self-control

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self-control

Rash

2006
In a future society that has decided it would "rather be safe than free," sixteen-year-old Bo's anger management problems land him in a tundra jail where he survives with the help of his running skills and an artificial intelligence program named Bork.

Self-discipline

2000
Explains the virtue of self-discipline, or controlling your actions, and describes ways to show your self-discipline at home, at school, and in the community.

Counting backwards

2012
After stealing a car and assaulting a police officer, Taylor is sent to a school that functions as a juvenile psychiatric correctional facility, where she struggles to hold onto her sanity as she battles her parents, therapists, and a group of nasty patients.

Shut out

2012
Fed up with the increasingly violent rivalry between the football and soccer teams at Hamilton High, Lissa and other players' girlfriends go on strike, but the girls will succeed only if their libidos can be controlled longer than the boys' can.

TMI

2009
Fifteen-year-old Becca has the habit of revealing too much personal information about herself and her friends, but when her boyfriend breaks up with her and she vows to stop "oversharing, " she does not realize that her blog postings are not nearly as anonymous as she thought.

Shut out

2011
Fed up with the increasingly violent rivalry between the football and soccer teams at Hamilton High, Lissa and other players' girlfriends go on strike, but the girls will succeed only if their libidos can be controlled longer than the boys' can.

Wise quacks

a learning adventure in self-control
2004
Little Bill's pet duck Quacker learns a difficult lesson when his inability to exercise self-control causes him to lose out on going to the parade. Includes reproducible activity pages, and an audio CD with narration and song.

Meet Casey Jones

2004
Raphael, ashamed of losing his temper with Michelangelo, gets a chance to pass on what has learned when he meets Casey Jones, a young man whose anger at the Purple Dragon gang has made him lose his self-control.

Self-control

1991
Explains some situations that require self-control and why you should have control over your behavior to avoid addiction.

Keep your cool!

2007
This book has simple text and photographs that demonstrate self control and includes a rhyming story about Jenna who chooses to stay calm while shopping with her dad.

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