Social Issues category: 20415 books
God Guy
Becoming the Man You're Meant to Be
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
For more than half a decade, Hungry Planet has been mentoring teens through books on topics ranging from dating and sex to modesty and meanness. Many of those resources have aimed squarely at the needs of teen girls--with Hayley DiMarco playing a big sister role to thousands of them.
Now it's...
Life Inside My Mind
31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
“Who better to raise teens’ awareness of mental illness and health than the YA authors they admire?” —Booklist (starred review)
“[A] much-needed, enlightening book.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson,...
Help Yourself for Teens
Real-Life Advice for Real-Life Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2005
As featured on Oprah
Dave Pelzer, author of the acclaimed, best-selling books A Man Named Dave and Help Yourself, continues his tireless crusade against despair with Help Yourself for Teens, an uplifting new book written specifically for young adults.
Sharing stories of his own adolescent...
by Sterling North
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Abraham Lincoln was born to a poor family on the American frontier. He was a hard worker, but he wanted more than a farmer’s life. As he learned about the issues of his day, Abe longed to be a lawmaker himself, so he ran for the state legislature. Soon the farm boy would become the brilliant orator...
Hot Stuff to Help Kids Cheer Up
The Depression and Self-Esteem Workbook
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Hot Stuff to Help Kids Cheer Up is the newest book in the successful Hot Stuff series. This handy guide is designed to help kids work through their depression and self-esteem issues in a way that's positive and effective.
Author Jerry Wilde has used his experience as a school psychologist to create...
The Middle School Survival Guide
How to Survive from the Day Elementary School Ends until the Second High School Begins
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2009
The only survival guide a middle school kid will ever need.
It can be the best of times. It can be the worst of times, too. Middle school happens at that tumultuous time in life when one's not a teenager and not a little kid. Middle school means being a middle-aged kid. Expectations-from teachers,...
Pure Love, Pure Life
Exploring God's Heart on Purity
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Purity doesn’t mean playing the game of How Far Is Too Far. A pure life is a full life—one that goes way beyond the ideas of dating, sex, and being a “good girl,” and focuses instead on what it means to be your true, powerful self.
Purity can feel like a dirty word sometimes. After...
Dear Author
Letters of Hope Top Young Adult Authors Respond to Kids' Toughest Issues
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
To millions of kids, the books they read are more than entertainment— they are mirrors to hold up to their own lives. And the creators of those books are more than just writers—they are mentors, confidants, friends, sometimes the only ones who understand. There is often an unspoken, unseen bond...
The Girls' Guide to Friends
Straight Talk for Teens on Making Close Pals, Creating Lasting Ties, and Being an All-Around Great Friend
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2010
Hey, girlfriend! Would you just die if your best friend moved away? Or what if that guy chatting you up in science class turns out to have a crush on your pal and not you? Are you fighting with a friend because she is constantly breaking plans with you to hang with her “cooler” buddies? Do you...
by Darren Meade
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
This is a story about a boy who everyone thought did not listen to others. His parents and teachers were always telling him off. Kwaku’s mother eventually finds out that Kwaku has difficulties hearing, so they seek help as a family to sort out his hearing difficulty. Kwaku’s story illustrates...
by Chad Eastham
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
Chad Eastham, with his typical wit and wisdom for teens, brings much sought afteradvice on girls’ favorite topics including dating, love, friendship, and otherimportant stuff.
Chadshines some much-needed light on these major issues for teens. Rather than lettheir feelings navigate them blindly...
by Mariel Hemingway, Ben Greenman
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
What is it like to be a teen with depressed addicts for parents, a mentally ill sister, and a grandfather who killed himself? In this moving, compelling diary, Mariel Hemingway writes as her teen self to share her pain, heartache, and coping strategies with young readers.
“I open my eyes....
by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
In the sequel to the New York Times bestselling memoir Three Little Words, Ashley Rhodes-Courter expands on life beyond the foster care system, the joys and heartbreak with a family she’s created, and her efforts to make peace with her past.
Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent a harrowing nine years...
The Purity Code (Pure Foundations)
God's Plan for Sex and Your Body
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
Tackles the tough and sensitive issues of sexuality to prepare teens for their adolescent years, instilling godly values about sex, their body, and relationships. Ages 8 to 14.