Kategoria BISAC: Young Adult Nonfiction >> Social Topics - Peer Pressure

Everyone has secrets. Some you might whisper into a friend's ear, while others may stay locked inside you for years...maybe even forever. It's those secrets that you tuck away that eventually control you. You may think you're okay, but really, your secrets can be tearing you apart from the inside out. Secret Survivors tells the compelling, true stories of people who have lived through painful secrets--things that they kept to themselves until they could no longer bear the pain alone. As you read their stories, you'll be drawn into their journeys towards healing, and you'll understand why...

Dead Before 18 is for you men who, feel the world is against them; who are determined to be respected and survive through the threats that want to kill them or place them in prison; feel that the streets are all that they know and can depend on. This book was written to help them save their own lives, their own futures, and for them to make it home every night.

Written by Lamont Carey. A man that survived the streets, prison and found that the only way to live and succeed is to know the truth about oneself and the streets.

This practical look at sexual purity is written directly to teens in a frank, accessible, and totally honest style to help them make decisions for sexual integrity. When Young Men Are Tempted discusses factors surrounding sexual temptation and presents a strategy to encourage and assist young men to lead morally pure lives. Author Bill Perkins offers success stories as well as testimonies of false solutions. Readers will: - Understand why "wrong" things seem so "right" and how sexual appetites get out of control - Learn to filter and deal with the elements of teens' pop culture work - Find...

Maybe you've gone to church and just not felt like you were connecting to the service like everyone else. Perhaps you have been trying to get closer to God but simply hit block after block and feel more frustrated than faith-filled each time you sit down to pray or worship. Or maybe you feel like you are doing okay spiritually, but feel you're missing something you can't quite define. And on top of everything else, you're simply trying to figure out who you really are inside and what you're supposed to be doing with your life.

The good news is you're not alone, and you don't have to...

"Each Step I Take" is the poetic story of one girl's journey through bullying. Told from Lila Dooley's teenage point of view, "Each Step I Take" reflects what many teenagers are experiencing in today's world of growing up with social media and extreme feelings of being excluded by peers or classmates. The poetry, divided into themes of darkness and light, sheds light on how bullying is not just physical-it affects young adults psychologically as well. Lila's message of acceptance and hope is something we all can learn from. As she writes in the poem, "Perfect" Perfect is a word to describe...