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Series
The paranormalists volume 2
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Todd, a quarterback and popular senior, asks Jinx and Jackson to investigate a haunting at his family's tavern, where glasses move on their own and voices whisper horrible things each time Todd and his brother are fighting.
83) A scanner darkly
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A drug dealer of the future periodically moves away from his spaced-out world to become an informer for narcotics agents until he becomes unable to separate his two personalities.
84) Heroine
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Description
"When a car crash sidelines Mickey just before softball season, she has to find a way to hold on to her spot as the catcher for a team expected to make a historic tournament run. Behind the plate is the only place she's ever felt comfortable, and the painkillers she's been prescribed can help her get there. The pills do more than take away pain; they make her feel good. With a new circle of friends--fellow injured athletes, others with just time...
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Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Andria's twin sister, Iris, had adoring friends, a cool boyfriend, a wicked car, and a shelf full of soccer trophies. She had everything, in fact-- including a drug problem. Six months after Iris's death, Andria is trying to keep her grades, her friends, and her family from falling apart. But stargazing and books aren't enough to ward off her guilt that she- -the freak with the scary illness and all-black wardrobe-- is still here when Iris isn't....
87) Saint Iggy
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Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Iggy Corso, who lives in city public housing, is caught physically and spiritually between good and bad when he is kicked out of high school, goes searching for his missing mother, and causes his friend to get involved with the same dangerous drug dealer who deals to his parents.
88) Crackback
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Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Miles barely recalls when football was fun after being sidelined by a new coach, constantly criticized by his father, and pressured by his best friend to take performance-enhancing drugs.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Mia is officially a Troubled Teen. She gets bad grades, drinks too much, and has probably gone too far with too many guys. But she doesn't realize how out of control she seems until she is taken from her home in the middle of the night and sent away to Red Oak Academy, a therapeutic girls' boarding school in the middle of nowhere. While there, Mia is forced to confront her painful past at the same time she questions why she's at Red Oak. If she were...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Not all drugs are prescribed by a doctor. Drugs such as heroin, cocaine, and meth are illegal and dangerous substances that have the potential to ruin lives. This book explains the different types of illegal drugs, their effects, and the damage they can do to people who use them. Manageable text, full-color photographs, and real-life examples help readers make meaningful connections about the dangers of illegal drugs and learn how to avoid peer pressure...
93) Steroids
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the dangers of drug use, focusing on the performance-enhancing drugs steroids, with information on the physical problems they can cause, why they are so addictive, treatment options, and the dangers of addiction.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
The use and abuse of opioids from illegal ones such as heroin to legal prescription painkillers is a problem that has grown in scale nationwide and caused great concern among educators, families, law enforcement, government officials, and the public at large. This book offers a jumping-off point for youth dealing with opioid abuse in their lives, whether it is their own addiction or coping with opioid abuse among family members or friends. It empowers...
95) Macbeth
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Set in the 1970s in a run-down, industrial town, a police force struggles to shed an incessant drug problem. Duncan, the chief of police, is idealistic and visionary, a dream to the townspeople, but a nightmare for criminals. The drug trade is ruled by two drug lords, one of whom, a master of manipulation named Hecate, has connections with the highest in power, and plans to use them to get his way.
97) Drugs
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Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Examines the facts about the issue being covered, with information about arguments and opinions from around the globe. Special research projects, as well as a great variety of additional resources, invite the reader to engage with the issues that are currently shaping the world.--
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
A groundbreaking examination of addiction from a psychiatrist and public health doctor, offering practical, proven solutions for individuals, families, and communities dealing with substance use and abuse.Written with warmth, accessibility, and vast authority, The Addiction Solution is a practical guide through the world of drug use and abuse and addiction treatment. Here, Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, brings together scientific and clinical knowledge, policy...
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