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Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
Igby and his older brother, Oliver, are are in the process of killing their terminally ill mother. His parents snipe at each other endlessly until his father tries to commit suicide and is sent to a mental hospital. Igby grows into a rebellious youth, gets kicked out of several boarding schools and ends up in a military academy. As Igby gets drawn further into the mind games and hypocrisy of the adult world, his already jaded outlook grows even darker....
Author
Series
Seasons of Triumph volume Book 1
Publisher
Chalice Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In the isolating mix of small-town America, online life, and family challenges, teenagers Sarah, Layla, and Johnny Tae are struggling to find meaningful direction. They are fast succumbing to nihilism and its subsequent acceptance of life-endangering behaviors. But three clergy women—Birdy, Ara Grace, and Nell-are determined to overcome their own insecurities and inabilities to walk these Triumph teens through apathy and into the light of life....
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Story of Elizabeth Taube, a teenager who feels lonely and unloved by her parents and looks unsuccessfully for love in a variety of places until she finds someone who truly appreciates her and together they explore unknown places within their hearts and souls.
8) Monument 14
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When a group of kids trapped together in a chain superstore build a refuge for themselves inside, outside, a series of disasters from a monster hailstorm to a chemical weapons spill, seems to be tearing the world apart.
Author
Publisher
LifeSmart Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Signs are everywhere that young adults are struggling after they leave home, and parents are grappling with the practical and emotional demands of letting go and preparing them for independence. Wings Not Strings: Parenting Strategies to Let Go with Confidence surveys today's young adult landscape and offers empowering parenting solutions to: let go naturally and confidently, face and overcome their fears, build vital leadership and life skills in...
11) The innocent
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
America's best hitman was hired to kill--but when a D.C. government operation goes horribly wrong, he must rescue a teenage runaway and investigate her parents' murders in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.
It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. He refuses to pull the...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Talking about consent can feel overwhelming, especially for young people who may be navigating their own boundaries for the first time. In Say More, consent culture activist Kitty Stryker guides teenagers in exploring what consent means to them. This timely and practical workbook allows the reader to work at their own pace and in their own way, with concrete examples from Kitty's youth, prompts inspired by questions teens have asked her and comprehensive...
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This book provides a well-researched biblical and scientific overview of abuse. A broad overview, it deals with the various types of abuse, the various effects of abuse, and the means of healing. Abuse can be sexual, physical, neglect, spiritual, and verbal. The chief arguments pursued throughout the book are:
(1) abuse is far more rampant than most Christians realize, but due to human depravity and satanic influence, widespread abuse is predicable.
(2)...
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
What this book is NOT: The fear-based How-To on sex and consent, oversimplified and focused on technicalities, that represents so much of our sexual education today. What this book IS: A journey into the Big Questions that will turn you into a thinking person about sex and consent, with the ability to wrestle towards the answers that work for YOU and continue to wrestle towards them for the rest of your life. What is the meaning and purpose of sex?...
16) Hold tight
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
A sadistic killer is at play in suburban Glen Rock, N.J., outside New York City, but somehow he's less frightening than the more mundane problems that send ordinary lives into chaos. How do you weigh a child's privacy against a parent's right to know? How do you differentiate normal teenage rebelliousness from out-of-control behavior? When and how do you intervene if suicidal signs appear?
17) Ma
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sue Ann, a loner in her quiet Ohio town, is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends. Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting younger friends. She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking and driving by hanging out in the basement of her home as long as they abide by the house rules. Her hospitality starts to curdle into obsession, and what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorizing nightmare....
18) Rushmore
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A gifted, rebellious teenager finds himself in competition with a wealthy older man for a favorite teacher's affections.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles the little-known practice of "Rumspringa" whereby Amish teens are permitted to experience the world outside of the Amish community in order to decide whether or not to be baptised in the church, and contains over 400 interviews from Amish youth and parents.
20) The last song
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father . . . until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in North Carolina with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is...
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