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Growing up isn't always easy, especially for modern-day teens. In school and at home, there are a lot of things teen girls may be struggling to juggle on the roller coaster of adolescence. Advanced Life Skills for Teen Girls is the go-to guide to not just discovering but practicing essential skills for independence, resilience, and success in the years ahead! Life doesn't come with a rule book, but with the right skills, you can make smart choices, boost motivation to take action, and leap over any obstacle along the way.

Ernesto Castañeda y Daniel Jenks explican las razones de la migración juvenil de Centroamérica, describen el viaje y documentan cómo los menores experimentaron la separación de sus familias y su posterior reunión. Señalan que los jóvenes que tienen sentimientos de pertenencia se integran rápida y fácilmente.

From invisibility to invincibility: with this empowering guide, realize your potential for exceptional confidence, friendships and self-expression, even if you're the shyest person in the room! Struggle with speaking in class? Battle with self-doubt and loneliness? Tired of being the 'shy one'? Empowered—Social Skills for Teens transforms these challenges into strengths, guiding teens, parents, and educators toward radiant confidence.

Do you feel like adulthood came with no instruction manual? Wondering if you're the only one struggling to balance work, relationships, and personal goals? Adulthood, or "adulting," can be overwhelming and confusing at times. It's a period of life where you are expected to have your act together and take on full responsibility for yourself. You will explore how to navigate this journey like a pro. From developing time management skills to building healthy relationships and finding your purpose, this guide has got you covered.

Fighting Censorship: A Handbook for Pushing Back on Book Bans equips listeners with arguments against the common reasons that are given to ban books in schools and public libraries. In September 2021, the school board in York, Pennsylvania, voted to remove many books from school libraries in its community. The Panther Anti-Racist Union (PARU) at Central York High School, comprised of four students and two advisors, successfully fought the ban by organizing protests and media interviews to raise awareness.

In a world full of challenges for young people, this book brilliantly equips teens with essential life skills that schools often overlook, empowering them to thrive with confidence and success in their everyday lives! This book equips teens to thrive in all areas of life, covering essential skills such as time management, emotional intelligence, communication, self-discipline, building healthy friendships, boosting self-esteem, and preparing for college, careers, and financial independence.

Are you ready to unlock your full potential? The Glow Up Collection combines Glow Up! and Glow Up 2—two transformative books filled with practical wisdom and exercises designed to guide you on your journey to self-love, inner peace, and personal growth.

Watching your teen struggle with confidence, anxiety, or self-doubt can be heartbreaking. This teen self-esteem audiobook provides them with practical tools and encouragement to build real self-esteem, manage stress, and grow into the strong, confident, and resilient teens they know they can be.

In this powerful guide, Coach Don Barrett—undefeated high school wrestler, U.S. Army paratrooper, and leadership scholar—shares the core lessons he’s learned through decades of experience both on and off the field. Drawing from his academic work in leadership at Liberty University and his hands-on success mentoring students, educators, and school leaders, Coach Barrett reveals what it truly takes to become a trusted, respected leader.

Do you ever feel like the world expects you to have it all figured out, but no one tells you how? Imagine a guide that gives you the tools to understand yourself, face life’s struggles, and build the future you want.

You don’t have to be an adult to fight for what you believe in — and win. The remarkable stories of 3 young women activists of color fighting for some of today’s most pressing movements of defunding the police, environmental justice, and arts education. Girls of color have always been on...

Transitioning from childhood to adulthood is indeed a difficult and confusing time. The changes and demands of life can be overwhelming—not to mention the societal expectations that pressure young women to conform to strict ideals of beauty, success, and popularity.

This black teen book is full of wisdom from Black male trailblazers who accomplished remarkable things in sports, literature, entertainment, education, STEM, business, military and government services, politics and law, activism, and more. Explore the many facets of your identity through hundreds of big and small questions. In this guidebook for teens, M.J. Fievre, educator and author of Raising Confident Black Kids and Badass Black Girl, tackles a variety of relevant topics, such as family and friends, school and careers, and stereotypes.

Be empowered by 52 weeks of Black self-love and anti-racism lessons, affirmations for positive thinking, and prompts for Black Boy Joy. A Black male handbook for self-care, Black & Resilient includes prompts for teens to reflect and divulge what they're feeling on a deeper level. It comes with mind-strengthening affirmations for teens, stories of truth and power, and practices to teach Black teen boys how to stay empowered despite what life throws at them.

The younger you are when you unlock the secrets of money, the more money you’ll have in your life. At your age, you have an advantage over the adults around you–the earlier you start with good financial habits, the more money you’ll have later. You’ve found a fun and engaging guide written by a teenager–one who already understands how to build wealth.

De una diva se dice todo, se especula desde su origen hasta sus amores; se le puede amar u odiar, pero nunca ser indiferente a su presencia. ¿Tú crees que una diva nace o se hace? Yo pienso que es un poco de todo: un toque de carisma, otro de vanidad, uno más de buena suerte y muchotrabajo para alcanzar ese sitio que tantas anhelan, pero que pocas están dispuestas a conseguir. Esta es la historia de cómo yo, Pedro Figueira, puse mis sueños y aspiraciones muy alto y me convertí en La Divaza.

Informative and accessible, The Book of Knowing is a friendly therapeutic guide for teens to understand and control their feelings. In 2015, clinical psychologist Gwendoline Smith began a Tumblr blog under the pseudonym Dr. Know. Her Gen Z-friendly approach to CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) resonated, and the idea for this book was born. With lively art, tangible advice, and immersive activities, this book is a handy guide for dealing with big feelings that provides humor, kindness, and manageable strategies for issues that can sometimes feel out of our control.

Mildred Jeter Loving and Richard Perry Loving wanted to live out their married life near family in Virginia, but the state refused to let them. The reason: Richard was white and Mildred was black. After being arrested and charged with a crime, the Lovings were forced to leave their home—until they turned to the legal system. In one of the country’s landmark legal battles, Loving v. Virginia, the Lovings secured their future when the Supreme Court struck down all state laws prohibiting mixed marriage.

Create a positive mindset and build a happier life with these 10-minute spiritual reflections for teens and young adults. With all the challenges and hardships we face in our lives and in the world around us, it’s harder than ever to preserve our happiness, faith, confidence, and well-being...

Conoce esta maravillosa obra que nos cuenta la historia de Santiago Zapata, un niño de 16 años que, a pesar de sufrir una enfermedad muscular de Duchenne, aprendió a leer y escribir por su propia cuenta. Luego de leer más de 650 libros decide escribir su primer ejemplar ‘Caminando con mi Mente’, un manual de vida que describe de manera precisa los pasos para tener una vida sin limitaciones, de igual forma, nos brinda las herramientas para ser mejores personas y lograr tener una mejor versión de si mismo. ¡No te pierdas este espectacular audiolibro y disfruta el viaje de caminar con la mente!