Title: The Edge of 17

Date: 2016

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Human Growth and Development

Keywords: single parenting, response to crisis, sibling relationships

Rating: R – Restricted

Audience(s): College Age, Adults, Couples

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Everyone knows that growing up is hard, and life is no easier for high school junior Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), who is already at peak awkwardness when her all-star older brother Darian (Blake Jenner) starts dating her best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson). All at once, Nadine feels more alone than ever, until the unexpected friendship of a thoughtful boy (Hayden Szeto) gives her a glimmer of hope that things just might not be so terrible after all. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1878870/?ref_=nv_sr_1)

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: How had being left virtually parentless affected Nadine?

Places to view: iTunes, YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Video, Vudu

Contributor: Krista Hamann