peer pressure

Rick becomes friends with the popular new boy, Jake Garrett, football player and host of superlative parties, and in the process discovers the true nature of his schoolmates and uncovers the mystery of Jake's past.

Readers will learn the signs of abuse for various drugs, along with reasons for abuse, how to confront the friend, and how to encourage treatment.

"Two polar-opposite eight year olds who become summer best friends find their friendship threatened by the uncertainties of a new school year"--Provided by publisher.

Dana is excited about her class trip to Japan where manga is everywhere, but still has a hard time fitting in.

When teenagers in a California coastal community challenge each other to "jump the Nail"--leap from dangerous cliffs into the ocean--group pressure and manipulative relationships quickly drive the game out of control.

When Reyna Fey starts high school at a new school, she plans to keep to herself and help her father recover from the accident that almost killed him, but she did not expect to meet Olive, a brash, opinionated outcast, who befriends her. Soon, Reyna learns something about Olive that forces her to decide if her new friendship is worth becoming an outcast herself.

Contains two dramatized vignettes that provide examples of the types of problems teens can encounter due to peer pressure, the first involving a demand to fix an athlete's failing grades, and the other shoplifting.

When Stephen moves to the small, midwestern town where his father grew up, he quickly falls in with punk girl Cara and her charismatic twin brother, Devon. But the town has a dark secret, and the twins are caught in the middle of it.