Best of
Adolescence

2018

Life is Strange: Welcome to Arcadia Bay/Welcome to Blackwell Academy


Matt Forbeck - 2018
    This detailed book is a student guide to Blackwell Academy and Arcadia Bay. Overlaid onto the pages is graffiti: notes, doodles, sketches and photographs from the Blackwell students themselves, including contributions from the beloved protagonists Max and Chloe. Life Is Strange 2 is an upcoming episodic graphic adventure video game developed by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Square Enix. It will be the third entry of the Life Is Strange series and the second developed by Dontnod since the original. The five-episode series will begin in September 2018. Author BiographyMatt Forbeck has been a full-time creator of award-winning games and fiction since 1989. He has sixteen novels published to date, including the award-nominated Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon and the critically acclaimed Amortals and Vegas Knights. His latest work includes the Magic: The Gathering comic book and the historical horror novel Carpathia. - Life Is Strange By Matt Forbeck (Hardback)

364 Days a Year


Sarah Riad - 2018
    I couldn't put this book down. The first chapter had my heart thumping with excitement, but that epilogue!" - Between Books"364 Days a Year is a fascinating tale were fantasy meets reality... It's a beautiful love story, but not only of young love. It's also about family love and self love." - BellaorevBooks "What a breath of fresh air! 364 Days A Year was one of the most riveting, thought-provoking and unique stories I've read this year." - Yessi Smith, YA Author of Shallow"This book is undeniably a 5 star read and one of the best books this year. I expected to like it but I ended up absolutely LOVING it." - Goodreads Reader"There is so much to love about 364 Days... Riad doesn't disappoint, and just when you start to dry your eyes, she throws you one more reason to grab that tissue box." - One More Paige"The unique storyline and creativity that went into it, is unlike any other YA read I've come across! It was so well written and emotionally captivating." - Goodreads Reader

Through Adopted Eyes: A Collection of Memoirs from Adoptees


Elena S. Hall - 2018
    Russian adoptee Elena S. Hall shares her own story and thoughts on the subject of adoption in addition to interviews from other adoptees of different ages, heritages, and perspectives. Whether you are an adoptive parent, curious about adoption, or an adoptee yourself, this unique collection of memoirs provides real insight into lives directly impacted by adoption.

Spark: Careen's Prequel to the Resistance Series


Tracy Lawson - 2018
    Though Careen Catecher survived a terrorist attack when she was nine, her childhood ended on that awful day. Now, nine years later, she’s ready for her life to truly begin. A full scholarship to a prestigious university far from her beleaguered home quadrant seems like a dream come true, but when she arrives on campus, she’s perceived as a charity case, despite grades and test scores that prove she’s the academic equal of the best students there.Careen knows she’s tough enough to survive just about anything, but fitting in with her acquisitive peers—at least on the surface—is necessary if she’s going to leave the past behind and claim the stable future she craves. But her past won’t stay buried. She’s only been at school for a few weeks when a cryptic message from an unlikely friend raises questions that may put her in danger all over again.

Adoptive Church: Creating an Environment Where Emerging Generations Belong


Chap Clark - 2018
    How can congregations nurture young adults, welcome them as siblings into God's household, and empower them to become fully embedded contributors within and to their faith community?Integrating the latest research on adolescent faith and young adult ministry for the local church, this book presents a new way of thinking about youth ministry. Chap Clark offers today's youth leaders highly practical principles based on his extensive experience, showing how they can implement a sustainable youth ministry program in their local church. He presents the adoptive youth ministry model as a way to help congregations see youth ministry as a bridge to inclusion, participation, and contribution in the body of Christ. Clark's comprehensive plan for designing and implementing youth ministry shows churches how to intentionally welcome young people and create an environment where they belong.

Fleshers


Alison Croggon - 2018
    She scrapes a living with her brother Bo and her mother Bel in the banns outside Newport City, the only habitable place left on a planet devastated by environmental catastrophe.All fleshers are different, but Dez is more different than most. She's a living quantum computer, able to hack into any network. For years her family has kept Dez's abilities secret, but when she accidentally kills a cop during a routine raid everything begins to unravel. Now she's broken into Newport City OpSec and discovered there's going to be a cull. Millions of people - most of the fleshers - will be exterminated.The only people who can help are a shadowy group called the Alchems and a bent cop called Brian Mac. But Dez hates Morro, the glamorous Alchem who has designs on her girlfriend, and Brian Mac is a screw up. And what chance do any of them have against the full force of OpSec?But nothing is what it seems, as Dez and her friends are plunged into the most desperate struggle of their lives...

Liberating Youth from Adolescence


Jeremy P. Myers - 2018
    Myers argues that young people are innately creative creatures called by God to love and serve right now. We need to see young people as the called cocreators (with God) that they are.Using current studies, Myers shows how marketing and consumer science target young people with the hope of making them find their identity in buying and using things. This strong cultural emphasis underserves young people and even at times defines their lives as mere commodities.Myers tells the stories of a number of young people whose lives buck the consumer paradigm and myth of the underdeveloped young person in order to live as the called cocreators God has created them to be.Each chapter provides a set of ideas that congregations can use to take a closer look at how young people in their midst are or could be invited to be creative contributors to the life of the congregation. Questions for discussion are also provided to encourage discussion and facilitate action.

Everything Is Permitted Loth


Ira Silverberg - 2018
    160 photographs.

Two to Tango


Kelsey Abrams - 2018
    She can't seem to get Second Chance Ranch's newest rescued horse, Tango, to barrel race. She's also missing her best friend Sophia who recently moved away. A new girl in town, Darcy, seems like she could be bestie material, but she doesn't like to do any of the things Natalie and Sophia did together - and she's allergic to animals! Can Natalie help Tango learn a new skill while she learns a few of her own?