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L'avenir est à la tendresse
By Stan Rougier. 2005
Les jeunes interpellent le monde. Comment pourrions-nous hausser les épaules en disant : La vie se chargera bien de leur…
faire perdre leurs illusions ? Les jeunes ont mal de la poussée de leur âme. Ils redoutent de vivre dans la médiocrité qu'ils croient voir dans trop de vies d'adultes. Lorsqu'ils entendent de grandes voix qui s'adressent à leur part divine et qui savent les entraîner vers de grandes causes, alors on assiste à la plus superbe des métamorphoses. 2005.Being a girl who leads: becoming a leader by following Christ (Being a girl. #3.)
By Shannon Kubiak Primicerio. 2006
To be a leader you have to be different. Your peers will observe you and the choices you make, and…
if you go against the social order and stand up for what you believe in, others will notice. Junior High. 2006.Being a girl who loves: learning to love like Jesus (Being a girl. #2.)
By Shannon Kubiak Primicerio. 2005
Collins gem understanding sex (Collins Gem Ser.)
By David Lambert, Margaret Doyle. 1996
This is an up-to-date straightforward guide designed to help teenagers understand and cope responsibly with the physical and emotional changes…
of emerging adulthood. The book includes chapters on periods, sexual attraction, making love, safe sex, sex and the disabled and sex and the laws. Junior and Senior High . 1996.The period book: everything you don't want to ask (but need to know) (Youth project)
By Karen Gravelle, Jennifer Gravelle. 1997
Karen Gravelle and her 15-year-old niece, Jennifer, look at physical, emotional and social changes, as well as other issues associated…
with menstruation. The book seeks to ease the confusion many teenage girls might feel, and celebrates the new sense of maturity their period can bring.Periods (H wise guides)
By Charlotte Owen. 1995
Based on current research and endorsed by the Brook Advisory Centre, this book covers everything a girl needs to know…
about periods. Written by the agony aunt of "19" magazine, it contains practical information and real-life quotes. It also includes a list of useful addresses.What's going on down there?: answers to questions boys find hard to ask
By Karen Gravelle, Nick Castro, Chava Castro. 1998
Written with two teenage boys as advisors, this book presents the facts about puberty for boys. It includes straightforward information…
about sex, sexually transmitted diseases, and also what happens to girls during puberty. The author includes answers to many related questions, and explains things in a factual but fun way. Some strong language. Grades 4-7. 1998.Sex (H wise guides)
By Anita Naik. 1998
This book covers everything from periods to puberty, crushes to contraception and health to harassment. It reinforces the realities of…
sex for young people, with up-to-date information supplied by the Sex Education Forum. For junior high readers.Cool and celibate: sex or no sex
By David Bull. 1998
A Student's Guide to Culture
By John Stonestreet. 2020
The student edition of the popular A Practical Guide to Culture by John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle delivers a hopeful…
message to listeners ages fifteen through twenty-five who live every day with increasing cultural pressure. These young people struggle to navigate contemporary challenges to their Christian faith and values but are encouraged to emerge as leaders. In A Student's Guide to Culture, Stonestreet and Kunkle write in a highly relatable style, sharing insight and experience. Jumping off from the original version, this guide includes all-new discussion questions and stories that remind young listeners that they can live differently and be a light in a culture that sometimes feels overwhelmingExpecting (Gravel Road Rural Ser.)
By Shannon Freeman. 2016
Three very different girls meet at a program for pregnant teens. Will they be able to learn from each other…
and see through the drama? Some strong language. For junior and senior highWelcome to the Orthodox Church: an introduction to Eastern Christianity
By Frederica Mathewes-Green. 2015
This reader-friendly guide provides a comprehensive introduction to Orthodoxy, but with a twist: readers learn by making a series of…
visits to a fictitious church, and get to know the faith as new Christians did for most of history, by immersion. It's the perfect book for inquirers and newcomers, but even readers who have been Orthodox all their lives say they learned things they never knew before. Enjoyable, easy-to-read, and leavened with humor, this book is a gracious guide to the ancient faith of the Christian EastBreaking Night is slang for staying up through the night until the sun rises. It is also the unforgettable, stunning…
memoir of Liz Murray who at the age of fifteen found herself on the streets when her family of loving but drug-addicted parents finally unraveled. When her mother died of AIDS, Liz returned to high school while homeless, won a New York Times scholarship and made it into Harvard prevailing against all oddsThe yellow arrow
By Andrew Bromfield, Victor Pelevin, Viktor Pelevin. 1996
The illumined heart: capture the vibrant faith of ancient Christians
By Frederica Mathewes-Green. 2007
Why are modern Christians so indistinguishable from everyone else? How come Christians who lived in times of bloody persecution were…
so heroic, while we who live in safety are not? How could the early Christian martyrs actually forgive their torturers? What did the Christians of the first centuries know that we don't?" Mathewes-Green ponders these and other faith-based questions in The Illuminated HeartWherever you go, there you are: mindfulness meditation in everyday life
By Jon Kabat-Zinn. 2005
Guide to achieving a state of "mindfulness"--an awareness of the present moment. Explains traditional Buddhist meditation techniques and exercises, such…
as postures that help cultivate consciousness. Offers suggestions for incorporating mindfulness into daily life to gain wisdom and find direction. First published in 1994; includes 2005 afterword. 1994Down came the rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression
By Brooke Shields. 2005
Actress recounts experiencing postpartum depression following the 2003 birth of her daughter, who was conceived after fertility treatments. Recalls her…
detachment and thoughts of suicide. Discusses her treatment and recovery with proper medication and therapy, and her newfound happiness as a mother. Lists resources. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2005A treasury of miracles for teens: true stories of God's presence today
By Karen Kingsbury. 2003
Christian author compiles accounts from teens who have described their personal relationship with God during a crisis. In "Save a…
Place for Me..." sixteen-year-old Julie's twin brother suffers from cystic fibrosis and may die. In "Miracle on Two Battlefields" Ben is captured in Kuwait. For senior high readers. 2003Miracles happen: one mother, one daughter, one journey
By Brooke Ellison, Jean Ellison. 2001
Dual account of Jean Ellison and daughter Brooke, who at age eleven was struck by a car and left paralyzed…
from the neck down. They recall the accident, Brooke's battle to stay enrolled in school, her graduation from Harvard, and the nature of their extraordinary bond. 2001A dedicated teacher makes recommendations encouraging politeness, discipline, respect, and generosity to help children become better individuals as well as…
better students. He recounts his own classroom experiences supporting the suggested rules. Bestseller. 2003