youth

Helping teenagers avoid sexual assault.

Presents a biography of young Malala Yousafzai, a teenage Pakistani girl who has become an activist for women's education in her country.

Teen/young adult manual for the understanding of mental illness and recovery.

Explains the basic political and social beliefs of conservatives, discussing what it is like to be conservative in today's liberal political world.

Offers advice and tips to overcoming common problems and succeeding at your first job, with information on making a good first impression, coping with grunt work, managing time, dealing with difficult people, and many other ways of showing management your skills.

Presents the text of Shakespeare's drama about Romeo and Juliet, two young people whose love is doomed by their warring families, and includes explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, a modern perspective on the play, and other reference tools.

A companion to the novels of young adult author Joan Bauer, featuring an interview with Bauer, discussing her literary techniques, providing analyses of books written between 1992 and 2006, and including a bibliography.

Presents a first-hand account of youth culture in various countries of the Middle East including interviews with Hezbollah members, Palestinian refugees in southern Lebanon, and Bedouin camps.

Tells the stories of ten young people who were raised in the foster care system, discussing what happened to them after they turned eighteen and were no longer eligible for the benefits of family or government support, and offers suggestions on how best to respond to the needs of these new adults.

Offers an overview of the social and legal aspects of teenage substance abuse, discussing how drug and alcohol addiction can lead to health problems, destructive behavior, jail time, failure in school, criminal behavior, and even death.