Young Adult Animals

If you’ve ever felt unsure about what comes next, university, work, apprenticeships, or something else entirely, this book is your guide to figuring it out with curiosity, confidence and clarity. Whether you're a student facing these choices yourself or a parent looking to support someone through them, this book offers the tools and language to help navigate the journey together. This practical, story-driven guide helps you navigate life after school through two powerful perspectives, the Octopus, who learns by doing, and the Chameleon, who learns by observing.

Die graue Kätzin hob den Kopf. "Ich habe gesehen, was geschehen wird", brummte sie. "Finstere Zeiten stehen bevor." Endlich, nach langer Reise, haben die Katzen des Waldes einen Ort entdeckt, an dem sie bleiben könnten! Rund um den großen See gibt es genug Beute und Land für alle. Die Zeit des Abschieds für die große Reisegemeinschaft scheint gekommen. Jeder Clan muss nun wieder allein für sich selbst und das eigene Überleben kämpfen. Aber ist dies auch wirklich das Ziel ihrer Reise, die neue Heimat?

** Cover Updated March 2025 A teen suffering from PTSD. A trip to a remote African safari camp to fund a rhino foundation. Will her presence protect the rhinos or endanger them all? Seventeen-year-old Claire’s role in a dramatic effort to save two rhinos while visiting South Africa caused her to become a social media sensation known worldwide as #QueenoftheRhino, but the trauma of the encounter left her with emotional scars. When her celebrity draws the attention of a mysterious Mr. Sudan, a shadowy international billionaire and potential donor for her Rhino in the Room Foundation, Claire...

Hace miles de años, un niño llamado Torak vive feliz en el bosque, hasta el día en que un oso gigante ataca y hiere a su padre. Moribundo, éste le ordena que se dirija al Norte para encontrar la Montaña del Espíritu del Mundo, antes de que aparezca en el cielo la Luna del Sauce Rojo. Pero Torak sólo tiene doce años, desconoce qué camino tomar y no puede acudir a nadie en busca de ayuda.

Through the Pacific Northwest forests and along the rugged coastal shores of California, Wolf Girl is a young environmentalist's coming-of-age story about learning, discovery, and survival. Wolf Girl takes listeners on Doniga’s journey: from the wilderness immersion school where she was taught by Indigenous elders and wildlife trackers, to hitchhiking across the Pacific Northwest, to Alaska, where she fell in love with tracking wolves. These experiences shaped and inspired Doniga to become the leader in the regenerative agricultural movement that she is today.

Twelve-year-old Makepeace has learned to defend herself from the ghosts which try to possess her in the night, desperate for refuge, but one day a dreadful event causes her to drop her guard. And now there's a spirit inside her. The spirit is wild, brutish and strong, and it may be her only defence when she is sent to live with her father's rich and powerful ancestors. There is talk of civil war, and they need people like her to protect their dark and terrible family secret.

Yak y su abuelo son esquimales y viven en el Polo Norte. Son famosos en todo el porque una vez consiguieron rescatar unas ballenas atrapadas en el hielo. Pero, por desgracia, los peligros que acechan a los cetáceos son muchos y nuevamente necesitan la ayuda de estos esquimales. Así que en esta ocasión, Yak y su abuelo tendrán que viajar hasta Baja California para intentar averiguar el motivo que hace que decenas de ballenas aparezcan varadas en las playas sin explicación aparente.

In this personal, moving essay, youth activist Hannah Testa shares with listeners how she led a grassroots political campaign to successfully pass state legislation limiting single-use plastics and how she influenced global businesses to adopt more sustainable practices. Through her personal journey, listeners can learn how they, too, can follow in Hannah's footsteps and lower their carbon footprint by simply refusing single-use plastics.

In this dynamic account, award-winning author Paul Fleischman arms teens with the basic tools to uncover vested interests and falsehoods by vetting sources, following the money, and checking references so that they can make informed decisions about what actions to take in the worldwide battle against climate change, overconsumption, and dwindling resources.

Elaina's adventures continue as she and her family take a beach vacation. Elaina learns about protecting the earth, along with her favorite stuffed animal, who she can speak to, Gregory. Find out what they learn, and just what is going on with the whales in the area? Stay tuned.

