Helveston, Eugene M.
Summary: "The Second Decade" offers a game plan for navigating two of the most important challenges facing today's youth: gaining academic skills through a quality education at school, and acquiring practical skills learned by working at a job. Exposing youth to the benefits of work -- earning money and gaining independence while taking on responsibility and embracing accountability -- adds valuable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MarLi Bar Press 2016
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.125 HELCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 649.125 HELAlderton, Molly
Summary: Provides non-judgmental answers to questions about sex, attraction, gender identity, sexually transmitted diseases, and relationships, including how toxic shock syndrome occurs, how twins develop, and what is the best type of birth control.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viva Editions 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 306.7 ALDPinsky, Drew
Summary: Dr. Drew has spent decades talking to teens and young adults about sex and relationships, so he and his daughter take on a new generation of knowledge that incorporates current concerns with TCB: trust, compassion, and boundaries. Quizzes, real questions from patients, and life-experience from Paulina help the team tackle some of the toughest stuff to talk about.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 306.7 PINCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 306.7 PINHuegel, Kelly
Summary: Huegel Madrone provides realistic advice for teens who are LGBTQ, questioning whether they might be, or are just interested in knowing more about LGBTQ history and rights. Also included are practical suggestions on dealing with homophobia; dating; creating a more accepting school environment; and reconciling your sexual/gender identity with cultural and religious beliefs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Spirit Publishing Inc. 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 306.7 HUEIanelli, Liz
Summary: "There was a huge public outpouring to the recent articles in The New York Times about Family Foundation School, a last-resort institution for troubled teens in upstate New York. It described the near 50% death rate of alumni-including many by suicide-and how the survivors lived with their trauma in the years after leaving the school. A follow-up piece this January covered the shocking facts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 IANELLI, LIZ IANCorinna, Heather
Summary: Provides information in graphic novel format on puberty, gender, crushes, dating, consent, sexual activity, sexual identity, and related topics, and offers puzzles and suggestions for finding support.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A Limerence Press Publication 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613.9 CORLordon, Claire
Summary: "Something is wrong with Claire, but she doesn't know what. Nobody does, not even her doctors. All she wants is to return to her happy and athletic teenage self. But her accumulating symptoms--chronic fatigue, pounding headaches, weight gain--hint that there's something not right inside Claire's body. Claire's high school experience becomes filled with MRIs, visits to the Mayo Clinic, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 LORMcKee, Jonathan R. (Jonathan Ray)
Summary: "A youth expert encourages parents to become their kids' key source of information on dating, temptation, purity, and sex by engaging them in open, ongoing conversations"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, A division of Baker Publishing Group 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 249 McKHelms, Antje
Summary: Insightful and considerate answers to 70 questions boys and girls have about puberty and young love. Even before they experience puberty and young love themselves, girls and boys have many questions about sex and sexuality. Parents often don't know the best way to answer them and it's practically impossible to find the right time to start a conversation about the birds and the bees. Especially...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Gestalten 2014
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2 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 613 HELDarpinian, Signe
Summary: "In a world fraught with diet-culture and weight stigma, many parents worry about their child's relationship with their body and food. This down-to-earth guide is an invaluable resource allowing parents to take proactive actions in promoting a friendship with food, and preventative actions to minimize the risk factors for the development of eating disorders, particularly when early signs of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.0433 DAROgle, Rex
Summary: "This final, essential chapter in Rex Ogle's memoir trilogy recounts being forced from his home and living on the streets after his father discovered he was gay. When Rex was outed the summer after he graduated high school, his father gave him a choice: he could stay at home, find a girlfriend, and attend church twice a week, or he could be gay--and leave. Rex left, driving toward the only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an Imprint of W. W. Norton & Company 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA 921 OGLShipp, Josh
Summary: "In 2015, Harvard researchers found that every child who does well in the face of adversity has had at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive adult. But Josh Shipp didn't need Harvard to know that. Once an at-risk foster kid, he was headed straight for trouble until he met the man who changed his life: Rodney, the foster parent who refused to quit on Shipp and got him to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 SHISummary: The award-winning feature documentary tells the inspiring journey of Cliff, Ahmani, and Nicholas, three underserved teenage boys from Atlanta, attempting to climb four 12,000 ft snowcapped peaks in the heart of the Colorado wilderness, all while overcoming their own personal mountains.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THASarnowski, Claire
Summary: "The true story of a young girl and a Holocaust survivor whose friendship led to a significant change in their community and beyond"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SARSuggs, Christine
Summary: "In this memoir, Christine Suggs explores a trip they took to Mexico to visit family, as Christine embraces and rebels against their heritage and finds a sense of belonging"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC SUGSummary: The nation's leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to helping those living with mental illness provides clear, honest, jargon-free information for anyone struggling emotionally and looking for help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 618.92 WHEAkutami, Gege
Summary: "A mysterious cursed spirit with a grudge against Maki flies into Sakurajima Colony. It evolves with incredible speed from cursed womb to adult form and threatens to overwhelm Maki and Noritoshi. Just then, two more combatants join the battle"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2024
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Summary: Between school pressures, friends, dating, social media, and planning for the future--is it any wonder today's teens are stressed out? In The Stress Survival Guide for Teens, clinical psychologist Jeffrey Bernstein offers practical and easy-to-learn tips based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and positive psychology to show teens how to keep stress and worry from taking over their life so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books 2019
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Summary: "Suicide is the second leading cause of death among teens in the US, and the need for effective prevention has never been greater. Written by two adolescent suicide experts, this gentle and effective guide will help teens overcome suicidal thoughts by reducing emotional pain, increasing hope, and building meaningful connections. Readers will learn specific skills grounded in evidence-based...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 362.28 PETBennett, Michael
Summary: Presents advice for teenagers for dealing with people and circumstances that are beyond their control and for depending on facts, personal experience, and self-acceptance to make good choices and build self-confidence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 158 BENCovey, Sean.
Summary: Applies the proven wisdom of the 7 habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2012
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 158 COVDaguzan Bernier, Myriam
Summary: "This nonfiction encyclopedia introduces teens to practical information about sexuality from A to Z. It explains 150 body-related terms and is illustrated throughout."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 306.7 DAGHarris, Duchess
Summary: "Growing Up LGBTQ explores what life is like for adolescents in the LGBTQ community, including topics like coming out, bullying and discrimination in school, and mental health. It also examines the creation of community and found family for LGBTQ people. Features include a glossary, further readings, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 306.76 HARLohmann, Raychelle Cassada
Summary: Provides teens who have suffered sexual trauma with advice on reaching out for support, working through feelings of shame or fear, and creating a personal safety plan, in a book that includes stories from sexual abuse survivors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2016