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Publisher
Studio Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
After being in the military service, Sam has returned to his inner city neighborhood to teach at the toughest high school in town. Frustrated, Sam hands in his resignation. But the day he does, he has to work one last detention duty with the toughest kids in the school. That day, gunmen take over the high school - using it to hide $300 million worth of cocaine they've hijacked. The paid-off local police and school security guards were supposed to...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Five high school students-- a Rebel, an Athlete, a Brain, a Princess and a Basketcase-- find themselves thrown together serving a Saturday morning detention. They do not have much in common, except giving up their day, sitting in the school library, and writing an essay for the principal. At first, they argue and hate each other, but after smoking some of the Rebel's marijuana, they begin to pour their hearts out to each other. They talk about their...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
Kyle, Dusty, and Wilson have had enough with the lunch monitors and their strict regulations, and so decide to show them who really rules the school through a clever scheme designed to expose the women's own infractions.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entert
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Enduring creepy freshmen and her aching crush on the most popular boy in school, a girl makes the most of her sixteenth birthday as her family forgets it amidst the chaos of her sister's wedding; five teenagers with nothing in common spend a Saturday detention in the school library; computer whiz kids create the "perfect woman", and she guides them through several aspects of teenage life.
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Follows the story of Charisma, a Black high school student grappling with mounting pressures from home and school, and when frustrations with her family intersect with a conflict at school, she reaches a crossroads, facing a choice that could change her future.