Madeline, Miss Clavel, Pepito, and friends introduce basic manners.

Teens who have taken part in writing programs run by a national nonprofit organization called WritersCorps are represented in this collection of poems which convey the words in the diverse voices of teenagers everywhere.

"There was a huge public outpouring to the recent articles in The New York Times about Family Foundation School, a last-resort institution for troubled teens in upstate New York. It described the near 50% death rate of alumni-including many by suicide-and how the survivors lived with their trauma in the years after leaving the school. A follow-up piece this January covered the shocking facts that came to light through multiple lawsuits and the continuing...

Dissatisfied in following his father's path to a baseball career, a teen boy begins training as steeplechase rider with a grizzled race veteran. A young boy, unsure of what path to take in life, comes across a horse trainer who convinces him to train for the Derby Cup. Will he be able to convince his parents, beat the champion, and find the champion inside himself?

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) reported last year that one in four teenage girls had contracted a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Sexually transmitted diseases (also known as STDs - or STIs for "sexually transmitted infections") are infectious diseases that spread from person to person through intimate contact. STDs can affect guys and girls of all ages and backgrounds who are having sex - it doesn't matter if they're rich...

Outlines strategies for planning a post-high-school life involving college, the military, or a career, and provides real-world recommendations on how to make the most of a high-school education in order to achieve specific goals.

Due to the postwar "baby boom" in the 1960s there were more teenagers in America than ever before. Popular culture became increasingly youth-oriented, with fads and fashions departing from those of the 1950s. Young women rebelled against the conservative values of their parents by wearing revealing fashions such as miniskirts and hot pants, and young men rebelled against convention by growing their hair long.

A vivacious teenage rebel joins a group of fellow misfits who hustle and party their way across the country.