Kategoria BISAC: Young Adult Nonfiction >> Social Topics - Values & Virtues

It's not always easy to figure out what's right or wrong.

Your parents say one thing, your teachers say another, and your friends say something else entirely. Is it okay to tell a friend that her cookies taste awful? How should you respond when you see someone cheating on a test? And what's the big deal with downloading music for free?

Whether it's about the use of the internet (copying homework papers?) or sports (steroids?), friendship, family, school, or affairs of the heart, kids often find themselves asking: What's the right thing to do? With five simple and clear...

How do you define leadership? What kind of leader are you? What kind of leader can you be? Can you be both a leader and a follower? You can get a handle on these and other crucial questions by wrapping your brain around Step Up. It focuses on the nuts and bolts of solid Christian leadership (prayer, service, communication, conflict management, mentoring, etc.) but also goes deep into the soul of leadership. In these pages you'll find out why leading isn't always what we expect--and how leaders aren't always who we expect them to be. You'll learn to integrate your heart with the...

How can teenagers learn to decide when taking a risk is worth it? When brother and sister Jimmy and Carly find a scared, wounded, and huge dog in the woods, they re not sure whether to risk helping her. This question launches Carly and Jimmy on an adventure that leads them to learning a revolutionary approach to making decisions. Teenage readers will finish decision-making fable Taming Chaos equipped to tackle difficult life choices with confidence.

Taming Chaos is a fable for teenage students, teaching a step-by-step system for facing life s big---and...

"If I only had known what could happen, I would have made a different choice "

After a decade in a crisis pregnancy center, as well as counseling both Christian and non-Christian teens and speaking to millions of students through the years, Pam Stenzel has heard this statement many times. From girls and guys like you. And yes, sex is glorious. Sex is God-given. But sex outside of God's boundary has far-reaching consequences--a price tag of incalculable costs.

Sex Has a Price Tag is frank but also sympathetic. Inside are searing personal testimonies, medical stats, and...

In today's world, the topic of homosexuality seems to be part of everyday conversation in the media, in politics, and even inside churches, with pressure to accept one view or the other. And if you're a Christian teen, there seems to be few easy answers to the issues you regularly encounter, such as: Can you be friends with someone who is gay? What if your sister is a lesbian, or you sometimes wonder if you might be as well? Does the Bible really say homosexuality is wrong? What does God want us to do and say?

Preston Sprinkle has encountered these same questions, and as a theologian...

Book club favorite.

Blessed are the fathers who give us a little more Blessed are the engineers with answers to life's perplexities When a faithful homemaker makes a home with an old aerospace engineer, a surprising new life develops. The 98-year-old stress physicist gains a recalcitrant chauffeur and cook as they begin to discover why they might still matter.

Lynn Byk's best-selling, Pinnacle Achievement Awarded debut offers timely subject matter for adult children caring for parents and grandparents. With middle-age couched in the pillows...