problem youth

"Sixteen-year-old Zaine Wyatt's mother walked out of his life when he was twelve, and he was kicked out of his aunt's house. After living on the streets and getting badly beaten up, he is back at his aunt's, but is angry and uncertain that he has a permanent place to live. When his mother breaks another promise to take him back, he flees and trashes a storage shed, injuring the owner as he runs away. To try to get the charges dropped, Zaine agrees to participate in a restorative justice program. He has to fix the damage [and] help out the owner and his disabled grandson, while avoiding being recruited to a gang"--Provided by publisher.

"When he was fifteen, Kevin took a car for a joyride and got in an accident that seriously injured a pedestrian. Known inside juvie as Strider, he has spent more than two years locked up, and has learned the hard way to survive inside. When his parole officer suggest that he apply for early parole. Strider realized that it would be hard for him to survive on the outside"--Back of cover.

"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, at-risk teenagers are being kidnapped and forced to donate their blood."--.

"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 a boy, would her behavior be considered wild enough to get sent away? But what happens when circumstances outside of her control compel Mia to make herself vulnerable enough to be truly seen?"--Provided by publisher.

"When he was fifteen, Kevin took a car for a joyride and got in an accident that seriously injured a pedestrian. Known inside juvie as Strider, he has spent more than two years locked up, and has learned the hard way to survive inside. When his parole officer suggest that he apply for early parole. Strider realized that it would be hard for him to survive on the outside"--Back of cover.

"Sixteen-year-old Zaine Wyatt's mother walked out of his life when he was twelve, and he was kicked out of his aunt's house. After living on the streets and getting badly beaten up, he is back at his aunt's, but is angry and uncertain that he has a permanent place to live. When his mother breaks another promise to take him back, he flees and trashes a storage shed, injuring the owner as he runs away. To try to get the charges dropped, Zaine agrees to participate in a restorative justice program. He has to fix the damage [and] help out the owner and his disabled grandson, while avoiding being recruited to a gang"--Provided by publisher.

Chadwick, a former middle school teacher, gives up his job after the drug-related death of his daughter to dedicate himself to rescuing troubled teens, but he is forced to confront the ghosts of his past when he becomes involved in the life of Mallory, a fifteen-year-old wanted for questioning in a brutal murder--who just happens to be the child his daughter was babysitting the night she died.

A collection of essays that provides varying perspectives on teenagers at risk, debating what factors put a teen at risk, if substance abuse and adverse consequences of teenage sex and pregnancy can be reduced, and how society can deal with adolescent crime and violence.

In graphic-novel format, tells the story of future serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer from the perspective of his school friend, painting a picture of an alienated and complex young man.

Andy Greenwood and fellow students at the Reclamation School for Boys in the New Mexico desert face an infestation of mutant ants.