adolescence

Seventh-grader Jerry discovers that junior high school has its good and bad points, when he scuffles with a girl trombone player, endures gym-class showers, makes moosecalls in assembly, and falls in love.

Describes how people from different cultures and religions celebrate "coming of age," when a child grows into an adult.

Discusses a variety of common problems that teenagers face and gives advice on how to cope with them from a Christian point of view.

One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boredom of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.

Teenagers who share sexually explicit photographs of themselves with one another via cell phone can face embarrassment, bullying, loss of reputation, or even prosecution for sending or receiving child pornography if the images fall into the wrong hands. So why do so many teens see nothing wrong with sexting? Teens and Sexting explores the real-life choices that teens face as they develop an understanding of risks and consequences and of right and wrong.

Offers advice to parents on how to promote positive physical, emotional, cognitive, and psychological growth in the teenagers, covering physical development, family crises, school issues, sexuality, emotional and behavioral problems, medical conditions, and many other topics.

"Seventeen-year-old Natalie Waite longs to escape home for college. Her father is a domineering and egotistical writer who keeps a tight rein over Natalie and her long-suffering mother. When Natalie finally does get away, however, college life doesn't bring the happiness she expected. She becomes infatuated with a married professor and feels lost and overwhelmed. Little by little, Natalie is no longer certain of anything--even where reality ends and her dark imaginings begin"--Back cover.