Auckland Council Libraries: Life lessons for teens

Life lessons for teens

These selected titles aim to help young adults navigate the turbulent yet rewarding years of teenage life.

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Open your mind

Gemma Cairney

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Full of honest and practical advice from Gemma Cairney and trained professionals, Open Your Mind is the best friend of a book everyone needs. From stress, trauma and anxiety, to your place in the world and everything in between.

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You got this!

Maya Penn

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In this book, Maya Penn provides a creative blueprint for teens and young adults, along with the tools she used to build an authentic, exciting, and connected life. She offers creative prompts for cultivating success.

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Ignite your spark

Patricia Wooster

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Covering topics from relationships, self-image, and school to goals, failures, and willpower, this book features thought-provoking quizzes and profiles of kids and adults alike who have ignited their own spark to accomplish extraordinary things.

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Almost adulting

Arden Rose

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Arden Rose tells you how to survive your future adulthood in this book. By the end of the book you'll have learned not only how to dress yourself, travel alone and talk to strangers online, but also how to pass as an appropriately socialized adult.

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Let's be real

Natasha Bure

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Natasha Bure gives a real, honest conversational book that doesn't hold back. Everywhere she goes and every video she posts has one basic message: this is real, this is life, and we all go through it.

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The 6 most important decisions you'll ever make

Sean Covey

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Using real stories from teens around the world, Sean shows teens how to succeed in school, make good friends, get along with parents and build self-esteem. This innovative book will help teens to thrive during their teen years and beyond.

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Positively teenage

Nicola Morgan

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Full of proven strategies for physical and mental health, this book will show you lots of ways to flourish physically and mentally. You will be able to take control of many areas of your life. Use your powers well! Be truly, positively, teenage!

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Think confident, be confident for teens

Marci G. Fox

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Using powerful skills based in cognitive behavioural therapy, this book shows you how to tap into your self-esteem, so you can be yourself in every situation, no matter how awkward you feel or scary that may sound.

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Girling up

Mayim Bialik

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Using scientific facts and wisdom gained from the world around us, Mayim Bialik, shares what she has learned from her many years studying neuroscience to tell you how you grow from a girl to a woman biologically, psychologically and sociologically.

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How to like yourself

Cheryl Bradshaw

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This must-have guide offers real ways to help you fight back, be kind to yourself, and move forward with confidence. You'll learn the importance of self-forgiveness, accepting your faults, and how to focus on the things that make you awesome!

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