peer pressure

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Pants on fire

2008
Senior Katie Ellison has built her popularity on a base of lies that threatens to come tumbling down when Tommy Sullivan, her best friend in middle school, returns after a four-year absence and seems determined to strike up a relationship again in spite of Katie's past betrayal.

The tweenage guide to not being unpopular

2010
Amelia McBride and her friends at Joe McCarthy Elementary School try to figure out how to be popular, or at least not to be unpopular.

But all my friends smoke

cigarettes and peer pressure
2009
Examines the relationship between peer pressure and tobacco use, discussing how peer pressure affects people, why people begin to smoke, truths and lies about cigarettes, quitting the habit, and other related topics.

Mixed bags

2008
DJ's grandmother is a former fashion model who has restored an old mansion and turned it into a boarding house for rich teenage girls who are interested in fashion, presenting DJ with a conflict between retaining her tomboy identity or changing her style, as she decides whether or not to try to fit in.

Drugs and fitting in

1998
Discusses teen culture in America and how drug use has become part of that culture; offers guidance for teens on how to say no to drugs and still fit in.

When to Say Yes! and make more friends

1988
Teaches youth how to bring out the best in themselves and their friends.

Logan Bruno, boy Baby-sitter

1993
Poor Logan is being teased at school for being a boy Baby-sitter. When he starts hanging around with Jam and his tough crowd and gets into major trouble, the Baby-sitters can't help him.

The Julian game

2010
In an effort to improve her social status, a new scholarship student at an exclusive girls' school uses a fake online profile to help a popular girl get back at her ex-boyfriend, but the consequences are difficult to handle.

Getting the girl

a guide to private investigation, surveillance, and cookery
2010
Nineth-grader Sherman Mack, an amateur private investigator, has a crush on tenth-grader Dini, and tries to help her stay off the high school D-list, a cruel ritual that would ruin her social status forever.

The pressure to take drugs

1990
Discusses how many young people become involved with drug taking due to peer pressure, and gives advice to resist and avoid drugs.

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