Adolescence in Family & Relationships & Nonfiction eBooks

Brainstorm

The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

by Daniel J. Siegel M.D. ...

In this New York Times–bestselling book, Dr. Daniel Siegel shows parents how to turn one of the most challenging developmental periods in their children’s lives into one of the most rewarding.Between the ages of twelve and twenty-four, the brain changes in important and, at times, challenging ways. In Brainstorm, Dr. Daniel Siegel busts a number of commonly held myths about adolescence—for example ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

In this New York Times–bestselling book, Dr. Daniel Siegel shows parents how to turn one of the most challenging developmental periods in their children’s lives into one of the most rewarding.Between the ages of twelve and twenty-four, the brain changes in important and, at times, challenging ways. In Brainstorm, Dr. Daniel Siegel busts a number of commonly held myths about adolescence—for example
... Read more
The Anxious Generation

How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

by Jonathan Haidt ...

THE ACCLAIMED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER with over two million copies sold • A must-read for all parents: the generation-defining investigation into the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones, social media, and big tech—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. • A cultural catalyst for the resulting $17.1 Billion Meta Settlement.**Named one of the best books of the year by ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

THE ACCLAIMED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER with over two million copies sold • A must-read for all parents: the generation-defining investigation into the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones, social media, and big tech—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. • A cultural catalyst for the resulting $17.1 Billion Meta Settlement.**Named one of the best books of the year by
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Alone Together

Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

by Sherry Turkle ...

A groundbreaking book by one of the most important thinkers of our time shows how technology is warping our social lives and our inner onesTechnology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, and confusing tweets and wall posts with authentic communication. But this relentless connection ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

A groundbreaking book by one of the most important thinkers of our time shows how technology is warping our social lives and our inner onesTechnology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, and confusing tweets and wall posts with authentic communication. But this relentless connection
... Read more
Queen Bees and Wannabes, 3rd Edition

Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boys, and the New Realities of Girl World

by Rosalind Wiseman ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The parenting classic that inspired Mean Girls, now fully revised and updated with new material on gender expression, cancel culture, social media, and bullying based on feedback from today’s teenagersMore than twenty years ago, Queen Bees and Wannabes let parents inside the secret world of their adolescent daughters’ female relationships, giving us a new vocabulary for ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The parenting classic that inspired Mean Girls, now fully revised and updated with new material on gender expression, cancel culture, social media, and bullying based on feedback from today’s teenagersMore than twenty years ago, Queen Bees and Wannabes let parents inside the secret world of their adolescent daughters’ female relationships, giving us a new vocabulary for
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Untangled

Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood

by Lisa Damour Ph.D. ...

**REVISED AND UPDATED IN 2025NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An award-winning guide to the sometimes erratic and confusing behavior of teenage girls from the author of Under Pressure and The Emotional Lives of Teenagers—now revised and updated with advice on social media use, gender fluidity, and drug useDr. Lisa Damour worked as an expert collaborator on Pixar’s Inside Out 2!“The most down-to-earth, ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

**REVISED AND UPDATED IN 2025NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An award-winning guide to the sometimes erratic and confusing behavior of teenage girls from the author of Under Pressure and The Emotional Lives of Teenagers—now revised and updated with advice on social media use, gender fluidity, and drug useDr. Lisa Damour worked as an expert collaborator on Pixar’s Inside Out 2!“The most down-to-earth,
... Read more
Homeschooled

A New York Times Bestselling Memoir and Read with Jenna Pick

by Stefan Merrill Block ...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! • A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK • A heartbreaking, empowering, often hilarious debut memoir about a mother’s all-consuming love, a son’s perilous quest to discover the world beyond the front door and the unregulated homeschool system that impacts millions like him*A BookRiot Best Book of the Year**A BookPage Memoir of the Year*<b... ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! • A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK • A heartbreaking, empowering, often hilarious debut memoir about a mother’s all-consuming love, a son’s perilous quest to discover the world beyond the front door and the unregulated homeschool system that impacts millions like him*A BookRiot Best Book of the Year**A BookPage Memoir of the Year*<b...
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The Sleepover

The unputdownable, page-turning psychological thriller from bestseller Keri Beevis

by Keri Beevis ...

A powerful, page-turning psychological thriller from bestselling author writer Keri Beevis that you won't want to put down..One Night.One Secret.One Nightmare.When you’re a kid, you imagine monsters to have horns and fangs. That they hide under the bed or in the wardrobe. And you believe they can only come after you when it’s dark.You don’t expect them to look like everyday people or that they may ... Read more

$4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A powerful, page-turning psychological thriller from bestselling author writer Keri Beevis that you won't want to put down..One Night.One Secret.One Nightmare.When you’re a kid, you imagine monsters to have horns and fangs. That they hide under the bed or in the wardrobe. And you believe they can only come after you when it’s dark.You don’t expect them to look like everyday people or that they may
... Read more
Never Enough

When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It

by Jennifer Breheny Wallace ...

