Category: Teenage Issues
A frank, funny, age-appropriate guide for pre-teens about getting your period, from Dr Melissa Kang (a former Dolly Doctor) and Yumi Stynes (all-round excellent woman). Getting your period for the first time can be mortifying, weird and messy - and asking questions about it can feel even worse. But it ...Show more
Category: Teenage Issues
Sometimes life can be pretty amazing. But other times it feels like: A. Your heart and stomach have been steamrolled into a grisly organ pancakeB. You are being put through an emotional spiralizer that creates human courgettiC. Both of the above. You're a courgetti pancake No, Instagram filters won't ma ...Show more
Category: Teenage Issues
'A wonderfully useful book, told with wit and wisdom' - Adam Kay, best-selling author of THIS IS GOING TO HURT "Get up or you'll miss the best part of the day!" "You treat this place like a hotel." "Can you just put that phone down for one minute?!" After years of reliable performance, has something rec ...Show more
Category: Teenage Issues
"Consent is not the absence of 'NO', it is an enthusiastic YES!!" While seemingly straightforward, Tia and Bryony hadn't considered this subject too seriously until it comes up in conversation with their friends and they realise just how important it is. Following the sexual assault of a classmate, a g ...Show more
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Though just 20, Rhianna Boyd has had more than her share of setbacks: dyspraxia, chronic pain, arthritis, depression, the death of a best friend ...and a seven-year battle with anorexia. Rhianna's uncompromising story aims to dispel myths about this terrible mental illness, and to inspire others to keep ...Show more
Category: Teenage Issues
Yay! You're gay! Or maybe you're bi. Or maybe you just feel different... in time, that difference will become the greatest gift you could ask for. It will bring you love, a sense of identity, a new community, and eventually the freedom to be yourself. I promise! In this personal, heartfelt go-to guide ...Show more
Category: Teenage Issues
A recovery plan for anorexia and bulimia. A searingly honest and affecting memoir of a bulimia survivor who found a path to recovery after experiencing 12 years of the worst, most traumatic aspects of an eating disorder. While on the surface a ‘perfect child’, beautiful and disciplined, unde ...Show more
Category: Teenage Issues
Ith friends, social media, body image, and more, navigating young adulthood can seem impossible, Follow Instagram's loveable Chrostin as she provides humorous and relatable advice for all of the struggles you face, like: Sticking up for yourself, Dealing with your body, Creating your own fashion, Eating ...Show more
Category: Teenage Issues
Relax and reflect, as you write in this inspiring journal that teaches the art of mindfulness When school, friends, family, and life become stressful, teens and preteens can forget they're worthy, beautiful people, capable of achieving whatever they set their mind to. That is why it's so important for ...Show more
Category: Teenage Issues
Written by teenage expert, Nicola Morgan, 'Body Brilliant' will help teenagers to develop or retain a positive body image. We're all bombarded with information and images - through the media and our peers - about being too big, too small, being cool, being popular or having the 'right' kind of clothes. ...Show more
Category: Teenage Issues | Reading Level: From 10 To 99
Psst, want a whole new approach to puberty? Puberty Girl is here to help!Whether or not you've started seeing the signs of your body changing, this fab book will bring new meaning and understanding to a young girl's tween years. Yes, it can be a confusing and emotional time - but with Puberty Girl by yo ...Show more
Category: Teenage Issues
This stylish, colourful, graphic-rich, single edition youth magazine is specifically written for New Zealand young people who are facing tough times, or to support others they know. It is written with honesty and frankness, and tackles difficult issues teens may face that can cause change, trauma, loss ...Show more
