Teen Boys

Janet Willow, PhD, is a psychologist, author, and educator with a passion for helping young adults build the skills and confidence they need to thrive in life. With over 15 years of experience in the field, she has become a leading voice in the conversation around youth development and education. In her latest book, 'The Core Life Skills Every Young Adult Should Master', Dr. Willow draws on her extensive knowledge and experience to provide practical and actionable advice for young adults on how to develop essential life skills. This comprehensive guide covers a wide range of topics and ...

Blythe moves into an apartment building with a loud upstairs neighbor who keeps throwing parties all night long. It's during one such party when Krit opens the door to find his new neighbor standing there. Blythe wants him to turn down the music, but he convinces her to stay. She's nothing like the women who parade in and out of his apartment, but Krit can't resist her - her brown hair, cute glasses, and sexy innocence is too much for him to ignore. Determined to win Blythe over, Krit Corbin may have just found his biggest addiction yet.

Some true crimes reveal themselves in bits and pieces over time. One such case is the Florida School for Boys, a.k.a. the Dozier School, a place where - rather than reforming the children in their care - school officials tortured, raped, and killed them. Opened in 1900, the school closed in 2011 after a Department of Justice investigation substantiated allegations of routine beatings and killings made by about 100 survivors. Thus far, forensic anthropologist Dr. Erin Kimmerle and her team from the University of South Florida have uncovered 55 sets of human remains.

From bestselling author P.S. Power... When life gives you a chance, grab it and never let go… Anthony is suddenly dropped on his Uncle Rick, by a mother that never really loved him. Possibly left for good. Desperately, he decides that he needs to make himself so valuable to these new people that they’d be insane not to keep him around. In order to do that he has to stop being Anthony, the fifteen-year-old proto-thug with a woman on each arm and become something else. Tony. The act he creates to fool them all. If he fails, it means a life on the streets. It’s an option, but not one ...

This is the vibrant story of George, Garrett, Rall, and Rasul - four children raised by Nanny, their fiercely devoted grandmother. The boys hold one another close through early brushes with racism, memorable experiences at the family barbershop, and first loves and losses. And with Nanny at their center, they are never broken. George M. Johnson capture the unique experience of growing up as a Black boy in America, and their rich family stories are interspersed with touching letters from the grandchildren to their beloved matriarch.

Sixteen-year-old Sam Rayner never expected his family’s fresh start to end in tragedy. But after a shocking terrorist attack claims his father's life and leaves him in a coma, he awakens with terrifying seizures that randomly transport him to the past or future. At first these seizures appear anything but useful. That is until Sam collapses at his father’s funeral and finds himself flung hours ahead, where he learns of another terrorist attack—one that hasn’t happened yet. When Sam uses this knowledge to alter the course of fate, he draws the attention of the Tempus Project, a ...

Artie Call can’t get a break. Orphaned during the Great Depression, Artie finds himself leading a life of crime, stealing food, and hanging with the wrong people to survive. When his mischief lands him in juvenile court, a fellow church goer takes him in. But the trials and tribulations don’t end there. After enduring unkind and unyielding treatment at home, Artie is sent back to juvenile hall. Down on his luck and with nowhere to go, Artie falls back into old patterns. Until Mary Wilkerson, a feisty widow, sees potential in Artie and takes him in. Ray McCandless, the wise yet firm ...

Suddenly, black sedans are swarming all around Cooper's small New Hampshire town, driven by mysterious men in dark suits. Cooper's barn is burned to the ground, and his house is broken into and searched during the night. The President of the United States calls on Cooper for a visit, and her opponent wants Cooper to join him on the campaign trail.

Lottie Dawson has been raised as a foster child and when her foster mother doesn't come to pick her up from school on the last day like the rest of the children, she decides to go on an adventure in search of a perfect home. It won't be just any home; it has to be beautiful and large and located in the avenues where all the rich people live! After two hours of walking, she discovers a mansion. While getting a drink of water from an outside faucet, the butler discovers her and scares her causing her to fall in the mud and water. The butler agrees to help her get cleaned up and while she's ...

Eine Liebe, die nicht gebrochen werden kann - nur durch die Wahrheit. Lizzie Young hatte schon immer das Gefühl, dass sie für alles zu viel war. In jungen Jahren wurde bei ihr eine bipolare Störung diagnostiziert, so hatte sie immer das Gefühl, sie passe nicht zu ihrer Familie, nicht zu ihren Freunden und in keine Gemeinschaft. Lizzie möchte akzeptiert und verstanden werden, aber nur wenige Familienmitglieder oder Freunde verstehen sie wirklich und so trägt sie ihre Last und ihre Trauma mehr oder weniger alleine.

