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Young people wonder about answers to life’s big questions: “Who am I?”, “Why am I here?”, “What happens after I die?”, and others. Some adults don’t know the answers, while others may not want to talk about these topics.

Cruising Through The Teens: Easier Than It Seems offers suggestions to teens that are more pointers than actual advice. And it's the teenagers themselves who need to uncover the answer inside themselves. By quieting the mind down from its incessant chatter, they can find within themselves what's been missing. After that, cruise control!

Resilient Black Girl is a must-listen in young-adult nonfiction books for Black girls. As a social justice book for teens and a book about racism, it provides Black teen girls a better understanding of the effects of racism and equips them with skills for navigating spaces in their daily lives.

Viktoriaanisen ajan Australia hehkuu rakkautta ja häikäilemättömyyttä. Kun 17-vuotiaan Nora Tamasinin isä kuolee etsiessään kultaa Australiasta, tämä jättää tyttärensä yhtiökumppaninsa, pahamaineisen Charles Herrickin huostaan. Nora jättää taakseen Englannin ja muuttaa Australiaan akaasioiden, eukalyptusten ja kultakuumeen maahan. Uudessa kotimaassaan Nora tuntee vetoa Herrickin poikaan Stirlingiin. Herrickillä on kuitenkin muita suunnitelmia hänen varalleen. Pian Nora saa huomata, että Charles Herrick on mies, joka haluaa kostaa kokemansa vääryydet – hinnalla millä hyvänsä.

Do you keep procrastinating and keep squandering? In today’s world, where distractions are everywhere, the ability to focus has become more and more difficult to achieve. If you recognize yourself in the above situation, don’t worry; these are common challenges for teenagers, and you can overcome them and become successful in life. Teenagers' Guide to Success is your must-listen, must-follow guide to help you remove distractions so you can finally work on your goals with ease. This will show you the way to rewire your brain, conquer challenges, and achieve goals.

Jimmy, known by his friends as Meathead, wants to be a good kid...he really does. But his friends are wild and lead him into serious trouble. Stealing, fighting slingshot battles, and lying to girls, Meathead hilariously struggles to be honest while enduring growing pains and dealing with a terrible loss. Set in the suburbs in the late '70s, even Meathead starts to understand what it takes to grow up and be a good man.

El estigma de la gordura pesa mucho más que el propio cuerpo. Parecería que si no somos delgadas, valemos menos. La influencer del body positive Agustina Cabaleiro tiene mucho para decir al respecto.

According to the World Health Organization, one in three women will be sexually or physically assaulted in her lifetime. These rates are very similar for nonbinary people and other feminized people, too. This is rape culture, and young adults are living through it here and now. Fired Up About Consent is a practical, survivor-informed primer for young people who want to learn how to build joyful, mutually satisfying sex lives and relationships.

Are you feeling bullied at school or on social media? Being made to feel like you don't fit in? That you are "too different" from everyone else? Made to feel like you can never achieve your dreams? Well, you are not alone. It might surprise you to know that many of the biggest celebrities have also faced the same challenges. This book includes advice from actors, musicians, journalists, business owners, TV presenters, performers, tribute artists, magicians, mentalists, drag queens, and more.

Whether you’re 16 or 22: If doubt, insecurity or social anxiety often stop you from being you, it can block your life progress. It affects your self esteem and social skills. And it’s totally exhausting. Seriously, it feels like being frozen while watching everyone else live their best life. But you aren't alone. Forbes stated, 53 percent of people often feel socially awkward. And per the NIH, 7.1 percent of US young adults have social anxiety.

Discover quick and easy ways to grow your self-esteem, even if you feel like nothing’s ever going to change. Do your classmates constantly take advantage of you, because they know they can get away with it? Are you always convincing yourself that having cripplingly low self-esteem is just part of who you are? Do you want to finally feel like you’re enough, without needing validation from your peers? If you regularly feel like everyone you meet in life is better than you, you’re not alone.

As a youth, when you're told that your mom should have crossed her legs and broke your neck when she was giving birth to you, you have a tendency to believe that your existence is a mistake. When you are told that you don't deserve to breathe the same air as normal people, you naturally feel worthless and powerless. Ironically though, after a life of murder, prison, and other survival-induced traumas that resulted in blood and sirens, you come to learn that true power comes from knowing of, not believing in, the things that you cannot see.

At only eight months old, identical twin sisters Ariel and Zan Henley were diagnosed with Crouzon syndrome — a rare condition where the bones in the head fuse prematurely. They were the first twins known to survive it. Growing up, Ariel and her sister endured numerous medical procedures to keep them alive. Doctors expanded the twins’ skulls and broke bones to make room for their growing organs. After each surgery, the sisters felt like strangers to each other, unable to recognize themselves in the mirror.

I think we can all agree that having your finances in order can make living a happy life much easier. Make sure your young person doesn’t fall into the trap of asking “Where is all my money going?” or “Why didn’t they teach me this stuff in school?!” Author Stephen Carter is a high school teacher-turned-entrepreneur and had made it his mission to help young people manage their money better. Through a pause-resisting narrative, Stephen tells the story of a sophomore named Andrew Black, as he navigates the world of finance alongside his instructor, Mr. Sharp.

If you are a teenager in today’s world of finance, you have an advantage over every generation prior to yours. The resources you have access to, your incredible talents with technology, and your drive to create wealth in new ways is unparalleled. I am excited to get you started with the basics of personal finance to help launch you into a life of financial security. I will teach you about basic concepts of saving, budgeting, income, and everything else you will need to get started building your personal wealth today.

Being a teenager and trying to understand who you are and what you stand for is hard. Period. But if you're a Black girl and don't always see yourself represented in the books you read, the films you watch, the adverts you see or the history you're taught, it can be even tougher. From understanding identity to the politics of hair to maintaining squad goals to dealing with microaggressions to consent to figuring out what career you might want, Grown has got your back.

¿Te gustaría verte diferente? ¿En ocasiones quisieras cambiar a tus papás? ¿Te has dicho: “Nadie me comprende”? ¿Te has cuestionado si eres normal? Si contestaste que “sí” a la mitad de las preguntas anteriores, entonces eres perfectamente normal. ¡Así que este libro es ideal para ti! Porque trata temas como los amigos, tener confianza en ti, aprender a decir no a las drogas y, en general, cómo enfrentar los problemas y retos de la juventud.

Are you sick of waiting until Christmas and your birthday to hope that just maybe you get a couple of the things you want? Are you tired of constantly asking your parents for money to buy a pack of gum or an iPhone? Tired of begging them to take you to Disney? Do you want buy your own car the day you get your driver’s license? If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, you have picked up the right book!

Midori started writing on datingadvicefromagirl.com in 2007 and has helped thousands of people. Dating Advice from a Girl is a trusted online resource for anyone interested in traditional dating in the modern world. In this book, Midori shares scientific evidence and practical advice but weaves it all in personal stories to capture the attention of young listeners and explain: what happens in a woman's brain when she has sex, what is at stake when a woman has sex, and more.

At age 16, most high schoolers are trying to navigate college applications, Friday night football games, and SAT scores. But for Jess Kimball, age 16 meant graduating high school and moving abroad, alone. Her decision to focus on running a business instead of going to college is one that she had no regrets about - except for her curiosity about college life. At age 19, Jess decided to audit classes at Dartmouth College; an experience that would change her life. What resulted was the social experience of college, minus the debt and anxiety - a pseudo-college experience.