alienation (social psychology)

Examines the world of alienated suburban youth, their interests, and offers solid reasons to admire their resilience.

A story about teenage hopes, fears, bravery and violent rebellion and living on the right side of the tracks.

A collection of poems by E.E. Cummings that celebrate the uniqueness of individuals and address the need to protest the dehumanizing force of organizations.

Branko Stimac, having moved from Croatia to Alberta a few years earlier, sturggles to fit in with the other kids who prefer to play hockey, even after he makes the Edmonton Selects soccer team.

After a natural disaster has all but destroyed the earth, the orphaned and "defective" Leora, while searching for her sister, defies the oppressive laws of the land and joins a band of rebels trying to overthrow the government.

In an alternative future Japan, junior high students are given weapons and forced to fight on a deserted island until only one is left standing.

Twelve-year-old Kasienka and her mother have immigrated to Coventry, England from Poland, searching for Kasienka's father, but everyone is unfriendly except for an African neighbor and a boy Kasienka meets at the swimming pool, which is her only refuge from an alien society.