In the province of Caldon, where women train in wifely duties and men pursue collegiate education, 16-year-old Rhen Tellur wants nothing more than to become a scientist. As the poor of her seaside town fall prey to a deadly disease, she and her father work desperately to find a cure. But when her mum succumbs to it as well? Rhen decides to take the future into her own hands - through the annual all-male scholarship competition. With her cousin, Seleni, by her side, the girls don disguises and enter Mr. Holm's labyrinth, to best the boys and claim the scholarship prize.

His time is short, but his will is mighty. Can a child with an incurable disease bring a gift of greatness to a struggling athlete? Maine. Billy Jacobs knows he’ll never see adulthood. Born with a terminal bone condition, the ten-year-old refuses to play it safe and explores the outdoors with a relentless zest for life. But when he falls from a tree and is paralyzed from the waist down, the youngster’s world shrinks down to a wheelchair and a broken family. Determined to turn the lowest point of his life into something positive, the courageous child embarks on a mental journey that ...

Thirteen year old Toby, along with his mates Ryan, Noah and Oliver, decided to spend some of their summer break camping nude at what they call ‘Nudie Lake’. This unofficial name came about as nudity was allowed there, so it attracted campers and visitors of the naked kind. However, the lake was also the scene of past kidnappings for ransom, and things took a turn for worse when the kidnappers decide to return.

A severely burned teenager. A guitar. Punk rock. The chords of a rock 'n' roll road trip in a coming-of-age novel that is a must-read story about finding your place in the world...even if you carry scars inside and out. In attempting to describe himself in his college application essay - help us to become acquainted with you beyond your courses, grades, and test scores - Harbinger (Harry) Jones goes way beyond the 250-word limit and gives a full account of his life.

Growing from a boy to a man is no easy task. Bodies are changing, social circles are evolving, hair is appearing in places it never was before - and on top of it all, there's the ever-present pressure to conform to the typical idea of what it means to be "manly". But it's easier to do if you're armed with facts. Using personal anecdotes as an overly observant mother of two boys and plenty of scientific information from her life as a neuroscientist, Mayim Bialik, PhD, star of The Big Bang Theory, talks directly to teen boys about what it means to grow from a boy to a man.

In the not too distant future, ten-year-old children are tested to determine their genetic predisposition for criminal behavior. The “Bads” are taken from their families and sent to reformation schools meant to counteract the negative effects of their genetics for the benefit of society. It’s a new standard for categorizing people and most everyone seems to have bought into it. Fifteen-year-old, Raphael “Izzy” Barnes, believes the test is a total load. For one, he tested “Good.” If good means that you routinely skip school to go surfing, drive under the legal age, and act like...

Hasta ahora han permanecido en lados opuestos del campo, pero cuando sus dos mundos choquen, nada volverá a ser lo mismo. Johnny Kavanagh lo tiene todo a su favor. En el campo de rugby es una fuerza imparable. Ha nacido para el estrellato y nada detendrá su camino a la cima. Ni siquiera la tímida chica nueva del Instituto Tommen. La de los ojos tristes y los moratones escondidos. La que lo distrae como nunca nadie lo ha hecho.

17-year-old Sadie is tired of being a good girl. Her Career Aptitude Test results say she's ideally suited for a career in the clergy (a.k.a. a nun), and on top of that, she receives yet another rejection. An aspiring dancer/choreographer, Sadie dreams of being featured on Dancer's Edge - but they say she's too sweet, needs more life experience. Her BFF, Kyle, and her oldest friend, 79-year-old Betty, agree: Sadie is in desperate need of a life makeover.

Devaney Diamond and Chase Mackenzie’s relationship has been like a Taylor Swift song. Best friends in elementary school. First loves in high school. Friends with benefits while Dani was away at college. But deep down, they have always loved each other. Have always been drawn to each other. And after much drama, they have managed to work things out and are now in college together as a couple. But dating in college isn’t what either of them expected. Dani and Chase have always talked about their forever, but now, they wonder if they’ll even make it through the semester.

THE ONLY SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY WORKBOOK THAT’S EXCLUSIVELY DESIGNED FOR FIELD HOCKEY PLAYERS TO BUILD MENTAL TOUGHNESS AND BOOST THEIR ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE Players hear it all the time… "Field Hockey is 90% Mental, and 10% Physical” "It's All in Your Head" "The Only One that Can Stop You is You" "You have to be Mentally Tough!" But what exactly do those sayings mean??? Without something concrete, it's difficult for players to understand what it specifically takes to have a mental approach primed for success. And rather than have a debate with someone who knows nothing about mental ...