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What if your phone truly helped you connect with the people more than disconnect with those around you? Author and youth-culture expert, Jonathan McKee, and his daughter Alyssa McKee, uncover 40 random realizations they've discovered over the last five years. Screens provide fun platforms to connect with faraway friends; and sometimes the people we love the most are the people we ignore all day. Jonathan and Alyssa help young adults navigate face-to-face communication in a screen-to-screen world.

Are you an introvert who struggles to make friends at school? Are you feeling isolated and unloved? The wonderful news is that social skills can be acquired! One may improve one's social intelligence (SQ) through research and practice. It makes no difference how many blunders you have made previously; you may develop the skills necessary to be successful in the present through effective interactions. Social Skills for Teens teaches you how to become a more confident, charming, and all-around likable person who is well-liked in social circles.

Hai cinque anni, due sorelle e desidereresti tanto un fratellino per fare con lui giochi da maschio. Una sera i tuoi genitori ti annunciano che lo avrai, questo fratello, e che sarà speciale. Tu sei felicissimo: speciale, per te, vuol dire "supereroe". Gli scegli pure il nome: Giovanni. Poi lui nasce, e a poco a poco capisci che sì, è diverso dagli altri, ma i superpoteri non li ha. Alla fine scopri la parola "Down", e il tuo entusiasmo si trasforma in rifiuto, addirittura in vergogna.

In this newest contemporary YA novel from author Amy Clipston, Chelsea’s responsible life takes a turn when she meets Dylan while working with the summer stock theater. But when their fun starts to interfere with her relationships and possibly her dreams, Chelsea must decide if her heart is leading her in the right direction after all.

Seventeen-year-old Vivian Apple never believed in the evangelical Church of America, unlike her recently devout parents. But when Vivian returns home the night after the supposed 'Rapture,' all that's left of her parents are two holes in the roof. Suddenly, she doesn't know who or what to believe. With her best friend Harp and a mysterious ally, Peter, Vivian embarks on a desperate cross-country road trip through a paranoid and panic-stricken America to find answers.

"Dear Children" is a compilation of poems and beautiful love letters from a mother to her children. The author, puts into words and captures in time this special reminder for her children. She hopes they will never forget how much they are loved now and even in her absence. May you, the reader, feel love on every page no matter who you are or where you are. With love, From a mother’s heart.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE FORCED TO ADAPT OR DIE?? After escaping from a group home where rape and abuse were the norm, 13 year old Chase Dior finds a home with Thomas and Saundra Robinson. Life seems to have dealt Chase a new hand with a second chance until she is thrown back into a whirlwind of bullshit. Thomas promises to teach Chase how to survive on her own, but his approach errs more on the side of demonic and cruel as he pimps her out to the highest bidder in exchange for a roof over her head, high priced clothes, and food in her stomach. Chase learns to adapt, but finds herself ...

Time is running out. Everything was going fine in Elise's life. Still a family outcast? Check. Surviving her summer job? Double check. Leaving for her dream school in the fall? Triple check. Weird heirloom changing color the night of her birthday forcing her to hunt down the one guy who's supposed to be her one true love and finding two who fit the bill? Yeah, so not part of the plan. Or any plan for that matter! Suddenly Elise is forced to balance work, school, family, internships and finding her Prince Charming! How's a girl supposed to cope, especially with the clock ticking towards her ...

Embracing darkness is the only way to secure victory. The dark power of the obsidian was the answer all along. Coupled with the Spear of Destiny, Gabby and Colt can finally end the threat to the three worlds. If they’re strong enough. This war has always blurred the lines between good and evil. Friend and enemy have never been what they seemed. And an angel and a demon have had to fight for the truth in their hearts. Ultimately, Mercy Academy will be the final battleground for humanity. The witness of which is stronger. Darkness. Or love. Lovers of sexy demons and sassy angels won't want ...

¿Estamos criando una generación de adictos a las pantallas o exageramos un problema que afecta solo a una minoría de niños y adolescentes? Ni internet tiene por qué ser una amenaza para la educación de nuestros hijos ni las redes sociales son un veneno sin antídoto ni los videojuegos generan actitudes violentas. Rosa Jové, una de las mayores expertas en psicología clínica infantil, expone en este libro la verdadera dimensión de un riesgo real, pero controlable.