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe definitive book on the rise of “toxic achievement culture” overtaking our kids' and parents' lives, and a new framework for fighting back**In the ever more competitive race to secure the best possible future, today’s students face unprecedented pressure to succeed. They jam-pack their schedules with AP classes, fill every waking hour with resume-padding ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe definitive book on the rise of “toxic achievement culture” overtaking our kids' and parents' lives, and a new framework for fighting back**In the ever more competitive race to secure the best possible future, today’s students face unprecedented pressure to succeed. They jam-pack their schedules with AP classes, fill every waking hour with resume-padding
... Read more
Die Riesinnen

Roman - Shortlist der Unabhängigen 2026 I »Wüst, wild, bewegend und voller Poesie.« DORIS KNECHT

by Hannah Häffner ...

»›Die Riesinnen‹ saugen einen auf der ersten Seite ein, und am Ende dieses Drei-Generationen-Porträts großer Frauen wird man atemlos ausgespuckt. Wüst, wild, bewegend und voller Poesie.« DORIS KNECHT»Mager ist sie, wie ein Kleiderhaken, zurechtgebogen zu Menschenform. Dünn und stark und langgestreckt: Keine ist größer als sie, im Dorf nicht, und auch nicht im nächsten. Dazu die Kupferwollehaare, ... Read more

$29.69 CAD

»›Die Riesinnen‹ saugen einen auf der ersten Seite ein, und am Ende dieses Drei-Generationen-Porträts großer Frauen wird man atemlos ausgespuckt. Wüst, wild, bewegend und voller Poesie.« DORIS KNECHT»Mager ist sie, wie ein Kleiderhaken, zurechtgebogen zu Menschenform. Dünn und stark und langgestreckt: Keine ist größer als sie, im Dorf nicht, und auch nicht im nächsten. Dazu die Kupferwollehaare,
... Read more
Big Daddy's Rules

Raising Daughters Is Tougher Than I Look

by Steve Schirripa ...

What happens when a world-famous tough guy takes on the toughest job of all— becoming a father?Welcome to the world of the Big Daddy.Steve Schirripa is known for his star turns on The Sopranos and The Secret Life of the American Teenager, but in his own life he’s the father of two daughters of his own—and a self-confessed human volcano. In Big Daddy’s Rules, Schirripa tells all and brings a ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

What happens when a world-famous tough guy takes on the toughest job of all— becoming a father?Welcome to the world of the Big Daddy.Steve Schirripa is known for his star turns on The Sopranos and The Secret Life of the American Teenager, but in his own life he’s the father of two daughters of his own—and a self-confessed human volcano. In Big Daddy’s Rules, Schirripa tells all and brings a
... Read more
A Brother's Journey

Surviving a Childhood of Abuse

by Richard B. Pelzer ...

In A Child Called "It," David Pelzer shared the harrowing story of his abusive childhood. Now, his brother Richard reveals a horrifying glimpse behind closed doors -- and shares a message of strength and resilience.Mom has no one like David around to beat on anymore. I am more afraid of her than ever...I get in more trouble for anything I do or say. Now I find that I'm always in trouble and I don ... Read more

Was $12.99 CAD Now $2.99 CAD

In A Child Called "It," David Pelzer shared the harrowing story of his abusive childhood. Now, his brother Richard reveals a horrifying glimpse behind closed doors -- and shares a message of strength and resilience.Mom has no one like David around to beat on anymore. I am more afraid of her than ever...I get in more trouble for anything I do or say. Now I find that I'm always in trouble and I don
... Read more
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers

Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents

by Lisa Damour Ph.D. ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgently needed guide to help parents understand their teenagers’ intense and often fraught emotional lives—and how to support teens through this critical developmental stage—from the author of Untangled and Under PressureDr. Lisa Damour worked as an expert collaborator on Pixar’s Inside Out 2!“How are we supposed to get our kids through these daunting years? There ... Read more

Was $16.99 CAD Now $14.99 CAD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgently needed guide to help parents understand their teenagers’ intense and often fraught emotional lives—and how to support teens through this critical developmental stage—from the author of Untangled and Under PressureDr. Lisa Damour worked as an expert collaborator on Pixar’s Inside Out 2!“How are we supposed to get our kids through these daunting years? There
... Read more
Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety

A Complete Guide to Your Child's Stressed, Depressed, Expanded, Amazing Adolescence

by John Duffy ...

