Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Social Topics - Adolescence

From bra shopping to babysitting, from making close friends to making great grades, Girltalk has all the answers

Upbeat and up-to-date, honest and hip, Girltalk is an "indispensable guide" (Working Mother) for girls ages eleven to eighteen. This Fourth Edition is the ultimate preteen and teen source for advice on:

• Body: looking and feeling your best
  
• Friendship: you don't like everybody -- why should everybody like you?
  
• Love: falling in, falling out
  
• Sex: what you should know before saying yes

  From bra shopping to babysitting, from making close friends to making great grades, Girltalk has all the answers

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This book gives girls information on: Your Body; things you should know, Fashion Flash; What's Hot, What's Not, Ingenious and Influential Women, Record-Setting Sports Special, and Girl Talk; about dating

"Adolescent Depression: Outside/In" is an innovative book for adolescents, parents, and clinical professionals. Keena, a licensed addictions and mental health counselor, takes her readers inside the depressed adolescent's imagination, and insecurities.

Using a combination of narrative, poetry, and prose, Ms. Keena has taken her personal experiences with depression and has woven a masterful work. Through her own experiences, Ms. Keena has shown a way to understand the sense of lost helplessness of depressed adolescents. She then shows us the path towards hope and recovery.

This book will...

With an easy-to-understand format and quick, highly practical tips, "100 Ways to Become a Successful Teenager" is the perfect guide for today's teens. As an educator and leadership mentor, Yvonne Brooks offers powerful and inspirational guidelines to help teens achieve success in every aspect of their lives. "100 Ways to Become a Successful Teenager" includes tips such as: Becoming the CEO of your life Respect your parents Canceling all pity parties Creating a teen mission statement Working on your attitude

Volume two of the Teen Success Series, "100 Ways to Become a Successful Teenager"...

"At The Top of The Toboggan Hill" was written to express to others what life is all about. Although there has been a lot of sadness in my life and those closest to me, there will come a time and place that someday people may be able to look at the experiences they have had and be thankful for them. Although pain, either emotional or physical, may hurt for sometime, it is our overall attitude and choice to change the negativity around us. Regardless of what had occurred in life, we do have the ability to change and accept what has occurred. I am blessed and thankful for all the people who are...

Having walked many miles in troubled kids' shoes as a teenager, the author was able to relate to her students. In the attempt to reach out to her troubled kids, Ms. Chuta revisited her teenage years. As she encouraged her students to let go of their past for a better future, she was able to deal with her own past as well. In analyzing her students' different needs, she was able to conclude that it is possible to find wisdom underneath our pains.

The title of this book of poetry says it all. The poems will inspire and educate both teens and adults. Many of the youth and social issues we deal with every day are creatively addressed through poetry. It is a collage of over twenty of Gary's best poems. Here are just SOME of the social issues addressed:

Teen Pregnancy
Domestic Violence
Teen Alcohol Abuse
Teen Smoking
Drug Abuse
Drug Dealing
Gang Banging
Unprotected Sex / HIV
Saggy Pants

The book is good for everyone who enjoys poetry. It is a powerful educational tool for Educators and Parents....

Psychologists and educators believe that the primary task of adolescence is forming one's identity. Even if teens don't know the whole answer to the question of who they are, perhaps they will have a better understanding of all the things that might make up that answer and feel more comfortable becoming who they will be with the information and guidance this book offers. The authors describe a huge range of aspects many people think of as key to their identity: the role of family, culture and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, body modifications (tattoos, piercings, brandings, plastic...

Cassandra is hassled by her friends for sitting with the wrong kids at lunch. Jennifer gets harassed because she s overweight. Dwan s own family taunts her for not being black enough. Yen is teased for being Chinese; Jamel for not smoking marijuana. Yet all find the strength to face their conflicts and the courage to be themselves. In 26 first-person stories, real teens write about their lives with searing honesty. They will inspire young readers to reflect on their own lives, work through their problems, and learn who they really are."

Who wants to be a schmuck? If you want to change your life for the better, buy this book! If you want a new perspective on the world and the people who live in it, buy this book! How to Survive in a World with Two or More People is a real instructional guide to help just about anyone in just about any situation involving other people. From basic communication skills to exuberant critical thinking, this tell-all guide will provide you with comprehensive insight from a recovering schmuck and life-long people watcher who gives it to you straight and isn't afraid to speak the truth. You need to...

Find out where the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG got all his wonderful story ideas in this autobiographical account of his childhood

From his own life, of course As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny. Did you know that Roald Dahl nearly lost his nose in a car accident? Or that he was once a chocolate candy tester for Cadbury's? Have you heard about his involvement in the Great...

What do you want to know about sex?

Information about sex is everywhere. But what you learn from TV, movies, the internet, and friends is not always a healthy or accurate view of sexuality.

Now revised and updated with current facts, Joanna Cole's Asking About Sex & Growing Up is the perfect book to provide answers to questions about sex. Writing especially for preteens, the author uses a question-and-answer format to offer straightforward information on a wide variety of subjects related to sex and puberty.

Conflict arises in every relationship: within families, partnerships, groups, and nations. Whether a dispute turns destructive or constructive often depends on how it is handled. This book examines the causes of conflict in homes, schools, and the wider world.

At times, everyone feels angry or frustrated. When used as positive tools, these emotions can spur us to action to try to make our lives or the world better. This title explores both the positive and negative sides of these emotions and looks at the many techniques that anger management experts suggest for handling these feelings in healthy ways.

A responsible person answers for his or her decisions and actions. This book tells the stories of responsible people who made a difference throughout history - including Helen Keller, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ruby Bridges, and modern teens.

Most communities and organizations require an organizer to be successful and create change. This title tells the stories of great leaders - why they led, how they gained support and became leaders, and why people followed them. It also includes leadership stories involving Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Alexander the Great, and, Queen Elizabeth I.