Young Adult Nonfiction
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Mo' Money, Mo' Problems
How to avoid the mistakes people make with money & build the life YOU want by Ian Saciuk
Dwayne is trying to make sense of life after high school. What does he want to do? Should he go to college? Who does he want to be? Why does everyone else know the answers to these questions right now? Luckily, as he navigates through this new...
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Drug Guerror
The error that is the Drug War, and why it must end. by P.A.C.M
Timely and relevant, Drug Guerror addresses the damaging and tragic results of criminalizing people in relation to drugs, better known as the global War On Drugs/Drug Prohibition. The title of the book contains the Spanish word for war, guerra,...
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My Secret Mirror
Hiding Madness From a Perception of Life by Benjamin MacArthur
My Secret Mirror: Hiding Madness from a Perception of Life deals with abstract thoughts, cognitive emotions, and the philosophical idealisms to wonder while functioning in an unforgiving society. Sometimes the side effects of intelligence create...
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The Wallowing Hour
by Katrina Engel
The wallowing hour is a soulful, artistic collection of poetry that touches on the loneliest as well as the most romanticized parts of life. It lets you in on a sneak peak of the author's deepest, darkest thoughts as well as the dreams she holds...
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In Retrospect at 15
by Zac Wiczek
A pretty cloud of thoughts written by a white fifteen year old boy, living in America’s New England during the early 21st century. A celebration of youth and optimism. A testament to the adolescent virtue of ignorance. Just an art project,...
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By The Light of The Night
An Oromo Immigrant Story by Sheiko Nagawo and Omar Hassan
Life in Ethiopia during the era of Emperor Haile Selassie was bleak. The prospect of securing a job after graduating from university was unthinkable, especially if you were an Oromo and a Muslim who couldn’t afford enormous bribes. One way to...
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No Such Thing as Normal
by Nicole Robertson
“Some of us never fit in… some of us were never meant to...” Life is miserable when you don’t know who you are. Nicole Robertson might appear to have everything: a loving family, a solid education, scholarships to prestigious schools and a bright...
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Holy Cream Puff
by Nicolas Ardanaz
Holy Cream Puff recounts the incomparable encounters of a young boy who revels in the joie de vivre of Maisonneuve, an East End of Montreal francophone community in the 1940s and 1950s. Charged with an abundance of humorous and mischievous ploys...
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Pathetica
A 1980's Memoir by Dale R Schuss
Dale was a shy Canadian teenager failing at school; Ryan was an American teenager pretending to be doing much better. Their unlikely "friendship" that started in the mid-1980's went on for five years of adventure along the west coast until it was...
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Plan to the Future
Simple Advice for Young People by Michael Anthony Attard
Simple advice for young people What does it mean to be accountable? Why is discipline important? Where is your education leading? When will life become meaningful? How can you be successful and happy at the same time? Answers to these questions...
