teenagers

Describes seven habits teenagers can cultivate to help them improve their self-images, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve goals, get along with parents, and make other positive changes in their lives.

Three teenagers team-up to solve a mystery that takes place in a snowy chateau in the mountains.

Kristina Snow returns home to give birth, a rape-induced pregnancy that occurs in the prequel novel, Crank. Kristina spirals into a dark depression when she cannot recover her pre-baby shape and returns to using to regain control of her weight. Like its predecessor, Glass is written in free verse and portrays the hopeless prison of addiction.

With this fun and engaging book, teens will learn how to silence their nit-picky inner critic, overcome feelings of inadequacy and unworthiness, cultivate self-acceptance and self-compassion, and discover what really matters to them.

Maisie can't wait to attend her first fancon and hopefully meet her idol, Kara Bufano, the action hero from her favorite TV show, who has a lower-leg amputation, just like her. She soon meets Ollie, a cute volunteer working the con who is just as nerdy as she is, and the two embark on a whirlwind one-day romance.

"Something is wrong with Claire, but she doesn't know what. Nobody does, not even her doctors. All she wants is to return to her happy and athletic teenage self. But her accumulating symptoms--chronic fatigue, pounding headaches, weight gain--hint that there's something not right inside Claire's body. Claire's high school experience becomes filled with MRIs, visits to the Mayo Clinic, and multiple surgeries to remove a brain tumor. But even in her most difficult moments battling chronic illness, Claire manages to find solace in her family, her closest friends, and her art. A deeply personal and visually arresting memoir that draws on the author's high school diaries and drawings, One in a Million is also a sophisticated portrayal of pain, depression, and fear that any teen or adult can relate to. With a sensitive preface and an author's note connecting past to present, this true story of resilience strikes a moving balance between raw honesty in the face of medical and mental trauma and the everyday musings of a teenager."--.

When Emery and Richard play the game Nicky-Nicky Nine Doors, they discover that there are serious consequences to scaring the neighbors.

Mahalia Harris wants. She wants a big Sweet Sixteen like her best friend, Naomi. She wants the super-cute new girl Siobhan to like her back. She wants a break from worrying--about money, snide remarks from white classmates, pitying looks from church ladies... all of it. Then inspiration strikes: It's too late for a Sweet Sixteen, but what if she had a coming-out party? A singing, dancing, rainbow-cake-eating celebration of queerness on her own terms.

Harleen Quinzel starts attending Gotham University and becomes an Arkham Asylum intern, paired with the most high-profile female inmate, the notorious Talia al Gh aul, but as they spend more time together, the lines between good and bad begin to blur.

Nearing the end of high school, Oli and a close-knit group of friends have secretly decided to leave it all behind to live in a remote island commune. But when a fight with a bully results in an altercation, Oli flees school, grabs her two friends, and leaves early for the commune. However, after some misadventures, they arrive and see that the commune is nothing like they thought it would be. Meanwhile, her ex-best friend Liam, trails behind them, hoping to make things right with Oli.