Goff, Sissy
Summary: As a parent, you can use certain strategies to help your teenage daughter when she struggles with worry and anxiety. But it is also important that she learns how to work through her emotions on her own, especially as she approaches adulthood. This guide--created for girls ages 13 to 18--will help your daughter understand anxiety's roots and why her brain is often working against her when she...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2021
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 248.8 GOFSummary: Deanie is a beautiful and sensitive teenager who would do whatever her mother and her 1928 Kansas hometown find proper. Her boyfriend, Bud, has intense desires for Deanie and the two are very much in love. But, sexual pressures in society creates a rift in their relationship. She restrains herself while Bud acts on them, but with another girl. Bud's actions drive Deanie to madness. She is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SPLRice, Ashley.
Summary: This bestselling book that has been enjoyed by girls all over the world has now been completely redone to include all new illustrations and inspiring new writings. The special updated edition also features a glitter varnish cover and a ribbon bookmark with charm that girls everywhere will love. Bestselling author and illustrator Ashley Rice makes this book fun and uplifting with her adorable...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Mountain Press 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.23 RICFink, Jess
Summary: "What would you do if you had a time machine? Bet on sporting events? Assassinate all the evildoers of history? Or maybe try to fix all the mistakes and regrets that have haunted you all these years? Join Jess as she travels back in time to share her wisdom with her naïve younger self, stand up to bullies who terrorized her child self, and teach her horny teenage self a thing or two. What...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Top Shelf Productions 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 FINRoberts, Emily.
Summary: "Packed with fun and helpful tips, this guide will teach you how to express yourself in any situation, whether you're talking to your friends or parents, or dealing with bullies, cliques, and crushes. You'll also discover ways to speak up when you're upset, be assertive, and stay cool when intense emotions threaten to take over."--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2015
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 153.6 ROBAdams, Khristi Lauren
Summary: The stories of girls of color are often overlooked and ignored rather than valued and heard. Instead of relegating these young women to the margins, minister and youth advocate Khristi Lauren Adams brings their stories front and center where they belong. Thought-provoking and inspirational, Parable of the Brown Girl is a powerful example of how God uses the narratives we most often ignore to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Fortress Press 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 ADASummary: Collects articles, interviews, poems, and stories on romance, friendship, and self-care from the online magazine.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305 ROOHarris, Karen
Summary: "Getting through life as a teenage girl is no easy feat! From dealing with body changes to perfecting your personal hygiene routine, maintaining good physical health, and prioritizing your mental health, there's a lot you can expect to go through over the next few years. And while it may seem challenging, having a copy of Life Skills for Teenage Girls can make navigating your teenage years much...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Life HarrisCowell, Lynn
Summary: "Simple and empowering, Brave Beauty brings tweens 100 courage-building, relatable mini chapters to reflect on Scripture and find confidence in God, rather than in someone, some place, or some thing."--Publisher website.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2017
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 248 COWRayne, Karen
Summary: Girl: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You is an inclusive growing-up guide for teen girls with information on gender and identity, dating and romance, relationships, and sex. It gives teen girls practical information that is uncensored, factual, and unbiased, and aims to help readers develop into responsible and informed adults and prepare them for healthy romantic relationships. This book also...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 155 RAYRaney, Karen
Summary: "Maddy is sixteen. She has loyal friends, a mother with whom she's unusually close, a father she's never met, devoted grandparents, and a crush on a boy named Jack. Maddy also has cancer. Deeply curious, wry, and vivacious, she's poised at the outset of adulthood, ready to untangle all the mysteries that living holds--if she survives her teens"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RANTemple, Emily
Summary: "One year ago, the person Olivia adores most in the world, her father, left home for a meditation retreat in the mountains and never returned. Yearning to make sense of his shocking departure and to escape her overbearing mother, ... Olivia runs away from home and retraces his path to a place known as the Levitation Center. Once there, she enrolls in their summer program for troubled teens,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Kuehnert, Stephanie
Summary: "Pieces of a Girl is a memoir about abuse and addiction and the power of storytelling and community that helped zine creator and novelist Stephanie Kuehnert survive and thrive. Told in journal entries, original illustrations, and pages torn from her actual diaries and zines, this is the story of Stephanie's life as a struggling outsider who survived substance and relationship abuse to beocme a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 921 KUEHarts, Minda
Summary: "A guide for girls of color looking to find their voice and claim space as they prepare for high school, college, and their careers"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.235 HARSummary: Los Angeles teenager and overachiever Tracy is an excellent student in her seventh grade class and gets along well with her mother, Melanie. She fears that she's not cool enough to be friends with Evie, the most popular girl in school. Fueled with genuine adolescent energy, Tracy follows Evie's lead into the harsh realities of sex, drugs, and hard-edged adventure. Consumed with temptations and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THISummary: For over fifty years, Judy Blume's classic has connected with readers through its relatable story, achingly funny details, and candid exploration of life's biggest questions. In Lionsgate's big-screen adaptation, eleven-year-old Margaret is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey, going through the messy and tumultuous throes of puberty with new friends in a new...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2023