No matter how you categorize yourself as a teenager, this late '90s tale has something for you. Upperclassmen befriend lowerclassmen, football players grapple with their masculinity via their sexuality, the guy chases the girl, the girl likes the guy, the guy ends up in a mental institution...
Books for Growing Minds Nothing inspires growth and development quite like reading (and being read to). Here are lists of the top children's fiction and storybooks to line your child's bookshelf. The Most Ridiculous Reasons Books Have Been Banned The Best Brothers Grimm Stories All Harry Po...
he's also ascending. Similarly, his subject has a seemingly spiritual reflex to hunt for the next mountain to climb, searching for another apotheosis at its peak.
N.H., however, doesn’t believe that mankind is ready for this next stage in spiritual evolution. Fun fact: Blackwood was fascinated by the notion that Nature spirits had evolved alongside humankind; he wanted to portray a being who was half-human, half-elemental. Henry Miller called this ...
Over the course of three seasons (or "books"), creator Owen Dennis dreamed up a foundation for rich stories about how both the human passengers and the train's permanent residents learn to grow up, either by playing by the train's cryptic rules or by defying them. Book 4, which was ...
“You Are a Badass” by Jen Sincero is the kick in the butt you’ve been waiting for. This isn’t your typical self-help book. It’s a sassy, no-nonsense guide to transforming your life and embracing your inner badass. Sincero’s witty, irreverent style makes personal growth fun and...
The first part of a two-book series, “Legendborn” is one of the best young adult fantasy novels I have ever read. Based on the King Arthur legend, the story, set on the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill’s campus, centers around a Black teenager seeking information regarding her...
When she became a teenager, her family was challenged by homelessness and hunger and she had to sell flowers by the roadside to save them from these struggles. It is these experiences that led her to a PhD, pursuing and getting into a career as a military pilot at the beginning of Opera...
It’s not just a physical journey for Joan, but a spiritual one, as P&P maroon their heroine on a neighbouring island where she must wait until the weather dies down before continuing her trip. By the time Joan is battling a storm and a whirlpool in a tiny boat, her ‘heart of ...
Wang Xiaoshi, a kind-hearted teenager, goes down the mountain to have a journey. When he first enters the Jianghu, he befriends Wen Rou, Bai Choufei, Su Mengxiu, and others by chance, and establishes a lifelong friendship with them. In the Jianghu of Capital, he experiences brotherhood ...