Social Issues category: 20415 books
by James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
TOUCHDOWN! James Patterson will have kids busting out laughing as they follow lovable bad-boy Rafe's struggles to score big on the field-and in the social scene!
In this seventh Middle School episode, Rafe heads back to the place his misadventures began: the dreaded Hills Village Middle School,...
by Jim Benton
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Read the hilarious, candid (and sometimes not-so-nice), diaries of Jamie Kelly, who promises that everything in her diary is true...or at least as true as it needs to be. Dear Dumb Diary, My social studies teacher, Mr. VanDoy, never smiles. I know that's hard to believe, because everybody smiles about...
Breakfast on Mars and 37 Other Delectable Essays
Your Favorite Authors Take A Stab at the Dreaded Essay Assignment
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Breakfast on Mars and 37 Other Delectable Essays will inspire students to think differently about the much feared assignment in elementary and middle schools around the country: essay writing.
Rebecca Stern's fifth grade students were bored to death with essay writing, and the one thing Rebecca needed...
Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills for Helping You Manage Mood Swings, Control Angry Outbursts, and
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Let's face it: life gives you plenty of reasons to get angry, sad, scared, and frustrated-and those feelings are okay. But sometimes it can feel like your emotions are taking over, spinning out of control with a mind of their own. To make matters worse, these overwhelming emotions might be interfering...
Do Hard Things
A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
A generation stands on the brink of a "rebelution."
"Most people don't expect you to understand what we're going to tell you in this book. And even if you understand, they don't expect you to care. And even if you care, they don't expect you to do anything about it. And even...
The Pregnancy Project
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
When high school senior Gaby faked a pregnancy as a project to challenge stereotypes, she also changed her life. Discover this compelling memoir from an inspirational teenage activist, now a Lifetime movie.
It started as a school project, but it turned into so much more.
Growing up,...
Claudette Colvin
Twice Toward Justice
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2009
"When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, ‘This is not right.'" – Claudette Colvin
On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation, refused to give her seat...
Hidden Girl
The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
An inspiring and compelling memoir from a young woman who lost her childhood to slavery—and built a new life grounded in determination and justice.
When Shyima Hall was eight years old, her impoverished parents sold her to pay a debt. Two years later, the wealthy family she was sold to moved...
by Marcus Weeks
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
"What is insanity?" "Can we trust our memories?" "Who needs parents, anyway?" The answers to these and many other burning questions lie in the world of psychology. It is all around us, influencing advertising, politics, and product development, and Heads Up Psychology...
Burbujas de paz
Pequeño libro de Mindfulness para niños (y no tan niños)
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Un libro de Mindfulness para niños y familias.
Vivimos en un mundo en el que la distracción es continua y el bombardeo no cesa. Pensamos que el estrés y la ansiedad son cosas de adultos, pero lo cierto es que también afecta a los más pequeños.
Burbujas de paz es un manual con el...
Think Confident, Be Confident for Teens
A Cognitive Therapy Guide to Overcoming Self-Doubt and Creating Unshakable Self-Esteem
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2011
Confidence is like a magnet that attracts people to you and helps you get closer to reaching your goals. When you believe in yourself, you send the message that you have the brains, ability, and talent to handle whatever life sends your way. And the truth is, you do!
Think Confident, Be Confident...
The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Syrian immigrant Khadra Shamy is growing up in a devout, tightly knit Muslim family in 1970s Indiana, at the crossroads of bad polyester and Islamic dress codes. Along with her brother Eyad and her African-American friends, Hakim and Hanifa, she bikes the Indianapolis streets exploring the fault-lines...
by Peggy Post, Cindy P Senning
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
Which fork do I use?
How do you use chopsticks?
Is it okay to answer my cell phone during dinner?
What is the polite way to eat spaghetti?
These and other important questions are answered in this handy guide to eating without grossing people out. Pretty much everything you need to know to get you...
by Kathy Belge, Marke Bieschke
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 19, 2015
En Queer Kathy Belge ofrece a sus lectores información honesta, relatos de la vida personal de los autores, hechos puntuales y sucesos que han marcado la historia de la comunidad LGBT.
Queer ha sido pensado para los adolescentes a partir de los 15 años de la comunidad LGBT.
Kathy Belge...