Bullies. A secret crush. A traitorous friend. Halloween looms, and so does the anniversary of Evie’s father’s death. She needs to pull herself together or she’ll lose her position as Yearbook Photo Editor. Even worse, Evie will lose Jordan, her secret crush, if she can’t stop her friend Parvani from casting a love spell on him. Despite a falling out, Evie never forgot Jordan. Now they are lab partners, and the chemistry between them definitely sparks. The clock is ticking. Can Evie get her mojo back in time to check this spell?

In this coming-of-age story, the Walker cousins face their own individual challenges while growing up in Washington, DC, during the 80s and 90s. In a world where it's easy to feel alone and lost, they lean on each other and vow to stick together. But one day, a tragic event tests the bonds of their unity, as family secrets begin to unravel. Soon they discover that their enemies were never those on the outside but the ones within their midst.

A fatherless life. A family secret. The summer that will change everything. Oliver’s plan for the summer is simple: hang out with friends, avoid emotional drama, and finally tell his mum he's leaving town for university. But then it rains. And in the middle of it—Lucy appears. She’s unpredictable, a little wild, and smells like chocolate. A flat tire and a Ferris wheel ride later, Oliver’s carefully protected world starts to unravel. He’s falling—hard—and it’s not just for her. Back home, his sister Harriet is determined to uncover the truth about the father they never knew....

Esta es una historia de amor y libertad, y además una historia de resiliencia. Esta es la historia de Sofía y Valentina, dos chicas que se conocieron, se enamoraron y se animaron a salir del clóset juntas, casi al mismo tiempo. Pero no solo tuvieron que hacerlo por su orientación sexual, sino también para liberarse de miedos, secretos, mandatos y tabúes, confiar en su deseo y su autonomía, luchar para convertirse en quienes verdaderamente son.

Midori started writing on datingadvicefromagirl.com in 2007 and has helped thousands of people. Dating Advice from a Girl is a trusted online resource for anyone interested in traditional dating in the modern world. In this book, Midori shares scientific evidence and practical advice but weaves it all in personal stories to capture the attention of young listeners and explain: what happens in a woman's brain when she has sex, what is at stake when a woman has sex, and more.

The time is now. The place is San Francisco. The world is filled with adults devoid of emotion and children on the cusp of losing their feelings - of "waning" - when they reach their teens. Natalia Peña has already waned. So why does she love her little brother with such ferocity that, when he's kidnapped by a Big Brother-esque corporation, she'll do anything to get him back?

The secrets of the past meet the shocks of the present. Aslaug is an unusual young woman. Her mother has brought her up in near isolation, teaching her about plants and nature, and language - but not about life. Especially not how she came to have her own life, and who her father might be. When Aslaug’s mother dies unexpectedly, everything changes. For Aslaug is a suspect in her mother’s death. And the more her story unravels, the more questions unfold. About the nature of Aslaug’s birth. About what she should do next. About whether divine miracles have truly happened.

Ignite the self-love revolution! Experience the liberating power of self-love with workbook exercises and journal prompts in just 15 minutes a day, even if insecurities and self-doubt have held you captive for a lifetime. Are you a teen girl struggling with self-acceptance in a digital world? Do feelings of worthlessness, stress, and self-doubt hold you back? Are you a parent watching your daughter struggle with self-worth, wishing she saw her own potential?

While working in Washington, DC, in 1984 as the press secretary for Congressman Hamilton Fish Jr., Pari Forood gets a phone call from her father. Her 17-year-old Iranian cousin has been drafted during the Iran/Iraq war. He must flee from Iran or face an almost certain death. Joining a cast of international characters that include Pakistani black market passport dealers and members of Francois Mitterrand's inner political sanctum, Forood uses her ties in Washington to help extricate her young cousin.

Seventeen-year-old Tess Fowler has dropped out of high school, tossed her laptop in a freezing lake, then jumped in after it fully clothed. Why? Because Jonah was the boy she knew only through texts and emails but understood to his very core. Jonah was the only boy she’d told she loved and the only boy to say it back. And Jonah was the boy whose suicide she never saw coming.