Hit: Fiction book titles peer pressure

[Nadine Clark <njclark@EARTHLINK.NET>]

Thanks for the suggested book titles on peer pressure for 5th-6th grade
reading level.  The following titles were suggested:
Try: Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
How about Wringer, by Jerry Spinelli. I think the lead character stands up
to peer pressure pretty well though he doesn't actually come to that point
until the end. He struggles with it until then, and does follow his own
values and what his heart says in regards to the pigeon he finds and takes
as a pet in the winter.
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
The Trial of Anna Cotman by Alcock?
The Tulip touch / Annie Fine might fit the bill.
Natalie lives in the large
hotel managed by her father, and has a dangerous friendship with Tulip, the
wildly uncontrollable girl on a neighboring farm. She copes with this by
recognizing her need and ability to say no to Tulip.
RL at around a 6.0 -- that's a guess -- IL probably 5-9.
The first one that comes to mind is a new one called The Blue Avenger, but
it is labeled YA...it is about a young high-school kids whose father dies
(he was a policeman) and the son finds his blue fishing vest in the
garage...he is kind of a nerdy kid, and he starts to wear this and turns
into a kids who helps out everyone else...it's funny, and also makes a
point about individuality and love.

Thanks again.
Nadine Clark
Moultonborough Central School
Moultonborough, NH

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