young adults

Explores the effects of technological innovations on young adults and offers suggestions on how to address the deficiencies in youth intellect.

Four young friends find themselves pulled in different directions when they enter high school, and as the years pass, their envy, jealousy, and mistrust leads to violence.

Profiles classic and contemporary works of fiction and nonfiction of interest to middle and high school readers, providing information on each one's author, plot and themes, literary qualities, social sensitivity, topics for discussion, report and paper ideas, and related titles. Also includes further-reference lists.

Examines the self-focus of the "Entitlement Generation", young people who are entering America's schools, colleges, and business with enormous expectations and a need for constant praise and fulfillment, and discusses how the current generation differs from generations past in their beliefs, actions, ambitions, and emotions.

Contains interviews with eleven Russian young adults conducted in 1992, in which the author discusses the changes that have taken place in their lives since he first spoke with them three years earlier, touching on issues of work, career, marriage, children, economic difficulties, and escalating crime in post-Soviet Moscow.

The author captures the listlessness of growing up in the info-laden culture of the 1990s.

Contains nearly three hundred alphabetically arranged essays that provide biographical and bibliographical information about authors and illustrators of books for young readers, primarily from the twentieth century, most including a photograph, reproductions of book covers, quotations, interesting facts, and resources for further study.

Shows teenagers how to handle their money, covering everything from checking accounts, budgeting, and saving to credit cards, investing, and starting one's own business.

Presents a collection of ten fiction stories for young adult readers.