Young Adult Nonfiction, Social Topics
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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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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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Growing Up Is Hard To Do
Reflections on your earliest beginnings to your late teenage years by Jay Spence
Growing Up is Hard to Do, yet there are very few comprehensive “how to” manuals for young people, to help them negotiate and understand what momentous changes occur on the winding road between infancy and adulthood. In this helpful, highly...
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Thoughts to Hold Onto
Just for Teenagers by Peter Pactor
Thoughts To Hold Onto is a book designed to be a companion for teenagers. It doesn't claim to have all the answers, but it does contain thoughts which may provide guidance and support for young people who are making choices in a world where they...
