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Best Teen & Young Adult Marriage & Divorce Issues

The Divorce Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help You Move Beyond the Breakup
This book gives them everything they need to get through their parents' divorce and keep it from taking a long-term emotional toll. This workbook helps teens understand their feelings, cope with parental fighting, and be happy after their parents' divorce.
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"I usually just skim the stories and at times have skipped over entire activities because the activities are elementary-like, and the high schoolers I work with don't take them seriously."
"this workbook was really helpful for me, and unlike other workbooks it didn't make me feel...crazy or undermined or anything."
"Great for working with teens and preteens."
"It was an okay book and even since it's aimed at teens it didn't really interest me or help me deal with depression."
"I love using this workbook with teens."
"This workbook is an amazing tool to have as a Clinician working with children."
"I have used it with some of my clients."
"Great book....but mine is missing pages 27-58 (instead of these pages there is a second copy of pages 1-26)."
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Frida & Diego: Art, Love, Life
Nontraditional, controversial, rebellious, and politically volatile, the Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera are remembered for their provocative paintings as well as for their deep love for each other. Shifting back in time, the story tells of each figure’s childhood, youth, and development as an artist, giving particular attention to Rivera’s years spent training in Europe and Kahlo’s devotion to painting despite significant health problems. After their first marriage in 1929 (they would divorce in 1939, then remarry in 1940), the stories of their lives are intertwined in a complex, braided narrative, woven with colorful strands of their art, their politics, their romantic liaisons with others, and their intense, complicated relationship.
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"A beautiful book about two fascinating artists that is easy to read (it's perfecto for middle schoolers and/or teens) and visually stunning."
"A moving and fascinating look at the love shared between two wonderful artists."
"The timeline in the book is very well done."
"I find that if you are being introduced for the first time to a subject it is best to start off with a young reader's version as this book. After reading the book be sure to watch the movie "Frida" (2002) with Salma Hayek as Frida and Alfred Molina as Diego."
"Frida & Diego: Art, Love, Life, by Catherine Reef, is a complex and satisfying portrayal of two giants of twentieth-century art and the development of their storied careers. The book relies on primary sources and seldom-seen photographs to describe the individual lives and work of each artist, as well as their combined lives."
"It makes perfect sense to pair these two great artists for a biography: their relationship defined their lives and to a great extent, their work."
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The Big D; Divorce Thru the Eyes of a Teen Student Workbook
I will never forget when my mom came into my room and told me that dad was moving out. I knew they had not been getting along but I never thought he would actually leave. The curriculum kit includes a Biblically based Leaders Guide, and an interactive Student Workbook for each attendee. Whether they are currently in the chaos of their situation or it has been years and are living in a blended family, this program is guaranteed to change their lives.
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"The four workbooks that I received were brand new and less expensive than previously ordered workbooks due to no shipping."
"The book does help see a family crisis (temporary or not) under another like."
"This curriculum was used in our church and I heard from numerous families how beneficial it was for them."
"This is an awesome book for teens who have experienced divorce in their homes!!!"
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Best Teen & Young Adult Parental Issues

Countdown to College: 21 'To Do' Lists for High School
An easy timeline to help high school students maximize each of their 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade years and optimize their chances of getting into the college of their choice. Over the last fifteen years, through city wide community parent and student workshops, nonprofit online and in person seminars and through her professional school counseling responsibilities, Valerie has helped thousands of first generation and traditional students streamline the seemingly daunting process of academic planning, finding resources and applying to college.
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"Our kids don't seem to be getting a lot of this information from schools, so they need to be taught these things at home!"
"This book is to provide a grocery list so at the end of four years you can kick back and enjoy a gourmet meal."
"I have purchased this book several times for family and friends that are entering high school and it is an invaluable guide - kudos to the authors!"
"It highlights all the necessary steps for high schoolers (and their parents) to stay on target for picking and attending the right college."
"This book help parents a great deal to know what is needed and in what order so they will be prepared for college."
"This book is essential for high school students who are planning to attend college!"
"Should have gotten this book when my grandsons were just entering High School."
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Best Teen & Young Adult Adoption Issues

