My Feelings category: 4877 books
Do Hard Things
A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
A generation stands on the brink of a "rebelution."
"Most people don't expect you to understand what we're going to tell you in this book. And even if you understand, they don't expect you to care. And even if you care, they don't expect you to do anything about it. And even...
by Yona Zeldis McDonough, Who HQ
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2010
In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." This biography has black-and-white illustrations throughout.
I Am a Star
Child of the Holocaust
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1993
The Nazis tried to destroy Inge's life--but they could not break her spirit.
Inge Auerbacher's childhood was as happy and peaceful as any other German child's--until 1942. By then, the Nazis were in power, and because Inge's family was Jewish, she and her parents were sent to a concentration...
by Francisco Jiménez
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2002
At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jiménez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home in California, the entire family travels all night for twenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. and Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona. In the months...
The Pregnancy Project
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
When high school senior Gaby faked a pregnancy as a project to challenge stereotypes, she also changed her life. Discover this compelling memoir from an inspirational teenage activist, now a Lifetime movie.
It started as a school project, but it turned into so much more.
Growing up,...
by Leonel CASTELLANOS, CUARTERO, Julio; ORBEGOZO ARANA
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Esta es la segunda edición del best-seller eL efecto Leopi. Un libro, un manual, una autobiografía y una historia que parece de ciencia ficción, pero es real y funciona.Una guía que además de entretenerte, te llenará de técnicas, tips y herramientas para encontrar, conocer, atraer y conquistar...
The 57 Bus
A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
One teenager in a skirt.
One teenager with a lighter.
One moment that changes both of their lives forever.
If it weren’t for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they...
A Young People's History of the United States
Columbus to the War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
A Young People's History of the United States brings to US history the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in books for young people. A Young People's History of the United States is also a companion volume...
Ghosts of War
The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
In this extraordinary and harrowing memoir, follow one GI’s tour of duty as Ryan Smithson brings readers inside a world that few understand.
This is no ordinary teenager’s story. Instead of opting for college life, Ryan Smithson joined the Army Reserve when he was seventeen. Two years later,...
Helen Keller
Courage in the Dark
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2010
When a childhood illness leaves her blind and deaf, Helen Keller's life seems hopeless indeed. But her indomitable will and the help of a devoted teacher empower Helen to triumph over incredible adversity. This amazing true story is finally brought to the beginner reader level.
Every Young Man's Battle
Stategies for Victory in the Real World of Sexual Temptation
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2004
In this world you’re surrounded by sexual images that open the door to temptation. They’re everywhere–on TV, billboards, magazines, music, the internet–and so easy to access that it sometimes feels impossible to escape their clutches. Yet God expects his children to be sexually pure. So how...
Praying for Your Future Husband
Preparing Your Heart for His
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Have you ever thought about praying for your future husband?
Will it make a difference?
There's only one way to find out…
From when we were small girls, most of us dream of “The One,” our future husband. We think about what it would be like to be a bride. We wonder who that special guy is...
by Li Cunxin
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
The young reader edition of the international bestseller; now a major motion picture.
At the age of eleven, Li Cunxin was one of the privileged few selected to serve in Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution by studying at the Beijing Dance Academy. Having known bitter poverty in his rural China...
Claudette Colvin
Twice Toward Justice
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2009
"When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, ‘This is not right.'" – Claudette Colvin
On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation, refused to give her seat...