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The Bad Boys Jam deals with real issues that teens face every day, like the constant search for acceptance, friendship, and even the desire for revenge. But as the characters in these novels will prove, having the courage to do the right thing isn’t always easy.
Featuring the books:
Holes by Louis Sachar
Stanley Yelnats is overweight and shy. In middle school, his classmates and teachers either don’t understand or don’t care when they hurt his feelings with remarks about his size. In fact, Stanley has always felt that he’s in the wrong place at the wrong time. He worries that he will always be unlucky, like the rest of his family.
When he is arrested for stealing a pair of sneakers, no one listens to his explanation. Now he has been sentenced to 18 months at a juvenile detention facility: Camp Green Lake. But at this camp, there is nothing green, and there is no lake. The campers spend their days digging holes in the extreme heat of this dry, dusty landscape under the watchful eye of the Warden. Day after day, as Stanley digs, he wonders what the Warden is looking for, because this digging sure isn’t designed to just “build character.”
Homeboyz by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
In a tragic turn of events, Teddy and his family are sent reeling after his little sister Tina is caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting. Teddy desperately wants revenge and begins scheming to get it. Luckily, the police manage to disrupt his plan before he can create even bigger trouble for himself. After being incarcerated in juvenile detention and then put on house arrest, Teddy is placed under the guidance of Mariana Diaz, a tough probation officer who just might save him from himself.
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Ponyboy is a greaser. He wears his wavy hair long and slicked back and his shirts tight to show off his muscles. Sometimes he carries a knife, but it’s usually just for show. He lives on the wrong side of the tracks with his older brothers Darry and Sodapop. Even though his parents died in a car accident, Ponyboy gets to live with his brothers—as long as they behave. So Ponyboy stays out of trouble as much as he can, but when he can’t he’s careful not to get caught. Sometimes Ponyboy wishes he lived someplace where he didn’t have to worry about walking alone at night, where the Socs might jump him and do to him what they did to his friend Johnny. Will he always be looking over his shoulder, always afraid, always an outsider?