Prison Baby: A Memoir
A deeply personal and inspiring memoir recounting one woman's struggles--beginning with her birth in prison--to find self-acceptance Even at twelve years old Deborah Jiang Stein, the adopted daughter of a progressive Jewish couple in Seattle, felt like an outsider. "Prison Baby , one woman's profound quest for family and identity, is also a soul stirring call to arms on behalf of incarcerated women and their children. “A compelling story of loss, addiction, and healing…told with grace and much heart.”. —Heidi W. Durrow, New York Times best-selling author of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky “At a time when more and more women are being incarcerated worldwide, Deborah Jiang Stein's story of the secrets and ignominy surrounding her prison birth gives readers a brave account of the backlash children and society encounter when families are torn apart by addiction, prison, and shame. More than anything, Deborah's book is a call for an open-eyed examination of our broken criminal justice system, and a heartfelt plea for more compassionate responses to poverty and mental illness.”. —Naseem Rakha, author of The Crying Tree "A profoundly moving search for identify, Prison Baby is as inspiring as it is haunting. —Katrina Kittle, author of The Blessings of the Animals. “Prison Baby is an emotionally charged, transformative story about one woman's search for her true origins. Candid and searing, Deborah Jiang Stein's memoir is a remarkable story about identity, lost and found—and about the author's journey to reclaim—and celebrate—that most primal of relationships, the one between mother and child. I dare you to read this book without crying.”. —Mira Bartok, author of The Memory Palace " Prison Baby hits all the emotions of the who, what, where, when and why's of adoption right on the head of the nail!
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"When Deborah was twelve-years-old, she discovered, while snooping through her adoptive mother's dresser drawers, that her birth mother was a heroin addict and was in prison when Deborah was born. Deborah's writing style is superb; how could it not be?"
"This utterly fascinating story, about an adopted child who discovers she was born in prison, is so well written, so honest in its emotion, and so brave in its telling, is unforgettable."
"Deborah Jiang Stein tells the story of her prison birth in an amazingly powerful telling of not just her prison momma, but the author's slips through adolecence and adulthood."
"But as she travels to women's prisons, Deborah Jiang Stein finds many women who have had the experiences her first mother had-- of being forced to give birth in prison for crimes related to addiction. As an adoptive parent and as a recovering addict, the most pain I felt--the places I cried--were in Deborah's description of how sorry she felt was as her adoptive mother was dying. However, as a recovering addict, I do not fully forgive myself for my clueless, heartless behaviors when I had my emotions and empathy buried under an ocean of alcohol and I thank God I didn't have kids at the time, but I did have parents and I did hurt them and I do feel tremendous remorse about that. But I also found myself wishing that her mother had tried harder to understand Deborah's needs and especially had not kept the secrets from Deborah or tried to smother all questions with her love and her parental competence. At the same time, her parents adopted Deborah without any benefit of generational hindsight. "Adoption research surveys indicate that not until the 1970's did more than a thousand white families include adopted children of color. I was too scared to eke out even one word to her in response, to tell her I didn't feel part of anything.-DJS". My parents adopted my mixed-race (considered black) brother at almost the same time in US histgory as Deborah was adopted, the 1960's. Rendering someone invisible will result in a failure of empathy that Deborah experienced from her loving, privileged parents. Because of my personal experience and reflection, I was aware of these dynamics when we began our adoption journey but I really wanted to be a parent. When I announced (because I am the announcer) that my husband and I would attempt to adopt locally and seek same-race adoption, I ran into a world of problems that I won't go into for this review."
"An incredible book."
"This book clearly shows how broken the system is, This little girl's life could of been so different if she would of had answers early on."
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