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• Award year: 2009
• Genre: Nonfiction
• List: Fabulous Films for Young Adults

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  The Boys of Baraka

  Follows a group of 12-year-old boys from the most violent ghettos of Baltimore to the Baraka School, an experimental boarding school in rural Kenya, where children live by strict guidelines, yet are given the freedom to grow.

  • Nonfiction
  • Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2009
  • ISBN: 9780978014124
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  Devil's Playground

  Looks at the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition of Rumspringa (literally, 'Running around'), which is a period in a teenager's life, usually between the ages of 16 and 21 years old

  • Nonfiction
  • Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2009
  • ISBN: 9780794202880
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  Dogtown and Z-Boys

  Documentary about a gang of kids who virtually revolutionized skateboarding with an aggressive style, awe-inspiring moves and street smarts, and in the process, transformed youth culture forever.

  • Nonfiction
  • Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2009
  • ISBN: 9781404977655
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  The Heart of the Game

  This passionate and inspirational documentary goes up close and personal to capture the Roosevelt Roughriders girls' basketball team during six turbulent seasons, taking us far beyond the court to the unbridled desire to make histor

  • Nonfiction
  • Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2009
  • ISBN: 9780788868542
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  Persepolis

  In 1970s Iran, Marjane "Marji" Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family

  • Nonfiction
  • Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2009
  • ISBN: 9781424883141