. When Josh, who has been bullied mercilessly, brings a gun to school, the building is locked down and Adam is forced to risk everything to save himself and to find Zoe before Josh does. Calling on reserves he didn't know he had, Adam could end up a hero—or a victim.

Jojo's back, released from jail, and people are tense and afraid all over again. They wonder if his friends will start showing up again. They wonder if they'll be walking down the street one day and they'll run into Jojo and Jojo will give them attitude or shove them around, just for fun. Jojo's friends have a way of making it hard—really hard—on people who decide to press charges against Jojo. Then there are the people who have hate in their hearts. These people wish something bad would happen to Jojo. Something really bad. Ardell Withrow is one of those people.

Mia Price is a lightning addict. She’s survived countless strikes, but her craving to connect to the energy in storms endangers her life and the lives of those around her. Los Angeles, where lightning rarely strikes, is one of the few places Mia feels safe from her addiction. But when an earthquake devastates the city, her haven is transformed into a minefield of chaos and danger. Two warring cults rise to power, and both see Mia as the key to their opposing doomsday prophecies.

Martina necesitaba huir y olvidar lo que ocurrió en la fiesta. Por eso se fugó en plena noche y acabó en ese pueblo cualquiera, lejos de la ciudad donde ya todos buscan a la chica que desapareció sin dejar ni rastro en el cumpleaños de su novio. "Yo era la sombra de la Araña; era como un complemento suyo, uno que no se quitaba nunca, pero que por sí mismo tampoco importaba apenas".

Nadie sabe qué ocurre en el instituto. Estudiantes y profesores corren por el edificio e intentan salir a toda costa mientras resuenan estallidos similares a disparos... Pero eso no es posible, ¿verdad? Una chica en la calle asegura que los ha visto entrar y, sí, iban armados. Otro alumno tiembla en la biblioteca tras haber presenciado una escena que jamás olvidará. Y John... ¿Dónde está John? ¿Por qué, cuando todos se esfuerzan por huir, él recorre los pasillos en dirección a los disparos? Tal vez él quiera contarlo.

Imagine having everything taken away from you - permanently - with no hope of resuming a normal life. This is the case for many teenagers in America who are tried and convicted as adults for the crime of murder. Here Susan Kuklin takes you behind bars for frank interviews with a collection of young men who will spend the better part of their lives in jail. She lets them speak for themselves, providing the raw details of their incarceration and the anger, despair, and surprising hope they experience every day. Kuklin also provides an in-depth look at the American penal system, highlighting its many intricacies and inequities while focusing on capital cases involving juveniles.

All Eddie wants is to find a way out of the dangerous life he's living, where his friends are lost in a world of drugs and violence. Even his aunt wants to give him a gun so he can avenge the death of her son. But no matter how hard he works, Eddie can't seem to pull himself away from the sweltering sadness of the city. It's as if giant onions had been buried beneath him, Eddie thinks, releasing shimmering vapors off the black asphalt all around.

Una joven de 17 años siente que la vida no es fácil vivirla. Su padre la golpea, descarga su ira en ella, producto del alcohol. Su madre no la defiende, solo ve cómo la golpea y llora. Su amiga la manipula y la confunde. Anhela ser mayor de edad para poder irse de su pueblo y comenzar sus estudios universitarios en la ciudad. Lucila recorre el camino de la vida en búsqueda de la felicidad a través del amor. Pero cuando cree encontrar la felicidad plena, se topa nuevamente con una grieta en el camino que parece tener una sola dirección: una vida dura y cruel.

Kaz Brekker, un genio del crimen que regenta un antro de juegos de azar y apuestas conocido como el Club Cuervo, debe reunir a un grupo de seis personas con las habilidades necesarias para entrar (y salir) de la Corte de Hielo, una fortaleza inexpugnable que mantiene bajo llave un secreto que podría dinamitar el equilibrio de poder en el mundo. Es probable que nadie sobreviva a esta misión, pero si quiere hacerse rico más allá de lo que alcanza su imaginación, Kaz va a tener que jugárselo todo a una sola carta. Y esa carta es un Seis de Cuervos.

Ein kurzer Ratgeber, der ein kleinen Einblick in das Thema Gewaltprävention geben soll.

Gerade in unserer hektischen, schnelllebigen und turbulenten Zeit ein wichtiges Thema.

Gewaltprävention ist ein Oberbegriff für Initiativen und Maßnahmen zur Vorbeugung gewalttätiger Auseinandersetzungen, die Menschen im Umgang mit Konflikten schulen und selbst bei Konflikten zur kooperativen und mündigen Kommunikation und Leben befähigen sollen.

It's 1995 in Upstate New York, and Nicole Doherty is days away from her college graduation—that is, if she graduates—ready to move into her own apartment and start a new job in a prestigious accounting firm when an unseen assailant attacks her, only steps away from the safety of her dorm, changing her forever. Nicole is desperate to move on, vowing never to tell anyone what happened to her, but her past continues to follow her and pull her back.

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