conformity

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conformity

The loud silence of Francine Green

2008
In 1949, thirteen-year-old Francine goes to Catholic school in Los Angeles where she becomes best friends with a girl who questions authority and is frequently punished by the nuns, causing Francine to question her own values.

"Repent, Harlequin!" said the Ticktockman

the classic story
1997
An illustrated, thirtieth anniversary edition of the Harlan Ellison story about a nonconforming rebel in a future society that has sacrificed personal freedom in exchange for conformity and punctuality.

We

1993
In a regimented future world under the all-seeing eye of the Benefactor, nameless survivors of a devastating war live out lives devoid of emotion.

Escape from "special"

2006
A graphic novel which traces the coming-of-age of Melissa, a "special" girl who finally breaks free from the burden of trying to fit in and learns to accept and like herself.

Dawn and the school spirit war

1995
School Spirit Month was supposed to bring Stoneybrook Middle School together, but now a huge war is about to break out, and Dawn is right in the middle of it.

Broken

2008
Ash Perrault, a teenage girl with purple hair who feels like an outcast, negotiates family problems with her new stepmother and bothersome stepsisters while trying to determine the status of her relationship with a popular high school boy, and just when she thinks her life could not get more complicated, she develops a mysterious ailment that causes glass to break around her.

Babbitt

1996
George Babbitt, a successful middle-aged businessman living in 1920s Ohio, is shocked when his best friend is convicted of murder.

Handling peer pressure

2009
Discusses how to handle various forms of peer pressure at school, at work, and in society, covering conformity and popularity issues with teens, and topics related to fashion; racism; violence; and cigarettes, alcohol, and other drugs.

Dancing in red shoes will kill you

2006
Sixteen-year-old Kayla, a ballet dancer with very large breasts, and her sister Paterson, an artist, are both helped and hindered by classmates as they confront sexism, conformity, and censorship at their high school for the arts while still managing to maintain their sense of humor.

Red

In Scarletville, the only thing that matters in society is having red hair. Felicity St. John seems to have it all--a hot boyfriend, artistic talent, a good shot at winning the Miss Scarlet pageant, and good friends. It is all a sham--her hair is the product of a bottle. Her true hair color is her secret--and that secret is discovered. Felicity will go to any lengths to keep it, but in the process she may discover she has issue with Scarletville's prejudices after all.

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