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Kimber Delaney is the seventeen-year-old flaky and endearing editor of the Westfield High School literary magazine. Her wealthy, handsome, two-faced boyfriend Lou is giving her nothing but grief, while her pot-smoking brother and sulking father are driving her crazy. Troubles are contagious...

A New York Public Library Best Book of 2017 * A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book for Teens 2017 This first-ever LGBTQ history book of its kind for young adults will appeal to fans of fun, empowering pop-culture books like Rad American Women A-Z and Notorious RBG**. Three starred...

Meet four friends dealing with everyday challenges of middle school and life. "Here's How to Deal: The Dance Dilemma" is a unique book written by psychologist moms through the perspective of kids themselves. Includes a companion guide to support good choices and social-emotional growth.

There are few things more rewarding than sharing a book with someone. Sarah’s Touch is one of those books that will be very rewarding to children when read with an adult. Sarah’s Touch is a true and touching story that teaches the value of quality by example. Sarah was working with children who...

WHAT’S NEXT DRAMA, HEARTACHE, PAIN & BETRAYAL                                                        by...

La narrativa de contenido social identifica la obra literaria de Gabriel Janer Manila, crónica de un tiempo de transformaciones, de migraciones del medio rural a la ciudad, de cambios de costumbres y modos de vida, de progreso económico y pérdidas espirituales. En "El rey Gaspar" asistimos...

When it comes to sex and relationships, it is often difficult to find reliable information. Yet everyone has questions and needs information on these important topics. Young people should have access to facts in order to make their own decisions about their sexuality and sexual health. In this...

The media have a great influence over the lives of young people, helping to determine how they dress, what they listen to, and how they think. This book will explore teens views and experiences with different mediatelevision, movies, newspapers, magazines, and the Internetand will examine how each has taken steps in recent years to attract a younger audience.

Prettier. Smarter. Funnier. Thinner. We girls know what it’s like to feel inadequate. Despite our best efforts, we constantly compare ourselves to the models in magazines, the selfies we see on Instagram, and even our closest friends. But we’re worth so much more than what we tell...

The Hamilton Triplets—Madison, Park, and Lexington—are accustomed to living in the public eye. Heiresses to a billion-dollar media empire, they have been raised in New York's most elite social circles and, at 16, know firsthand the demands of being celebutantes. There are people to impress, appearances...

In the Complete Works of Sister Nivedita (in five volumes), comprising the illuminating lectures, writings, articles, books, and epistles etc, of the author, we find the author's marvelous intellect, her lyrical powers of expression, the intensity with which she held her beliefs and convictions, her...

Growing up is often defined by change: Our bodies develop, our minds transform, and who we are and who we choose to begin to emerge from within ourselves. As amazing as this all sounds, the process can be difficult, confusing, and, at times, scary, especially if you’re a young lady who’s...

Perfect for fans of Sarah Mlynowski and Jenny Han, this heartfelt and humorous contemporary take on Sense and Sensibility follows two sisters—complete opposites—who discover the secrets they’ve been keeping make them more alike than they’d realized.   For siblings as different as Plum...

A cute, creative story about children and their texts, tweets, posts and pics. Don’t be mean and irresponsible! That’s the straight-to-the-point advice “Screen” has for young readers who are active on social media. Whether tapping out messages on their computers, tablets or phones, Screen...