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Although the tradition is to present carp kites only to boys on Children's Day, Kimiko's parents find a way to make the day special for her.

Bullied at school, dumped by his friends, and pressured at home, an artistic teenager struggling with his sexuality and identity makes a desperate attempt to end his loneliness.

Presents the complete text to William Shakespeare's play "The Taming of the Shrew" with an easy-to-understand translation on facing pages, helping students better understand the work and its meaning.

This book seeks to lay bare the many pressures being exerted upon teen males to develop into a socially acceptable type of manhood.

Examines the social status, responsibilities, and opportunities available to African-American women in nineteenth-century New York, discussing how male civil rights leaders encouraged women to remain domestic, and describing the Africa-American women who sought employment outside of the home.

Teaches GLBT teens how to maintain healthy family relationships. Strategies for coming out to parents and siblings, and how to communicate with others, as well as how to understand and react to the emotions of others are also explored.

Explores GLBT teens' relationships with themselves, their friends, and the people they date. Issues such as getting over a breakup, dating and online safety, safe sex, and coming out to one's friends are presented in a comprehensive, engaging manner.

Explore male and female roles, a specific issue through a wide range of highly respected expert opinions in a unique pro-con format. Promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking.

A fictional biography of the gender-bending Orlando and his adventures throughout four centuries, from Elizabethan England to the 1900s.

When Johnny completes an alcohol rehabilitation program and his mother sends him to live with his uncle in North Carolina, he meets Maria, who seems to understand his fascination with the new wave band Blondie, and he learns about his deceased father's youthful forays into "glam rock," which gives him perspective on himself, his past, and his current life.