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48 pp.
| Arcturus
| September, 2010
|
LibraryISBN 978-1-84837-692-2$32.80
(4)
YA
Real Life Heroes series.
This volume offers seventeen stories of young people involved in gangs or bullying, either as victims or perpetrators. Physical and emotional effects and ways to break patterns are also explored. Marred by occasional typos and somewhat oversimplied solutions, each brief profile is otherwise effective. The stock photos detract from the specific stories. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.