Adolescence category: 1257 books
Kick Me
Adventures in Adolescence
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2002
Written in side-splitting and often cringe-inducing detail, Paul Feig takes you in a time machine to a world of bombardment by dodge balls, ill-fated prom dates, hellish school bus rides, and other aspects of public school life that will keep you laughing in recognition and occasionally sighing in relief that you aren’t him. Kick Me is a nostalgic trip for the inner geek in all of us.
My Teenage Werewolf
A Mother, a Daughter, a Journey Through the Thicket of Adolescence
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2010
A veteran journalist navigates the mother-daughter relationship at its most crucial moment
With the eye of a reporter, the curiosity of an anthropologist, and the open (and sometimes wounded) heart of a mother, award-winning author Lauren Kessler embeds herself in her about-to-be-teenage daughter's...
by A. J. Benza
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
A surprisingly tender coming-of-age story of a close-knit yet tough Sicilian-American family that accepts and welcomes a young boy struggling to understand himself—by the former Daily News (New York) gossip columnist and E! television host.
A.J. Benza’s distinctive blend of wit, dry humor,...
Raising a Teenager
Parents and the Nurturing of a Responsible Teen
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Just the idea of adolescence provokes more dread, more worry, and more confusion than any other stage of childhood-which is why we are so excited about the Elium's newest parenting book. This is not a cynical survival guide. RAISING A TEENAGER is an honest, beautifully written exploration of the issues facing parents of teens today, with practical, realistic solutions.
Small Town England
And How I Survived It
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2010
Tim Bradford is growing up in a small town in Lincolnshire in the 1970s. Market Rasen is not the most exciting place, but to his teenage mind it was the centre of the universe. Tim is at that in-between phase between childhood and adolescence, where you are trying to be grown up and get your first...
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Questions for Teens
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
Adolescence is one of the most challenging times of our lives — and, of course, the most fun. What do teens want to know about and ask about? It may be friends, TV, school, romance, music, peer pressure, cliques, proms, parties, gossip, parents, food, hair, videos, shopping, sports, card, the future...
Girls Growing Up on the Autism Spectrum
What Parents and Professionals Should Know About the Pre-Teen and Teenage Years
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2009
'This book is not only reassuring; it is inspiring, and bursting with ideas and achievable strategies. The authors write with authority and conviction, and tackle even the most difficult and delicate of topics. If ever you needed to be convinced that girls with ASD can overcome the difficulties and...
American Girls
Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
A New York Times Bestseller
Instagram. Whisper. YouTube. Kik. Ask.fm. Tinder. The dominant force in the lives of girls coming of age in America today is social media. What it is doing to an entire generation of young women is the subject of award-winning Vanity Fair writer Nancy Jo Sales’s...
Dads and Daughters
How to Inspire, Understand and Support Your Daughter When She's Growing Up So Fast
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2002
Every father can make a huge difference in his daughter’s life.
As the primary male role model in a girl’s life, fathers influence their daughters in profound ways, from how they see themselves to what they come to expect from men and the world at large. But men often don’t realize the...
When Teens Pray
Powerful Stories of How God Works
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2010
When Teens Pray richly demonstrates how God has intervened as teenagers have sought Him. Each chapter features true-life stories of the power of teens' prayers as they intercede for their high schools, families, and friends; as they pray on the mission field; and as they deal with the struggles of...
So You're About to Be a Teenager
Godly Advice for Preteens on Friends, Love, Sex, Faith, and Other Life Issues
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2003
Samuel and Rebecca Rainey, preteens themselves not many years ago, add their perspective as young adults who vividly recall their own successes and failures as teenagers. Covering such topics as friends, peer pressure, boundaries, dating, and sex, the Raineys address the most common traps of adolescence...
To Change a Mind
Parenting to Promote Maturity in Teenagers
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
In this companion to his first book, An Unchanged Mind, John A. McKinnon provides invaluable advice to all parents of teenagers and young adults. Using case studies gathered from his years helping parents with troubled adolescents, Dr. McKinnon explores the ways that adolescent development can be derailed...
by DeGreg
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
“Full of nostalgia and heart, DeGreg takes us on a very personal journey of coming of age in the tumultuous times of the Sixties and Seventies. Think of a completely honest version of The Wonder Years filled with rock ‘n roll, basketball, sex, and lots of easily forgotten truths about growing...
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens
Simple Ways to Keep Your Cool in Stressful Times
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
In this candid guide to adolescence in his #1 bestselling series, Richard Carlson examines the contradictions and challenges unique to teenage life and offers high schoolers (and their parents) tools for learning not to stress about homework, peer pressure, dating, and more. Along the way, he addresses...