high school graduates

A Brooklyn-born pop star who discovers that being famous isn't all it's cracked up to be enlists the help of an Iowa farm girl look-alike.

A Brooklyn-born pop star who discovers that being famous isn't all it's cracked up to be enlists the help of an Iowa farm girl look-alike.

"Dumped by her boyfriend the summer after senior year, teen love and relationship columnist Lu Charles has hit a wall with her writing. The words just won't come to her like they used to and if she doesn't find a topic for her column, she'll lose her gig at hip online magazine Misnomer, and the college scholarship that goes along with it. Her best friend, Pete, thinks she should write through her own pain, but when Lu overhears another couple planning a precollege breakup just like hers, she becomes convinced that they're the answer to cracking her writer's block. And when she meets them--super-practical Iris and cute, sweet Cal--and discovers they're postponing their breakup until the end of the summer, she has to know more. Have Cal and Iris prolonged their own misery by staying together, knowing the end is in sight? Or does the secret to figuring out all this love business--and getting over it--lie with them? One thing is certain--if Lu can't make a breakthrough before summer is over, she can kiss her future goodbye."--Amazon.

"Dumped by her boyfriend the summer after senior year, teen love and relationship columnist Lu Charles has hit a wall with her writing. The words just won't come to her like they used to and if she doesn't find a topic for her column, she'll lose her gig at hip online magazine Misnomer, and the college scholarship that goes along with it. Her best friend, Pete, thinks she should write through her own pain, but when Lu overhears another couple planning a precollege breakup just like hers, she becomes convinced that they're the answer to cracking her writer's block. And when she meets them--super-practical Iris and cute, sweet Cal--and discovers they're postponing their breakup until the end of the summer, she has to know more. Have Cal and Iris prolonged their own misery by staying together, knowing the end is in sight? Or does the secret to figuring out all this love business--and getting over it--lie with them? One thing is certain--if Lu can't make a breakthrough before summer is over, she can kiss her future goodbye."--Amazon.

Penny Alistair dies and her twin brother Hobby is left in a coma from a terrible car crash on the evening of Nantucket High's traditional graduation bonfire on the beach, and Zoe, the twins' mother, is forced to face the truth about what happened to them and her role in the accident.

"Marley and Brianne woke up on the day after their high school graduation to find their lives turned upside down as a series of climate catastrophes descended on their town. As basic living conditions become more affected, Marley and Brianne team up with scientists and political leaders to understand and address the changes in their environment. They find their voices and their purpose for living while struggling to save their family and friends, their town, and civilization as we know it"--Provided by publisher.

"Examines college, income, and careers, including choosing the best post-secondary option and paying for college; identifying career interests, setting career goals, and planning how to achieve them; and understanding income, both earned and unearned"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses the importance of being able to solve problems in the workplace, helps people identify the problem-solving skills they already possess, examines the differences between scientific and creative problem-solving techniques, and describes a five-step problem-solving process for assessing and addressing difficult situations.

Jamie, Carmen, and Alicia, friends and partners in Amigas Inc., a quincean?era party planning business, are faced with important decisions as they approach graduation about their business, their boyfriends, and their futures, and must decide if they have time to squeeze in a job for a renowned young Latina whose identity has to remain secret.

When Shelby and her friend Gina take a summer road trip after high school graduation in 1981, they're goals include getting to California to reunite with Shelby's mother who left her years before, finding Gina's wayward boyfriend, and returning home in time to start college in the fall. But their plans get derailed when the girls pick up a hitchhiker who calls herself Candy Cane. Now their only goal is to survive.