Teen Kids

Amazing Facts to Blow Your Mind unveils a world where the ordinary becomes extraordinary. This isn't just a collection of trivia; it's a meticulously curated portal to the wonders of our universe, tailored for the eternally curious of all ages. Featuring over 1000 facts, each divided into chapters by topic, this book offers a comprehensive and organized exploration of knowledge.

Based on true events - and narrated by a Greek Chorus of the generation of gay men lost to AIDS - Two Boys Kissing follows Harry and Craig, two 17-year-olds who are about to take part in a 32-hour marathon of kissing to set a new Guinness World Record. While the two increasingly dehydrated and sleep-deprived boys are locking lips, they become a focal point in the lives of other teens dealing with universal questions of love, identity, and belonging.

Teenager Rebecca “Becka” Williams, her younger brother Scott, and her friend Ryan Riordan are swept into heart-stopping encounters with an all-too-real invisible world - a world fraught with deception and spiritual adversaries that promise goodness and enlightenment but will stop at nothing to destroy life, sanity, and human souls.

1776. The early days of the Revolutionary War. It supposedly began with Thomas Hickey, a private in the Continental Army, and New York governor William Tryon. In an astonishing power grab, they plotted to kill Hickey's boss: a man by the name of George Washington. In the end, Hickey was caught, brought to trial, and found guilty. It would seem he became the first person in the new nation to be executed for treason.

Twelve-year-old Mikey Pruitt - president, founder, and CEO of Anything, Inc. - has always been an entrepreneur at heart. Inspired by his grandfather Pap Pruitt, who successfully ran all sorts of businesses from a car wash to a roadside peanut stand, Mikey is still looking for his million-dollar idea. It isn't until kid drag queen Coco Caliente, Mistress of Madness and Mayhem (aka eighth grader Julian Vasquez) walks into his office (aka his family's storage/laundry room) looking for an agent that Mikey thinks he's finally found his million-dollar idea!

Perfect for fans of The Hate U Give, this unforgettable coming-of-age debut novel explores issues of race, class, and violence through the eyes of a wealthy Black teenager whose family gets caught in the vortex of the 1992 Rodney King Riots.

Millions of Africans were enslaved during the transatlantic slave trade, but few recorded their personal experiences. Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano is perhaps the most well known of the autobiographies that exist. Using this narrative as a primary source text, authors Monica Edinger and Lesley Younge share Equiano's life story in "found verse," supplemented with annotations to give listeners historical context.

La lucha de un hombre obstinado contra una ballena Moby Dick es considerado por la critica como una de las novelas mas importantes de la literatura universal ya que aunque aparentemente es la simple historia de un marinero obsesionado por cazar una elusiva ballena, es un inmenso poema lirico que tiene como fondo el ansia de triunfo de todo ser humano.

A cry for help from a sinking island…A rescue mission leads Jay and Lila Cooper to a doomed South Sea island where nothing is as they expected. Instead of a primitive civilization, the Coopers encounter a busy colony with a mysterious leader claiming to be Adam MacKenzie, a missionary once presumed dead. To add to the confusion, someone seems to have pushed the island's self-destruct button. Earthquakes and erosion are tearing the island apart, and every moment is precious in the Coopers' search for the real Adam MacKenzie.

While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in 18th-century Japan.

Zu fünft brechen sie auf: Miguel, Fernando, Emilio, Jaz und Ángel. Die Jugendlichen haben sich erst vor kurzem kennengelernt, aber sie haben ein gemeinsames Ziel: Sie wollen es über die Grenze in die USA schaffen. Vor ihnen liegen mehr als zweieinhalbtausend Kilometer durch ganz Mexiko, die sie als blinde Passagiere auf Güterzügen zurücklegen müssen. Nicht nur Hunger und Durst, Hitze und Kälte sind ihre Gegner - unterwegs lauern auch noch zahlreiche andere Gefahren: Unfälle, Banditen, korrupte Polizisten, Drogenhändler und Menschenschmuggler. Doch wenn sie zusammenhalten, haben sie eine Chance!

Children who exhibit impulsive behavior are often labeled unruly. Even though children can be calm, their positive qualities can be often overlooked by their poor impulse control. Impulsive Ninja learns how to use an underused superpower to respond to frustration, anger, and criticism.

Warning: Doing this may cause your family to have fun and actually look forward to spending time together...Is your family in need of game night, or just some sort of quality-time activity everyone will get a kick out of? Do you feel like you need a challenge, something brain stimulating that will test your limits and allow you to become a better problem-solver and a creative thinker? Look no further - riddles and question and answer audiobooks are making a comeback!

When Mikaila Ulmer was four, she was stung by a bee - twice in one week. She was terrified of going outside, so her parents encouraged her to learn more about bees so she wouldn't be afraid. It worked. Mikaila didn't just learn what an important role bees play in our ecosystem, but she also learned bees are endangered and set out to save them.

Ever since her aunt died four months ago, seventeen-year-old Vivian (Viv) Spry is aching to figure out where she belongs. Her father has become emotionally distant and even her best friend has found a new sense of identity in her theater group. Unfortunately, nobody in her rural West Virginia town has time for an assertive, angry girl, especially a girl dubbed “Ice Queen” for refusing to sleep with her popular boyfriend.

Interesting Fun Facts for Adults: Surprising Tidbits and Stories for Curious Minds is not your average book—it's a collection of mind-blowing, laugh-out-loud, and totally true stories that will have you saying, "Wait, seriously?!" This is the ultimate antidote to boring trivia, filled with facts you'll want to share with friends, family, and anyone who will listen.

In this seventh Middle School episode, Rafe heads back to the place his misadventures began: the dreaded Hills Village Middle School, where he's now being forced to take "special" classes.... He also finds himself joining the school's football team - alongside his main tormenter, Miller the Killer! But Rafe has grand plans for a better year: First he decides to start a supersecret art project that's sure to rock the school.

Eight steps to becoming an entrepreneur for kids is a cultural understanding listen following the journey of 4 African American kids who are best friends and all share the same passion for learning how to become an Entrepreneur.

Sam Cooper is 14 years old, and things aren't always as blocky and bright as they seem. Enemies aren't easy to run from and mobs are very, very hard to kill. They are now facing a threat from their biggest enemy yet!. They have somehow found themselves in a war between Kin.Enderman against Enderman. Along with his friends, his dragon, and his cat, Sammy is about 85 percent sure that they will succeed.

If you feel like you're losing your teen to technology, you're not alone. Screen time is rapidly replacing family time, and for teens especially, it is hardwiring the way they connect with their world. In Screens and Teens, Dr. Kathy helps you make sense of all this and empowers you to respond.