A clinical psychologist offers an accessible guide to the "New Teen" and how parents can adjust to raising them in this emotionally challenging world.Kids are growing up with nearly unlimited access to social media and the Internet, and unprecedented academic, social, and familial stressors. Starting as early as eight years old, children are exposed to information, thought, and emotion that they ... Read more

$17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A clinical psychologist offers an accessible guide to the "New Teen" and how parents can adjust to raising them in this emotionally challenging world.Kids are growing up with nearly unlimited access to social media and the Internet, and unprecedented academic, social, and familial stressors. Starting as early as eight years old, children are exposed to information, thought, and emotion that they
... Read more
Prayers and Promises for Worried Parents

Hope for Your Prodigal. Help for You

by Robert J. Morgan ...

Are you waiting for God to work his plan in your child’s life? This inspirational collection of powerful stories and prayers offers comforting advice to concerned moms and dads.HOPE FOR YOUR PRODIGAL . HELP FOR YOUWorrying about our loved ones is the worst kind of worry in the world, especially when it’s our children for whom we’re concerned. From the moment they’re born, our youngsters have an ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Are you waiting for God to work his plan in your child’s life? This inspirational collection of powerful stories and prayers offers comforting advice to concerned moms and dads.HOPE FOR YOUR PRODIGAL . HELP FOR YOUWorrying about our loved ones is the worst kind of worry in the world, especially when it’s our children for whom we’re concerned. From the moment they’re born, our youngsters have an
... Read more
Le Guide De La Puberté Des Filles

De La Confusion À La Confiance En Soi Grâce Aux Changements Corporels, Aux Sautes D'humeur Et Aux Relations

by Opal G. Snodgrass ...

Translated by Zurie J. Tanguay ...

Donnez à votre fille les moyens de traverser le parcours à la fois passionnant et mouvementé de la croissance grâce à ce guide indispensable. Cette ressource essentielle transforme les transformations profondes en étapes enrichissantes pour les filles de 8 à 12 ans et leurs familles.Imaginez votre préadolescente affronter sa première poussée de croissance, le développement de ses seins ou son ... Read more

$12.64 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Donnez à votre fille les moyens de traverser le parcours à la fois passionnant et mouvementé de la croissance grâce à ce guide indispensable. Cette ressource essentielle transforme les transformations profondes en étapes enrichissantes pour les filles de 8 à 12 ans et leurs familles.Imaginez votre préadolescente affronter sa première poussée de croissance, le développement de ses seins ou son
... Read more
I'll Tell You A Secret

A Memory Of Seven Summers

by Anne Coleman ...

"Memory opens for me through my body. I slip back because I catch a smell, hear a sound, or hold an evocative flavour on my tongue. But these single-sense glimpses of or gusts from the past are often fleeting. More compelling for me, more total, is when my whole body, the entire surface of my skin, and my muscles' movements connect me to my old self. Especially it is the movements of summer, when ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

"Memory opens for me through my body. I slip back because I catch a smell, hear a sound, or hold an evocative flavour on my tongue. But these single-sense glimpses of or gusts from the past are often fleeting. More compelling for me, more total, is when my whole body, the entire surface of my skin, and my muscles' movements connect me to my old self. Especially it is the movements of summer, when
... Read more
Do I Get My Allowance Before or After I'm Grounded?

Stop Fighting, Start Talking, and Get to Know Your Teen

by Vanessa Van Petten ...

Vanessa Petten bridges the communication gap between teens and parents.Every parent fears "losing" their child. But in this revolutionary book, youthologist Vanessa Van Petten translates what parents want to say into what teens want to hear.At 16, Vanessa Van Petten started her award-winning website, RadicalParenting.com, in reaction to sudden friction with her parents. Today, Vanessa and more ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

Vanessa Petten bridges the communication gap between teens and parents.Every parent fears "losing" their child. But in this revolutionary book, youthologist Vanessa Van Petten translates what parents want to say into what teens want to hear.At 16, Vanessa Van Petten started her award-winning website, RadicalParenting.com, in reaction to sudden friction with her parents. Today, Vanessa and more
... Read more
Calmer, Easier, Happier Boys

The revolutionary programme that transforms family life

by Noël Janis-Norton ...

Simple strategies for bringing out the best in boysIn Calmer Easier Happier Boys, parenting expert Noel Janis-Norton explains simple strategies for the unique challenges of raising motivated, cooperative and confident boys.Using the foolproof techniques Noel has developed over many years of working with families, parents can get back in charge. Living with boys can become calmer, easier and ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Simple strategies for bringing out the best in boysIn Calmer Easier Happier Boys, parenting expert Noel Janis-Norton explains simple strategies for the unique challenges of raising motivated, cooperative and confident boys.Using the foolproof techniques Noel has developed over many years of working with families, parents can get back in charge. Living with boys can become calmer, easier and
... Read more
The Stepmoms' Club

How to Be a Stepmom without Losing Your Money, Your Mind, and Your Marriage

by Kendall Rose ...

