Social Issues category: 20415 books
by Catherine Stier
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
No one at school had ever thought up a club like this. All you had to do to be in it is answer some questions and share them with the rest of the club. Questions like: What is your favorite salad dressing? Who is your BFF? What was your most embarrassing moment? Kiley, T.J., Josh, and Anne each have...
La prepotenza invisibile
Come difenderci da bulli e cyberbulli
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Il bullismo in tutte le sue declinazioni è un fenomeno odioso. Il punto di partenza per combatterlo è la sua piena conoscenza. A casa come a scuola. È però un errore collegarlo alla sfera economica delle persone, perché esistono bulli sia poveri che ricchi. Nell’immaginario collettivo il bullo...
Debunk It!
How to Stay Sane in a World of Misinformation
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2019
We live in an era of misinformation, much of it spread by authority figures, including politicians, religious leaders, broadcasters, and, of course, apps and websites. With so much bogus information coming from so many sources, how can anyone be expected to discover the truth?
In Debunk It, author...
by Jean Webster
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2019
“Daddy-Long-Legs” is a 1912 novel by American writer Jean Webster. It revolves around Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, a young girl who grew up in an orphanage. When she is seventeen and her schooling is over, she remains at the orphanage to work in the dormitories. One day, Judy is told that,...
by Deborah Gregory
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
After what seems like forever, the Cheetah Girls are finally on their way into the recording studio to put together a demo tape with the help of superfamous producer Mouse Almighty. All sorts of things have held them up, from puppies and plagiarism to broken bones and social services, but now they...
by Lilliam Rivera
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
John Hughes’s Pretty in Pink comes to the South Bronx in this bold and “emotional story about class, race, hard work, and finding one’s place” (Publishers Weekly)—from debut author Lilliam Rivera.
Things/People Margot Hates:
Mami, for destroying her social life
Papi, for allowing...
by Mandy Mikulencak
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Arlie's face was disfigured by burns when her stepfather's meth lab exploded. After that, Arlie discovered the street smarts and survival skills she needed to shelter her addict mother, since the law and Lloyd, her deranged stepfather, are both looking for them. People died in the explosion and everyone...
WESSEX TALES - Complete Series (Illustrated)
12 Novels & 6 Short Stories, Including Far from the Madding Crowd, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure, The Return of the Native, The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Trumpet-Major…
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Wessex Novels and Tales of Thomas Hardy are set in the south and southwest of England, in the area Hardy named "Wessex" after the medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom that existed in this part of that country prior to the unification of England by Æthelstan. These tales depict strong characters...
Stressed Out! For Teens
How to Be Calm, Confident & Focused
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014
The world’s teenagers have never been so challenged as they are today. The constant demands of parents, school, work, peers, social media, athletics, music, etc. has created a generation who, while tremendously capable, are also tremendously stressed. Today’s teens are expected to not only do...
Whoppers
History's Most Outrageous Lies and Liars
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2019
History of full of liars. Not just little-white-telling liars, but big-honkin', whopper-telling liars—people who can convince us that even the most improbable, outrageous, nonsensical stories are true. And the worst part is that we'll believe it. Whoppers tells the story of history's greatest liars...
The Glass Cafe
Or the Stripper and the State; How My Mother Started a War with the System That Made Us Kind of Rich and a Little Bit Famous
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
THE STORY IS all true and happened to me and is mine.
Tony’s mom, Al, is a terrific single mother who works as a dancer at the Kitty Kat Club. Twelve-year-old Tony is a budding artist, inspired by backstage life at the club. When some of his drawings end up in an art show and catch the attention...
by Robert Rayner
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
This dark and gritty new story from New Brunswick author Robert Rayner examines the moral choices of one teen with a childhood filled with emotional neglect and social bullying, and how haunting real-life choices made when you're young can be when you're older.
Life was never easy for Julian, aka...
by Allyson Valentine
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
With the perfect plan to get the guy, what could possibly go wrong?
Nora Fulbright is the most talented new cheerleader at Riverbend High. She may have been a friendless overachiever in the past but this year Nora is determined to transform from social larva to full blown butterfly. Even if...
Communication Skills for Teens
How to Listen, Express, and Connect for Success
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2016
Communication is an essential life skill that every teen must learn. Based on the New Harbinger classic, Messages, this book will teach you the necessary skills—such as assertiveness, active listening, and compassion—to become an effective communicator for life.
In an age of social media,...