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Degrassi, the Next Generation: Extra Credit Vol.1: Turning Japanese

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This new series is essential for any Degrassi fanatic, and perfect for every library’s teen section. The story begins in Season 5 of the CTV show, focusing on the lives of Ellie and J.T. Ellie is working at a comic book company, where one of her bosses starts acting a bit too “frisky” for her liking and she’s unsure how to handle the situation. Meanwhile, J.T., feeling in a bit of a funk after recent events have left him feeling lonely and unwanted, turns to the internet (porn!) for diversion. With an opening splash of the CN Tower and a TTC rocket, references to Jeff Smith and Superman, quintessential awkward teen moments (picture J.T. sitting as his computer with a box of Kleenex within arms length, when his grandmother walks in!), and written by J. Torres (author of Teen Titans Go and Love as a Foreign Language), this series is both entertaining and a smooth way of dealing with “big” issues in a teen-approachable (aka subtle and cool). For more conservative libraries, this series should be OK… the issues tackled are done so with great respect to both the topic and the audience and this volume contains no objectionable language, nudity or violence. Rule of thumb: if they watch Degrassi, they can read Degrassi.

SUBJECTS :: harassment, internet porn, teenagers, high school