Sally Can’t See Petersen 1974 Submitter: The highlight of the book is right there on the cover. A poor blind child with a bird on her head. Holly: This book is definitely outdated. It isn’t so bad otherwise, but I’m
Category: Society Explained
Sociology, culture, human behavior, groups or tribes.
What Boys Want to Know About Girls
What Boys Want to Know About Girls Miller 1962 Obviously outdated, but isn’t that a horrible cover, too? It’s like the girls are animals in the zoo and the boys are peeking at them in their habitat. The whole
More Teens in Trouble!
Teen Alcoholism Nielsen 1990 The Facts About Teen Pregnancy Guernsey, Larsen, and Wynne 1989 Submitter: The Teen Alcoholism book was checked out by a student who thought the picture of the girl with mall hair swigging from the paper enshrouded
Sharks vs. Jets
Everything You Need to Know About Street Gangs
Stark
1992
Submitter: The first portion of the book introduces kids to the concept of gangs by telling the story of Johnny Boston, a boy who moved to a new city and fell in with a bad crowd. Then it switches to a question and answer format, with questions like “once I’m in a gang, can’t I just quit,” “If I join a gang, will I have to carry a gun” and “if I join a gang, will I get rich?” One of my favorite picture captions says “motorcycle gangs often look scary, but many of them are relatively harmless.” And the photos of typical gang members are great — very, very dated!
Holly: Here’s a picture of one of those “typical gang members”: