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social conflict

Books about social conflict for readers of all ages.

Street scene

Paul Kropp

Ages 12–16peer pressureidentity

Brutal

Michael B. Harmon

Ages 13–18bullyingresilience

King of the Playground

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Ages 7–11bullyingfriendship

Redux

A.L. Davroe

Ages 13–18social conflicttechnology and society

Wishbone classics

Sir Walter Scott

Ages 10–15honor and chivalrycourage

The door to January

Gillian French

Ages 13–18mysterybullying

Talker 25 #2

Joshua McCune

Ages 10–15human-animal communicationadventure

Cornered

Rhoda Belleza

Ages 13–18bullyingself-advocacy

The Outcasts

Anne E. Schraff

Ages 13–18belongingacceptance

Loudmouth George and the sixth-grade bully

Nancy L. Carlson

Ages 5–9bullyingcourage

The Norton introduction to literature--seventh edition

Jerome Beaty, J. Paul Hunter, Margaret Atwood, Ambrose Bierce, Антон Павлович Чехов, Kate Chopin, Richard Connell

Ages 14–18human naturesocial conflict

The Norton introduction to literature--shorter fourth edition

Carl E. Bain, Margaret Atwood, Ambrose Bierce, Антон Павлович Чехов, Kate Chopin, Richard Connell

Ages 14–18human naturemorality

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Billy Budd / Red Badge of Courage / Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Herman Melville

Ages 14–18moralitycourage

Arthur and the True Francine (Arthur Adventure Series)

Marc Brown

Ages 5–9friendshiphonesty

Burn for Burn

Jenny Han, Siobhan Vivian

Ages 13–18revengefriendship

Generation Dead

Daniel Waters

Ages 13–18prejudiceacceptance

Civil War Is Coming

Christi E. Parker

Ages 8–12historyamerican civil war

Facing a frenemy

Jan Fields

Ages 7–11friendshipsocial conflict

The secret sky

Atia Abawi

Ages 14–18lovefamily

The Bully

Paul Langan

Ages 10–15bullyingcourage

Ivanhoe

Sir Walter Scott

Ages 13–18honor and chivalryloyalty