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"Dylan's wish comes true when Coach Scott names him to the starting lineup for the Mountview High Hunters' first game of the playoffs. But just when he should be concentrating on basketball, Dylan becomes the target of some off-court aggression. As he's driving his girlfriend, Jenna, home one night, a black pickup truck tries to run them off the road. The police call it an accident. But even as Dylan tries to put it behind him, he has a sense of impending...

Staying Bully-Free Online follows a group of young characters from Niceville Elementary School who bully each other over the Internet and cell phones. Young readers will learn about verbal and social bullying as well as cyberbullying.

"Phoebe's mother, Isabel, is precariously balancing her career and her family. Hard-working and caring, worried but supportive, all Isabel wants, in a world of bullies and temptations, is to keep her daughter Phoebe safe. With her busy schedule, though, she fails to recognize another mother's mounting fury and the danger Phoebe faces by flirting with a mysterious boy on Facebook. A cyber-bullying episode aimed at Phoebe pushes her to the edge with...

"Gameknight999's true enemy has finally surfaced: Herobrine, an artificially intelligent virus that wants to escape Minecraft and destroy mankind with their own creation--the Internet. If he is able to escape the game and get online, Herobrine will infect millions of computer systems and turn machines and weapons on their masters, threatening all of humanity. After facing Herobrine in battle and nearly dying, Gameknight realizes he's going to need...

"Lisa Pomson, a troubled, social media obsessed teen, conflicted with her sexuality and her parents' misunderstanding of her, is secretly filmed and when the video goes viral, becomes a victim of cyberbullying and enters into a bargain with the devil." --

"Class Mom meets Small Admissions in this story about the privileged bubble that is Liston Heights High--the micro-managing parents, the overworked teachers, and the students caught in the middle--and the fallout for each of them when that bubble finally bursts. Isobel Johnson can't stand helicopter parents like Julia Abbott, a stage mom whose world revolves around interfering in her children's lives. Julia resents teachers like Isobel, who effortlessly...

Amateur detective Nancy Drew is once again involved in a case of internet stalking and bullying that makes her confuse her real life with that of the online avatar she has created in an internet reality game.

"Seventeen-year-old Sky, openly gay but under the radar, decides to make a splashy Promposal but his plans are leaked by an anonymous, homophobic hacker, moving his classmates to help him expose the perpetrator."--

Tech Smarts presents 12 interesting, relevant technology-use topics. With a question-and-answer format, each book provides the basics you need to know to be a smart consumer of media and technology today.