An essential guide offering much-needed support, practical advice, and shared wisdom for those with the title "stepmom," who are navigating the complex terrain of blended families.Becoming a stepmom can be a challenging, sometimes isolating experience. The Stepmoms' Club provides valuable insights from a community of women who have been there and understand the journey. From dealing with ... Read more

$17.59 CAD

An essential guide offering much-needed support, practical advice, and shared wisdom for those with the title "stepmom," who are navigating the complex terrain of blended families.Becoming a stepmom can be a challenging, sometimes isolating experience. The Stepmoms' Club provides valuable insights from a community of women who have been there and understand the journey. From dealing with
... Read more
Rules for the Unruly

Living an Unconventional Life

by Marion Winik ...

Rules for the Unruly is a distillation of surprising life wisdom from National Public Radio commentator and writer Marion Winik -- a woman who has seen it all, done it all, and would never exchange her experiences for the security of a traditional life. Winik's amusing tales of outrageous mistakes, haunting uncertainty, and the never-ending struggle to stay true to her heart strike a powerful ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Rules for the Unruly is a distillation of surprising life wisdom from National Public Radio commentator and writer Marion Winik -- a woman who has seen it all, done it all, and would never exchange her experiences for the security of a traditional life. Winik's amusing tales of outrageous mistakes, haunting uncertainty, and the never-ending struggle to stay true to her heart strike a powerful
... Read more
Whipping Boy

The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully

by Allen Kurzweil ...

Winner of the Edgar® Award for Best Fact CrimeThe true account of one boy’s lifelong search for his boarding-school bully.Equal parts childhood memoir and literary thriller, Whipping Boy chronicles prize-winning author Allen Kurzweil’s search for his twelve-year-old nemesis, a bully named Cesar Augustus. The obsessive inquiry, which spans some forty years, takes Kurzweil all over the world, from a ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Winner of the Edgar® Award for Best Fact CrimeThe true account of one boy’s lifelong search for his boarding-school bully.Equal parts childhood memoir and literary thriller, Whipping Boy chronicles prize-winning author Allen Kurzweil’s search for his twelve-year-old nemesis, a bully named Cesar Augustus. The obsessive inquiry, which spans some forty years, takes Kurzweil all over the world, from a
... Read more
Unsinkable

A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas

by Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent ...

Abby Sutherland grew up sailing.Her father, Laurence, a shipwright, and her mother, Marianne, wanted their kids to develop responsibility, to see other cultures, to experience the world instead of watching it on TV. So they took them sailing down the coast of Mexico... for three years.When Abby was thirteen, she began helping her father deliver boats and soon was sailing solo. She loved being on ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

Abby Sutherland grew up sailing.Her father, Laurence, a shipwright, and her mother, Marianne, wanted their kids to develop responsibility, to see other cultures, to experience the world instead of watching it on TV. So they took them sailing down the coast of Mexico... for three years.When Abby was thirteen, she began helping her father deliver boats and soon was sailing solo. She loved being on
... Read more
But I Love Him

Protecting Your Teen Daughter from Controlling, Abusive Dating Relationships

by Jill Murray ...

One in three girls will be in a controlling, abusive dating relationship before she graduates from high school – from verbal or emotional abuse to sexual abuse or physical battering. Is your daughter in danger?Dr. Jill Murray speaks on the topic of dating violence at high schools around the country, reaching more than 10,000 students, teachers, and counsellors each year. In every school she visits ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

One in three girls will be in a controlling, abusive dating relationship before she graduates from high school – from verbal or emotional abuse to sexual abuse or physical battering. Is your daughter in danger?Dr. Jill Murray speaks on the topic of dating violence at high schools around the country, reaching more than 10,000 students, teachers, and counsellors each year. In every school she visits
... Read more
Twenty-One Years Young

Essays

by Amy Dong ...

Two decades of living is not nothing. It is everything we know.In Twenty-One Years Young: Essays, author Amy Dong examines the uncertainty, absurdity, and beauty in growing up. This poignant collection of essays is unabashedly intimate, drawing the reader into Dong’s life as if they were a close friend. She masterfully evokes humor, nostalgia, melancholy, and euphoria to create scenes that are as ... Read more

$6.86 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Two decades of living is not nothing. It is everything we know.In Twenty-One Years Young: Essays, author Amy Dong examines the uncertainty, absurdity, and beauty in growing up. This poignant collection of essays is unabashedly intimate, drawing the reader into Dong’s life as if they were a close friend. She masterfully evokes humor, nostalgia, melancholy, and euphoria to create scenes that are as
... Read more

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