Showing results for title "Breakthrough" in Teen & Young Adult

Jack wouldn't give up. After a dear family friend died of pancreatic cancer, Jack Andraka decided to create a better method of early detection. It took 200 letters before Jack found lab space to pursue his idea and months of work to make it a reality, but in the end he did it. Jack's early-detection test for pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancers has the potential to be more than 400 times more effective than the medical standard and costs only three cents. Jack was 15 at the time.

Whether you’re 16 or 22: If doubt, insecurity or social anxiety often stop you from being you, it can block your life progress. It affects your self esteem and social skills. And it’s totally exhausting. Seriously, it feels like being frozen while watching everyone else live their best life. But you aren't alone. Forbes stated, 53 percent of people often feel socially awkward. And per the NIH, 7.1 percent of US young adults have social anxiety.

A summer of tragedy, touchdowns and true love. Als die Eltern der zwanzigjährigen Payton bei einem tragischen Unfall ums Leben kommen, bricht für sie eine Welt zusammen. Allein kann sie die Schulden für ihr Elternhaus in Tennessee niemals stemmen, und so bleibt ihr nur noch ein Ausweg: Das Poolhaus ihres Onkels in Cape Coral, Florida. Für die mehrgewichtige Musikstudentin ein absoluter Albtraum. Zwischen den oberflächlichen Models und Sportlern am College versucht Payton, sich ihrer Trauer zu stellen. Und den Gefühlen, die ausgerechnet der Quarterback der Cape Coral Tigers in ihr auslöst.