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1) No Way Out
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 14
Publisher
Townsend Press, Inc
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Afraid of being taken from his grandmother and placed in a foster home, Harold Davis, a Bluford High freshman, begins to work for the neighborhood drug dealer, Londell James, but Harold's choice leads him to world more dangerous than he could have imagined.
Author
Publisher
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Pub. Date
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Language
English
Description
When nineteen-year-old Eddie drops out of college, he struggles to find a place for himself as a Mexican American living in a violence-infested neighborhood of Fresno, California. A junior college dropout, 19-year-old Eddie is trying to support himself in this story set in the barrio of Fresno, California. Annotation. For Eddie there isn't much to do in his rundown neighborhood but eat, sleep, watch out for drive-bys, and just try to get through each...
Author
Series
David Pelzer trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
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Description
A man who suffered horrific abuse as a child speaks of his adult life and how he learned to love, trust, and pursue his dreams.
Author
Series
David Pelzer trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Health Communications
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
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Description
Imagine a young boy who has never had a loving home. His only possesions are the old, torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. The only world he knows is one of isolation and fear. Although others had rescued this boy from his abusive alcoholic mother, his real hurt is just begining -- he has no place to call home. This is Dave Pelzer's long-awaited sequel to A Child Called "It". In The Lost Boy, he answers questions and reveals new adventures through...
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 1
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
"'Someone is stalking me!'...Darcy Wills is in big trouble. And she does not know where to turn for help. First there was the mysterious stranger who started following her. Then there was the threatening note left on her desk at Bluford High School. And now her sister has disappeared. Forced into a desperate race against time, Darcy must take action to save her sister--and her fragile family--before it is too late"--Book description.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
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Description
In Jason Mott's Hell of a Book, a Black author sets out on a cross-country publicity tour to promote his bestselling novel. That storyline drives Hell of a Book and is the scaffolding of something much larger and urgent: since Mott's novel also tells the story of Soot, a young Black boy living in a rural town in the recent past, and The Kid, a possibly imaginary child who appears to the author on his tour. As these characters' stories build and build...
7) Raging bull
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Language
English
Description
Jake La Motta is a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both in and out of the ring. His brother, Joey, falls prey to Jake's mounting paranoia and jealousy, and fifteen-year-old Vickie, becomes Jake's most prized trophy. The same anger that drives Jake in the ring, ultimately drives him to beat his wife and brother, and sends Jake down a self-destructive spiral of paranoia and rage.
Series
CSPV school violence fact sheet volume SV07
Publisher
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Series
CSPV school violence fact sheet volume SV03
Publisher
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Series
CSPV school violence fact sheet volume SV10
Publisher
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Series
CSPV school violence fact sheet volume SV13
Publisher
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Author
Series
Research publication volume no. 386
Publisher
Colorado Legislative Council
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Series
CSPV school violence fact sheet volume SV01
Publisher
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Series
CSPV fact sheet volume FS007
Publisher
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Series
Blueprints model programs fact sheet volume FS-BPM11
Publisher
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado at Boulder
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Series
CSPV school violence fact sheet volume SV02
Publisher
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Academic Center of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Steps to Success is a unique partnership between Far Northeast Denver's Montbello community, faculty researchers from the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder and the CU School of Medicine/Children's Hospital to promote positive youth development and reduce youth violence through a coordinated community-wide effort which is directed by a Community Board consisting of community leaders and partner organizations. A Key Leader Advisory Board consisting...
Author
Publisher
Academic Center of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Steps to Success is a unique partnership between Far Northeast Denver's Montbello community, faculty researchers from the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder and the CU School of Medicine/Children's Hospital to promote positive youth development and reduce youth violence through a coordinated community-wide effort. In this report, the risk factors identified increase the likelihood that a young person will become violent or engage in other problem...