"Wir hörten, dass du kommen würdest", murmelte der Alte. Seine Stimme klang gedämpft, als würde er durch unendlich viele Blattwechsel voller Staub sprechen. "Aber wir hatten dich nicht so bald erwartet." Häherpfote hütet sein Wissen um die geheimnisvolle Prophezeiung wie einen Schatz. Er ist überzeugt, dass der Schlüssel zur Macht der Sterne in der Vergangenheit, bei den Vorfahren der Waldkatzen liegt, die ihm in seinen Träumen erscheinen. Aber die Pfade der Ahnen sind verschlungen und reichen bis in die Gegenwart.

Jo lives in the same Appalachian town where her mother disappeared 15 years ago. Everyone knows what happened to Jo's mom. She was wild, and bad things happen to girls like that. Now people are starting to talk about Jo. She's barely passing her classes and falls asleep at her desk every day. She's following in her mom's footsteps. Jo does have a secret. It's not what people think, though. Not a boy or a drug habit. Jo has a twin sister. Jo's sister is not like most people. She lives in the woods - catches rabbits with her bare hands and eats them raw.

Als Lilly nach den Weihnachtsferien ins Internat Sankt Anna zurückkehrt, gibt es einige Veränderungen. Elisa ist neu in die Gruppe gekommen. Sie macht sich sofort an den Reitlehrer Dennis heran und wirbelt mit ihrem affektierten Getue alles durcheinander. Außerdem gibt es da noch dieses neue Pferd – eine hübsche Fuchsstute mit einer Narbe am Bein…

The War of the Animals series is an animal bible that chronicles the rise and fall of animal civilization over ten generations. In this sequel to War Of The Animals: Cry of the Gods, King Blu, the whale god, pronounces the sentence for the land animals: total annihilation. King Blu plans to make an ocean world in the land animals’ stead. A new generation of animal lords fights King Blu in a seemingly hopeless battle. Continent after continent falls to the whale god until a new revelation arises: King Blu is not the only god among the animals. The animal lords must race to find a legendary...

Nothing puts a damper on the Christmas spirit more than a fluffy white rooster named Sweetie. Reginald and his flock plot to serve the big bully a helping of humble pie with the aid of their fellow farm animals and some creative storytelling. Will they end up on Santa's naughty list? Or Martha's stewpot? And can they teach a humbug how to get along?

Caprice Rydell makes a wish and flips a coin into a fountain, and her life changes. Just for starters, she learns her father is a bigamist, and it's straight downhill from there. If that news being revealed on national television isn't embarrassing enough, it all happens in front of Mill Crocker, the captain of the school polo team and the most gorgeous guy she's ever seen.

Coco is the youngest of the Tanberry sisters, but she's as headstrong as any of them. Coco is crazy about animals and loves her riding lessons. When Caramel, her favourite pony at the stables, is sold, Coco scopes out the new owner - and she's not happy about what she discovers. With big sister Honey going off at the deep end and Summer only just recovering from her eating disorder, there's no-one at Tanglewood to help Coco out. Can Coco save Caramel alone - or will a new friend help her?

In a dying country town lives Satchel O'Rye, a young man fighting the future; Chelsea Piper, a young woman fighting the past; and a long-lost creature that can teach them both the art of survival. Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf is a shimmering, ultimately joyful novel, a story of journeying towards courage and freedom, of finding the will to live a life beyond expectation.

Sapevi che imparare curiosità rafforza la memoria e favorisce un pensiero più creativo? Secondo l’Università della California, i bambini che apprendono attraverso fatti curiosi trattengono meglio le informazioni e sviluppano un maggiore interesse per il mondo. Immagina tuo figlio sorprendere amici e insegnanti con fatti incredibili su dinosauri, spazio o corpo umano!

In Beastly Brains, Nancy Castaldo delves into the minds of animals and explores animal empathy, communication, tool use, and social societies through interviews and historical anecdotes. Researchers from Charles Darwin to Jane Goodall have spent years analyzing the minds of animals, and today's science is revolutionizing old theories and uncovering surprising similarities to our own minds. Humans are not alone in our ability to think.