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High School Films: Get ready for a new school term by watching films about or that take place in high school.
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Title: 10 Things I Hate About You
ISBN: 9780788817793
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Notes: A film starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles is a modernized version of the Shakespeare play, The Taming of the Shrew. Kat and Bianca have a house rule, Bianca can't date until her older sister Kat starts dating. Cameron pays Patrick to date Kat so he can ask Bianca out. Unfortunately Kat doesn't like Patrick and he has to attempt to win her heart.

 
 
Title: Bring It On
ISBN: ocm45944306
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Notes: A high school cheerleading team finds out many of their routines were stolen from another school. The team struggles to develop new routines before they face off (with the team they stole from) in this year's championship.

 
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Title: Clueless
ISBN: 9780792199113
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Notes: This comedy follows Cher, a rich, popular Beverly Hills high school student. We get a glimpse into her world of shopping, partying, playing match-maker, and growing up.

 
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Title: Dead Poet's Society
ISBN: 9781558908871
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Notes: A high school English professor inspires his all-boys prep school students to carpe diem (seize the day) through poetry and literature. This film won the 1990 Oscar for Best Writing.

 
 
Title: Hoop Dreams
ISBN: ocm58837358
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Notes: This documentary follows two African American boys who attempt to become college basketball players. The film was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2005.

 
 
Title: Mean Girls
ISBN: ocm55850835
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Notes: Based on the book Queen Bees and Wannabes, we follow Cady, as she starts a new school and traverses the various cliques in high school.

 
 
Title: Napoleon Dynamite
ISBN: ocm56588471
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Notes: This comedy follows loner high school student Napoleon Dynamite who decides to help his new friend win the class presidency.

 
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Title: Pretty in Pink
ISBN: 9781415718438
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Notes: Andie a girl from the "wrong side of the tracks" has a crush on rich, preppie Blane. Eventually Andie and Blane start dating but have to deal with the issues which arise from their different social circles by their friends.

 
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Title: Save the Last Dance
ISBN: 9781415722862
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Title: Stand and Deliver
ISBN: 9780790739052
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Notes: Based on the true story of Jaime Escalante (played by Edward James Olmos), a high school math teacher in East Los Angeles who successfully inspired his dropout prone students to learn calculus.