Central Skagit Library District

Updated to include social media issues, this guide helps teens deal with the major challenges they face and helps them determine how to go about gaining self-esteem, dealing with their parents, making friends, being wise about sex and much more.

A practical guide helps readers gain confidence and develop life skills, offering tips and advice on such topics as dating, applying for a job, creating a budget, and handling peer pressure.

"Being a teenager has always been tough. Being a teenager with social media is beyond complicated. School is confusion, people are weird, and socializing is random...so where do you turn? Embracing the Awkward is here to show you how living in the moment, being proactive, and learning to laugh it off can ease your transition into adulthood. Joshua Rodriguez, popular YouTuber and motivational speaker, has aided hundreds of thousands of teens and will...

Lisa Scottoline's "Philadelphia Inquirer" columns are, at last, together in one collection. In her column, Lisa lets her hair down, roots and all, to show the humorous side of life from a woman's perspective.

A colossal cheat sheet for your post-college years, answering all the needs of the modern woman-from mastering money to placating overly anxious parents, from social media etiquette to the pleasure and pain of dating (and why it's not a cliché to love yourself first). A perfect combination of tried-and-true advice and been-there tips, it's a one-stop resource that includes how to clean up your digital reputation, info on finding an apartment...

In the spirit of her blockbuster #1 New York Times bestseller The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin embarks on a new project to make home a happier place.
 
One Sunday afternoon, as she unloaded the dishwasher, Gretchen Rubin felt hit by a wave of homesickness. Homesick—why? She was standing right in her own kitchen. She felt homesick, she realized, with love for home itself. “Of all the elements of a happy...

"My Mad Fat Diary author Rae Earl offers her personalized advice on the A to Zs of mental health, social media, family, and friendship. When she was a teenager, Rae dealt with OCD, anxiety, and an eating disorder, but she survived, and she thrived. [This book contains] friendly advice, coping strategies, and [humorous] moments to get you through the difficult days"--Front cover flap.

The Daring Book for Girls is the manual for everything that girls need to know-and that doesn't mean sewing buttonholes! Whether it's female heroes in history, secret note-passing skills, science projects, friendship bracelets, double dutch, cats cradle, the perfect cartwheel or the eternal mystery of what boys are thinking, this book has it all. But it's not just a guide to giggling at sleepovers-although that's included, of course! Whether readers...

The emergence of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have awakened society and encouraged women to find their voice and claim their power. Contending with a host of difficult issues-- from sexual assault on college campuses, to equal pay and pay gaps, to mastering different negotiation styles-- demands psychological toughness. Morin turns her focus to feminism, and gives women the techniques to build mental muscle. Just as important, she teaches them...

"Discover the sublime pleasure and endless rewards of being self-sufficient. In two smartly designed and straightforward encyclopedias of DIY, Home Ec for Everyone and Shop Class for Everyone (previously published together as The Useful Book), here's everything you need to know to fix it, cook it, make it, clean it, build it, and sew it yourself. Each title features dozens of essential skills, practical how-tos, and projects, each explained and illustrated...