Sasse, Benjamin E.

Summary: America's youth are in crisis. Raised by well-meaning but overprotective parents and coddled by well-meaning but misbegotten government programs, they are ill-equipped to survive in our highly-competitive global economy. Many of the coming-of-age rituals that have defined the American experience since the Founding--learning the value of working with your hands, leaving home to start a family,...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 305.2 SAS

Harris, Malcolm

Summary: "Millennials have been stereotyped as lazy, entitled, narcissistic, and developmentally delayed. In fact, they are the hardest working and most educated generation in American history, a generation that poured unprecedented amounts of time and money into preparing themselves for the 21st century market. Yet here they are: poorer, more medicated, more precariously employed, and with less of a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.2 HAR

Summary: Fans of Scooby-Doo can't get enough of the Mystery Inc. gang teaming up with the most stellar celebrity guest stars to solve the spookiest cases. In these "lost episodes," viewers see the gang joining forces with the chart-topping couple Sonny and Cher, heartthrob Davy Jones, and even Josie and the Pussycats. The magical duo of Jeannie and Babu helps rescue the gang in an ancient pyramid. The...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SCO

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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD Sc

Bauerlein, Mark.

Summary: "The technology that was supposed to make young adults more astute, diversify their tastes, and improve their minds had the opposite effect. According to recent reports from government agencies, foundations, survey firms, and scholarly institutions, most young people in the United States do not read literature (or fully know how to), work reliably (just ask employers), visit cultural...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.23 BAU

McGrath, Tom

Summary: "The first history fo the Yuppie phenomenon, chronicling the roots, rise, triumph, and (seeming) fall of the "young urban professionals" who radically altered American life between 1980 and 1987."--Dust jacket flap.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2024

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 305.242 MCG

Kim, Anne

Summary: "For the majority of young adults today, the transition to independence is a time of excitement and possibility. But 4.5 million young people or a stunning 11.5 percent of youth aged sixteen to twenty-four experience entry into adulthood as abrupt abandonment, a time of disconnection from school, work, and family. For this growing population of Americans, which includes kids aging out of foster...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.235 KIM

Sasse, Benjamin E

Summary: Raised by well-meaning but overprotective parents and coddled by well-meaning but misbegotten government programs, America's youth are ill-equipped to survive in our highly-competitive global economy. Many of the coming-of-age rituals that have defined the American experience since the Founding: learning the value of working with your hands, leaving home to start a family, becoming...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.2 SAS

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult Sasse

Koslow, Sally.

Summary: A journalist and mother of two formerly dependent adult children analyzes the reasons behind the current young adult generation's unwillingness or inability to pursue independence, assessing the economic and social aspects of prolonged dependency.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.235 KOS

Coupland, Douglas.

Contents: The sun is your enemy -- Our parents had more -- Quit recycling the past -- I am not a target market -- Quit your job -- Dead at 30 buried at 70 -- It can't last -- Shopping is not creating -- Re con struct -- Enter hyperspace -- December 31, 1999 -- New Zealand gets nuked, too -- Monsters exist -- Don't eat yourself -- Eat your parents -- Purchased experiences don't count -- Remember earth...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1991

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COU

Twenge, Jean M.

Summary: Analyzes how the young people born in the mid-1990s and later significantly differ from those of previous generations, examining how social media and texting may be behind today's unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.2 TWE

Summary: Set in 1959, a band of long-time buddies since high school gather at a local diner to share their escapades and make sense of their lives. As one by one they drift off to join the mainstream of life they still cling to their shared boyhood dreams.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2000

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DIN

Taylor, Brandon (Brandon L. G.)

Summary: "In the series of linked stories at the heart of Filthy Animals, set among young creatives in the American midwest, a young man treads delicate emotional waters as he navigates a series of sexually fraught encounters with two dancers in an open relationship, forcing him to weigh his vulnerabilities against his loneliness. In other stories, a young woman battles with the cancers draining her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TAY

Summary: 4000 teenagers simulate every facet of their state government including elections, deciding court cases, and passing legislation. Three candidates emerge in the inspiring race for Youth Governor.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC YOU

Alessio, Amy J.

Summary: "Want to keep the momentum going after a successful teen event? That "one off" can easily be turned into a popular monthly club that will keep young adults coming back. Designed to be used in school or public library settings, this themed program guide offers guidance on how to handle summer, winter, and year-round reading programs, with activities ranging from easy to elaborate; provides...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association 2015

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1 available in Reference Office, Call number: R OFF 027.626 ALE

Craig, Angela.

Contents: Services for at-risk teens -- Understanding the needs of at-risk teens -- Diversity within the at-risk population -- Partnering with youth facilities -- Understanding the role of library staff -- Collection development and resources -- Technology programs and resources -- Engaging at-risk teens -- Evaluating the impact.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027.62 CRA

Della Volpe, John

Summary: "From John Della Volpe, the director of polling at the Harvard Institute of Politics, Fight is an exploration of Gen Z, the issues that matter most to them, and how they will shape the future. 9/11. The war on terror. Hurricane Katrina. The 2008 financialcrisis. The housing crisis. The opioid epidemic. Mass school shootings. Global warming. The Trump presidency. COVID-19. Since they were born,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.242 VOL

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.2420 DEL

Ogle, 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...

Format: text

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 OGL

Iwahara, Yuji

Summary: True to his warning, Loser -- the infamous phantom thief -- makes an explosive entrance at the art museum to steal the Angels of Black and White Wings statue! "Collector" Kyouma Mabuchi, now teamed up with the android Mira to recover illegal Coils, faces off with the masked thief in the midst of the museum's heavy security. But it just so happens that Loser recognizes Kyouma -- and what's more,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2016

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DIM