“I wanted to be the kind of person who had a cool nickname,” says Christiane, for whom, like most teenagers, fitting in was paramount. Little did she know at twelve years... Read More

“I’ve decided to start a blog about what it’s like to get a life-threatening disease.” With these words, seventeen-year-old Norwegian Regine Stokke opens her heart and... Read More

If only we knew then what we know now, everything would be different. Or would it? Most of the contributors to this terrific book of letters from young adult authors to their... Read More

Tailored to a teenage female audience, "The Book of Styling" insists from the get-go that perfect style does not exist. “Style is about the journey, not the destination,”... Read More

Freelance writer and editor Laura Barcella has capitalized on the whole 2012 mythos with this compilation of fifty pop-culture items (books, films, music, TV series, art and... Read More

If every job had a guidebook as easy to read yet informative as Don’t Sit on the Baby, we would all be choosing our careers more wisely. Author Halley Bondy helps readers... Read More

Highlighting fifty events spanning the twentieth century, Hallie Fryd identifies issues that helped shape American culture over that time, making insightful connections between... Read More

Zest Books is a publishing house devoted exclusively to advice books for teens. "Indie Girl" (978-0-9790173-3-9), by Arne Johnson, and Karen Macklin, with illustrations by... Read More