A call to young people to remain sexually pure until marriage.Everyone longs to be loved deeply by someone, and Rebecca St. James is no different, as demonstrated by her hit song "Wait for Me." In this revised and updated version of the 2002 release, Rebecca shares the same desires as other young people as her resolve to remain sexually pure until marriage is not common in our society.Using Scripture, pop culture, and her own experience as a point of reference, Rebecca paints a relevant and appe...
I Will Tell Your Secret (I Will Tell Your Secret, #1)
by Jacqueline Bell
Pimples, Period Kits, and Other Peculiar Parts of PubertyPraise for author’s past work includes “A fun, energetic, knowledgeable, and loving guide”—Tatyana Ali, wife, mother, actress, singer, and filmmaker This inclusive, body-positive girl’s guide to puberty covers everything you need to know about your teens. Do it yourself or with an adult—this puberty journal for girls is full of helpful information—like how to build a period kit—so you know the changes happening in and around you. The pub...
Zoo Station (True Stories (Zest Books)) (True Stories)
by "Christiane F."
This incredible autobiography of Christiane F. provides a vivid portrait of teen friendship, drug abuse, and alienation in and around Berlin's notorious Zoo Station. Christiane's rapid descent into heroin abuse and prostitution is shocking, but the boredom, longing for acceptance, thrilling risks, and even her musical obsessions are familiar to everyone. Previously published in Germany and the US to critical acclaim, Zest's new translation includes original photographs of Christiane and her frie...
Out of all reported cases of sexual assault, nearly 70 percent occur with victims who are under the age of seventeen, and it has been estimated that one in ten children will be sexually abused before they turn eighteen. Sexual assault has become an all-too-common occurrence among young adults. An assault can cause physical injuries, STDs and STIs, post-traumatic stress disorder, flashbacks, anxiety, depression, and other re-experiencing symptoms. It can lead to poor academic performance, substan...
Mon oncle me touche
by Debora Awokou, Oumarou Kanazoé, and Franck Aristide Tossou
I want to be in the Air Force someday. These are the words Polo Tate engraves on her junior dog tags at age eleven. An unpopular dream for most young girls, but her hard work pays off and at age eighteen, Polo finds herself in Basic Training at the United States Air Force Academy. She does everything right, except fly under the radar. No one prepares her for what comes next. Physical, sexual, and emotional abuse at the hands of her superior. Betrayal at the highest levels of authority. Harassmen...
Preventing Sexual Assault and Harassment (Sexual Violence and Harassment)
by H.W. Poole
Cynthia Rylant returns to her home state of West Virginia with this powerful and evocative collection of poems. In a heartbreaking narrative that flows like a novel, we follow Ludie from childhood to falling in love and getting married, through the birth of her own children, and on into old age. This is the story of one woman's experiences in a hard scrabble coal-mining town, a story that brims with universal themes about life, love, and family--and all of the joy, laughter, heartache, and loss...
