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Author of teen suicide book 'disinvited' from Young Writers' Conference *
Marion Crook, a well-respected author of young adult novels and non-fiction books by and for young adults, was told this week by the superintendent's office of Surrey School District No. 36 that she was no longer invited to speak to a teenaged audience at the Surrey Writers Conference. . .
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Dan Greenberg in Vancouver, 2006 *
Just a reminder that Dan Greenburg will be in Vancouver, April 13th. . .
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Dan Greenberg's weird universe *
The American writer and humorist Dan Greenburg has, for some time now, made a very respectable living based, essentially, on a four-letter word that starts with "F."
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Failing Our Kids: How We Are Ruining Our Public Schools -- Why Jonnee kant spel gud *
A major difficulty in giving prominence to education is that it is seldom newsworthy. Although everyone knows education is important, it never seems to attain the priority of a police search for a criminal or a health crisis such as the need to contain SARS.
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Losing their way -- when teens become trouble *
'I should have been firmer." What parent has not said this? Or more likely, what mom, since they're the ones more often who question their methods, doubt their successes and bear the family load for the seeming failure of their children to weather the stormy passage into adulthood.
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Nancy Drew's new assignment *
The heroine detective is back in a new book series, 74 years after her debut.
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Promoting Healthy Body Image *
Wondering what you can do to encourage your daughter to develop a
healthy relationship with food, an active lifestyle, and a positive body
image?
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Real stories for real teens *
We were prepared for eternal darkness and bone-numbing cold. We'd shut down the summer house around the bay and hit the malls for school supplies. Then the radio said it would be 30 degrees on the weekend. A Newfoundland heat wave in mid-September. There's snow in Calgary, the radio said. I threw back my head and laughed. The radio said, I wouldn't laugh too loud if I were you. Okay, I'm sorry for Calgary, but quick, grab the bathing suits and picnic coolers -- everybody back in the car.
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REEL ADVENTURES: The Savvy Teens' Guide to Great Movies ***
ISBN:1550377353
Author:John Lekich
Publisher:Annick Press, $8.95 (USD); $11.95 (CAD); 173 pp
Since Reel Adventures is aimed, according to the jacket copy, at "teens (technically 17+) and young-minded adults," and because Vancouver-based film buff John Lekich has subtitled his book "The Savvy Teens' Guide to Great Movies," I figured I would ask the young-minded adult in our family to list 10 movies he figured the author of a book like this would surely have included.
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The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries About the Teenage Brain Tell Us About Our Kids -- Families: Please excuse the mess *
There's a reason teenagers sometimes seem crazy, writes MICHAEL VALPY. Underneath that baseball cap, there's a brain that's still under construction
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What is it with so many children today? *
What is it with so many children today? Sullen and surly, they ignore their elders and live to be with their peers. Two Vancouver specialists have a theory, but grownups won't like it, ALANNA MITCHELL reports. They believe the parental bond is being broken, with harrowing results.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone *****
ISBN:155192398x
Author:J. K. Rowling
Publisher:Raincoast Books
An orphan boy not only finds out that the home of his nasty aunt and uncle and fat cousin are not where he belongs, but also that he does belong in the world of witches and wizards, where he is famous!
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone *****
ISBN:1551923963
Author:J.K. Rowling
Publisher:Raincoast Books
An orphan boy not only finds out that the home of his nasty aunt and uncle and fat cousin are not where he belongs, but also that he does belong in the world of witches and wizards, where he is famous!
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1, U.S. ed'n) hardcover *****
ISBN:0590353403
Author:J.K. Rowling; Mary Grandpre (Illustrator)
Publisher:Scholastic Trade
An orphan boy not only finds out that the home of his nasty aunt and uncle and fat cousin are not where he belongs, but also that he does belong in the world of witches and wizards, where he is famous! U.S. edition.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1, U.S. ed'n) paperback *****
ISBN:059035342X
Author:J.K. Rowling; Mary Grandpre (Illustrator)
Publisher:Scholastic Trade
An orphan boy not only finds out that the home of his nasty aunt and uncle and fat cousin are not where he belongs, but also that he does belong in the world of witches and wizards, where he is famous! U.S. trade paper edition.
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