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A multi-volume compilation of more than 200 analytical essays on and study activities for fictional and biographical works written for young adults. Includes a short biography for the author of each analyzed work. Students, teachers and librarians will welcome this excellent set, which surveys and analyzes out-standing books for young adult readers. Among the more than 600 titles (novels, short story collections, nonfiction works, and biographies)...
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Youth is no longer an age? It's a commodity. 'YouthNation' is an indispensable brand roadmap to the youth-driven economy. Exploring the idea that youth is no longer an age, it's a commodity that's available to everyone. This book shows what it takes to stay connected, agile, authentic, and relevant in today's marketplace. Readers will learn the ins and outs of the new consumer, and the tools, methods, and techniques that ensure brand survival in the...
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Presents alphabetized profiles of authors and illustrators of children's and young adult literature, providing personal data, mailing addresses, career summaries, membership and award information, primary and secondary bibliographies, and details on adaptations. This volume covers Aar-Bri.
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Ro thinks her family is totally unlike anyone else's. Jodie is afraid of herself, so then spend a long time stepping carefully around the truth, hiding secrets that they know are too terrible to reveal. These shadows from the past just won't go away, and in a hostile society Ro and Jodie end up with only each other--and that grab bag of feelings that make up a friendship: Love, hate, guilt--and forgiveness.
6) Conquering your quarterlife crisis: advice from twentysomethings who have been there and survived
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Alexandra Robbins goes beyond defining the problem of the quarterlife crisis and puts readers on the path to conquering it. She asks and answers the tough, soul-searching questions that keep young adults awake at night.
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Life Disrupted is a personal and unflinching guide to living well with a chronic illness: managing your own health care without letting it take over your life, dealing with difficult doctors and frequent hospitalizations, having a productive and satisfying career that accommodates your health needs, and nurturing friendships and a loving, committed relationship regardless of recurring health problems. Laurie Edwards also addresses the particular needs...
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From the Publisher: Since the beginning of the theatre-for-youth movement in the United States at the turn of the century, the majority of plays written for children have been fairy tales. By the 1960s, however, encouraged by changes in social attitudes toward children, playwrights began to respond to a growing tendency on the parts of both parents and teachers to have children face, rather than avoid, the more difficult truths of existence. Thus...
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With irreverent flare and practical wisdom, "Everything Changes" includes stories, how-to resources, and expert advice on issues that are important for young adult cancer patients, including: dating and sex, medical insurance and the healthcare system, faith and spirituality, employment and career, fertility and adoption, and friends and family
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If you're in your twenties, you're likely feeling the combination of the excitement of this defining decade and the pressure to figure out your entire life. The thrill of newfound independence and opportunity can be quickly squelched by worry, disillusionment, or disappointment. Like thousands of other twenty somethings, you may have experienced what life coach Christine Hassler calls an "expectation hangover." This manifesto explores the all-important...
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It started with punk. Hip-hop, rave, graffiti, and gaming took it to another level, and now modern technology has made the ideas and innovations of youth culture increasingly intimate and increasingly global at the same time. In The Pirate's Dilemma, VICE magazine's Matt Mason - poised to become the Malcolm Gladwell of the iPod Generation - brings the exuberance of a passionate music fan and the technological savvy of an IT wizard to the task of sorting...
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A nationally known pediatrician and author addresses the question of why some youngsters make a successful transition into adulthood while others do not. Parents and schools often raise children in a highly structured world, leaving them unable to cope on their own. Dr. Levine urges that schools teach "life prep," equipping adolescents with what they will need to succeed as adults. He identifies these skills as "the four I's": inner direction, or...
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[This book] services as [a] discussion and analysis of the issues surrounding the participation of youth in American politics and the strategies and tactics that can be used to engage young votes. [in the book, the authors] provide us with an important discussion of why engaging this generation matters ... A consistent theme throughout the eleven diverse ... chapters is the importance of taking young people "seriously." This book should influence...
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"From Bridget Jones' Diary through to Friends and The Secret Life of Us, the single young adult is a subject of fascination in contemporary culture. Envied and disapproved of in equal measures by older generations, twenty-somethings have become potent icons of social change. Set against the backdrop of the ongoing destandardisation of household formation, this ground-breaking book explores the context of these changing patterns. Drawing together a...
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In recent decades, the lives of people in their late teens and twenties have changed so dramatically that a new stage of life has developed. In his provocative work, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett has identified the period of emerging adulthood as distinct from both the adolescence that precedes it and the young adulthood that comes in its wake. Arnett's new paradigm has received a surge of scholarly attention due to his book that launched the field, Emerging...
18) Coraline
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Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
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Few people have the commitment to turn their backs on friends, family and security for the sake of something they passionately believe in. Even fewer have the strength to do it when they've just entered adulthood, but today there is a growing number of young people whose frustration and lack of faith in parliament is driving them to take matters into their own hands. This program meets the environmental activists taking over a power station, the feminists...
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