youth

An introduction to common concerns of adolescence, such as acne and body odor, covering the physical changes of puberty and offering tips on caring for oneself from head to toe.

Presents opposing viewpoints on events of the 1960s including the Vietnam War, social rebellion, the civil rights movement, and the women's liberation movement.

Discusses the key features of Radical Change--a theory that can be used to identify books with characteristics reflecting the interactivity, connectivity, and access of the digital world--considering changes in forms and formats, perspectives, and boundaries, and including guidelines for evaluating books in the digital age.

Thirteen-year-old Carrie, clinging to memories of her idyllic early childhood, struggles to communicate with family and classmates.

Features plot summaries and character sketches of characters in classic and contemporary young adult literature, including works by Paul Zindel, Charles Dickens, Robert Cormier, S.E. Hinton, Cynthia Voigt, and John Steinbeck.

Provides instructions and reproducible worksheets for sixty projects and activities related to young adult literature for students in grades six through twelve, each of which reinforces learning in one or more of the six areas of reading, writing, representing, viewing, speaking, and listening.

Describes the author's efforts with other activist youths to provide relief in countries throughout the world, revealing the methods that enabled her successes and discussing how to network for effective philanthropic results..

In the last months of the twentieth century, art school dropout Odile and her companion Jack, who spends his time capturing the sounds of the city on his out-of-date tape recorder, decide to start their own art movement.

Examines the social problems related to the consumption of alcoholic beverages by college students, and discusses health, behavioral, and safety consequences of binge drinking, effective prevention programs, countermeasures for college campuses, and other related topics.