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Being a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey applies the timeless principles of the 7 Habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face. In an entertaining style, Covey provides a step-by-step guide to help teens improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve their goals, get along with their parents, and much more. In addition, this...
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English
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For a parent, losing a child is the most devastating event that can occur. Most books on the subject focus on grieving and recovery, but as most parents agree, there is no recovery from such a loss. This book examines the continued love parents feel for their child and the many poignant and ingenious ways they devise to preserve the bond.
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English
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"Keith Weston nearly lost his life in an act of arson. He survived--but with devastating physical and emotional scars. Without his mother, he has no one to help him heal, no money, nothing to live for but the medications that numb his pain. Isolated and angry, his hatred has one tight focus: his half-sister, Maggie Lockwood. Nineteen-year-old Maggie spent a year in prison for the acts that led up to the fire. Now she's back home. But her release cannot...
Publisher
Paraclete Press [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
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Helping Parents Grieve is for any parent who has experienced the death of a child--and for those who aim to help someone who is grieving. You will meet men and women who have suffered, who share their stories, and help to kindle hope for finding life again. Topics include: Knowing you are not alone ; Dealing with the loss of hopes and dreams ; Grieving the death of a baby ; The family's grief journey ; Honoring and remembering your child.
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Publisher
Franklin Covey Co
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
This completely updated and redesigned personal workbook companion to the bestselling The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens provides engaging activities, interactives and self-evaluations to help teens understand and apply the power of the 7 Habits. Sean Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens has sold more than 2 million copies and helped countless teens make better decisions and improve their sense of self-worth. Pairing new interactives...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2021, 2022.
Language
English
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A compelling and incisive book that questions the overuse of mental health terms to describe universal human emotions Public awareness of mental illness has been transformed in recent years, but our understanding of how to define it has yet to catch up. Too often, psychiatric disorders are confused with the inherent stresses and challenges of human experience. A narrative has taken hold that a mental health crisis has been building among young people....
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Publisher
Rosen Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Offers teens an overview of the issues related to suicide, exploring why it is on the rise among teens, where they can find help if they are considering suicide, how it can impact their family and friends, and other related topics.
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Publisher
Mango Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This compact workbook provides the same engaging activities, interactives, and self-evaluations but now graphically more engaging to help teens understand and apply the power of the Habits. Sean Covey has helped countless teens make better decisions and improve their sense of self-worth.
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Publisher
Mango Publishing
Pub. Date
♭2018.
Language
English
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Feeling awkward and alone? -- Learn how to win friends and build confidence and self-esteem. Find your untapped potential: Young adults struggle with lots of issues -- finishing up school, finding a career, finding a partner to be with and most importantly figuring out who they are. But who are you? That can often be an overwhelming question to ask, especially when you feel like the people all around you have it figured out and you're just falling...
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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"In this look at privileged families, Levine offers thoughtful, practical advice as she explodes one child-rearing myth after another. With empathy and candor, she identifies parenting practices that are toxic to healthy self-development and that have contributed to epidemic levels of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse in the most unlikely place - the affluent family."--BOOK JACKET
13) Keesha's house
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Publisher
Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Seven teens facing such problems as pregnancy, closeted homosexuality, and abuse each describe in poetic forms what caused them to leave home and where they found home again.
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Success Books/Video Plus L.P
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Stop waiting for life to happen. Start pursuing your dreams now! Success for Teens will show you that success is not about smarts, looks, or luck. It's about becoming the best possible person you can be and making the most of your talents and opportunities. By understanding and applying the slight edge philosophy, you'll learn the time-tested principles for excelling in all areas of your life: Time Management, Goal-Setting, Self-esteem, dream-building,...
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English
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Being a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Cove applies the proven wisdom of the 7 Habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face. In an entertaining style, Cove provides a step-by-step guide to help teens improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve their goals, get along with their parents, and much more. In addition, this audiobook...
18) Crank
Author
Series
Crank trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Kristina Georgia Snow is the perfect daughter, gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. But on a trip to visit her absentee father, Kristina disappears and Bree takes her place. Bree is the exact opposite of Kristina. Through a boy, Bree meets the monster: crank. And what begins as a wild ecstatic ride turns into a struggle through hell for her mind, her soul - her life.
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Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
FRONTLINE correspondent Douglas Rushkoff explores how the perennial teen quest for identity and connection has migrated to social media, and exposes the game of cat-and-mouse that corporations are playing with these young consumers. Here is a powerful examination of the evolving and complicated relationship between teens and the companies that are increasingly working to target them.
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Publisher
Hyperion Avenue
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Since long before the spaceships’ fleeting presence, Blaine has been content to go along with the whims of his supermom wife and half-feral, television-addicted children. But when the kids blithely ponder skinning people to see if they’re aliens, and his wife drags them all on a surprise road trip to Disney World, even steady Blaine begins to crack. Half a continent away, Heather floats in a Malibu pool and watches the massive ships hover overhead....