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DeVault, Christine; Strong, Bryan – 1987
This interactive book on tobacco is part of a series of three interactive books on tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana; three informational books containing parallel content; and three teacher guides designed to give students in grades five through eight practice in using the information and skills presented in the books. The goal of this book and the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Decision Making, Fiction, Health Education
DeVault, Christine; Strong, Bryan – 1987
This interactive book on alcohol is part of a series of three interactive books on tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana; three informational books containing parallel content; and three teacher guides designed to give students in grades five through eight practice in using the information and skills presented in the books. The goal of this book and the…
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, Decision Making, Drinking, Fiction
DeVault, Christine; Strong, Bryan – 1987
This interactive book on marijuana is part of a series of three interactive books on tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana; three informational books containing parallel content; and three teacher guides designed to give students in grades five through eight practice in using the information and skills presented in the books. The goal of this book and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Decision Making, Drug Abuse, Fiction
Sreenivasan, Jyotsna – 1996
Intended for preadolescents, this novel can serve as an antidote to the well-documented sexism girls encounter as they struggle with questions of self-esteem. It tells the story of 11-year-old Lily, harassed by a boy at school, but with a distinct advantage in that her flute teacher is a time traveler. In the novel, Lily travels back 3,500 years…
Descriptors: Archaeology, Childrens Literature, Civil Rights, Feminism
Sreenivasan, Jyotsna – 1997
This novel is one of only a very few available that deals with Indian-American children--a rapidly growing population, especially in urban areas like New York, Los Angeles (California), San Francisco (California), Chicago (Illinois), and Toronto (Canada). The novel tells the story of an opinionated 11-year-old girl who lives in Ohio, likes to…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Feminism