Young people from bi- or multiracial backgrounds will find their own voices echoed and amplified in this slim volume; the book may help those from a single race background begin to understand their multiracial friends or family members,... Read More

High school is a time of making friends and memories for most young adults. As they escape childhood and start down the path toward adulthood, all but a very few students believe achieving social success is hugely important. For those... 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 teenage selves come to the opposite conclusion; that is, no... 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,” explains Somer Flaherty. “The key to enhancing your own... 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 comic books among them) which have the end of the world as... 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 decide whether child care is the right path for them, then... Read More

It seems that every few years, feminism gets a new literary paint job. We’re now in the era of “third wave” feminism, with a strong focus on criticism of gender stereotypes and media portrayals of women. In academic circles, this... Read More

By the age of three months, Alberto Hidalgo-Robert was already the size of a one-year-old child. By seven years, the rotund little boy known affectionately as “El Gordito,” little fat boy, weighed 120 pounds, his dependence on food... Read More