youths' writings

Describes the lives of eight teenagers from Iran, why they left their homeland, and how they adapted to life in the United States.

Describes the lives of eight teenagers from Haiti, why they left their homeland, and how they adjusted to life in the United States.

Includes letters, diaries, and journals of twenty young people from all walks of life, reflecting their experiences in the pivotal period in American history from 1767 to 1789.

Two kings, a fox and a raccoon, become embroiled in a race to build the highest stockpile of weapons until a strong wind threatens to topple the piles and makes them both fearful of the consequences.

Collects twenty true stories that detail the experiences of teenagers dealing with issues concerning disabilities, and includes a related short story.

Contains twenty-six essays written by young men ranging in age from fourteen to twenty-four, discussing the challenges of dealing with peer pressure, absent fathers, succeeding in school, and more.

A collection of essays written by the author from age fifteen to seventeen in which he shares impressions of school, sports, cool people, boring people, friends, family, money, music, and obsessions.

A collection of poems and brief essays by girls aged fourteen to nineteen on such themes as strength, beauty, love, sex, drugs, social justice, and maturity.

As seventeen-year-old Sarah, daughter of a powerful line of vampire-hunting witches, continues to pursue the ancient bloodsucker Nikolas, she finds herself in a dangerous friendship with two vampire siblings in her high school.

An anthology of stories, poems, and essays by adolescent boys on issues that concern them.