This book is based on the fact that slavery still exists in the modern world. It looks at child prostitution, bonded labour, prisoners of war and people trafficking. The investigation is backed up with quotations from experts on the subject, or the victims of slavery themselves. It asks how can slavery persist in the modern world? How can governments across the world tackle this issue? What can we do to support anti-slavery campaigns? This book explores these questions and looks at the effects o...
Broken Windscreen: A Restorative Story - Ages 11 to 18 Teachers Guide (Restorative & Relational Processes in Action, #3)
by Les Davey
Built around an engaging restorative story 'Broken Windscreen', about an incident of wrongdoing and a restorative meeting held to address that incident, this 'Teachers Guide' consists of two parts: Part 1 is designed to introduce children and young people to the general concepts of Restorative and Relational Processes (RP). - Part 2 deepens this understanding by introducing the key elements of RP appropriate to the age range. The whole series is designed to introduce Restorative and Relational P...
Vicious: True Stories by Teens about Bullying
by Youth Communication
Childhood Trauma (Emerging Issues in Public Health)
by Peggy J Parks
America's Prisons (Opposing Viewpoints (Hardcover)) (Opposing Viewpoints)
Bullies, Cyberbullies and Frenemies (Teen Life Confidential)
by Michele Elliott
Friendships and peer relationships are one of the most difficult things about being a teen. Many face bullying of some kind or another, whether in person or on the Internet or social media. Written by Kidscape founder Michele Elliott, Teen Life Confidential: Bullies, Cyberbullies and Frenemies is a friendly, kind and practical guide to navigating these tricky relationships, and beating the bullies. Are there practical things you can do to stop being bullied - at home, at school and online? What...
Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse. Rex Ogle, who brilliantly mapped his experience of hunger in Free Lunch, here describes his struggle to survive; reflects on his complex, often paradoxical relationship with his passionate, fierce mother; and charts the trajectory of his stepdad’s anger. Hovering over Rex’s story is the talismanic presence of his unborn baby sister. Through it all, Rex threads momen...
“A poignant overview of life inside the ghetto.” — School Library Journal (starred review) Between 1941 and 1945, the small town of Terezín, Czechoslovakia, was a transit camp for thousands of Jewish people. It was a Nazi “show” camp, where inmates were forced to use their artistic talents to fool the world about the truth of gas chambers and horrific living conditions for imprisoned Jews. Here is their story, told through the firsthand accounts and artwork of those who were there. Back matter...
The Columbine School Shooting (Perspectives on Modern World History)
"The Columbine School Shooting: The series provides basic historical information on a significant event in modern world history, presents the controversies surrounding the event, and provides first-person narratives"--
Is Media Violence a Problem? (At Issue (Library)) (At Issue (Paperback))
by Stefan Kiesbye
The Finer Points of Becoming Machine (Cutting Edge)
by Andrews Emily
Growing up with a violent, control-freak father, sixteen year old Emma Banks has had a tougher ride than most. Unable to cope with the horrors of her childhood, Emma's world unravels in a spiral of drug abuse and self-harm. Following a failed suicide attempt, she finds herself committed to a secure psychiatric institution where she is finally forced to confront the painful past she has been trying to escape. Now she must fight the instinct to run and hide, and piece together a way forward. Thi...
Jason Schmidt wasn't surprised when he came home one day during his junior year of high school and found his father, Mark, crawling around in a giant pool of blood. Things like that had been happening a lot since Mark had been diagnosed with HIV, three years earlier. Jason's life with Mark was full of secrets--about drugs, crime, and sex. If the straights--people with normal lives--ever found out any of those secrets, the police would come. Jason's home would be torn apart. So the rule, since Ja...
I Am Being Cyberbullied...What's Next? (Getting Real: Strategies for Teens in Need)
by C R McKay
Online Safety (Issues, #409)