Books like Restless virgins by Abigail Jones

On a private Massachusetts island, teen Cadence spends a summer with her cousins and a boy named Gat, only to wake up with amnesia and a tangled web of secrets, friendships, and loss that threaten to destroy the Liars.

When five Bayview High students gather for detention, one is murdered in a shocking twist of betrayal. With secrets, motives, and a hidden app, the mystery forces the four remaining classmates to confront lies and uncover the truth.

When a coastal dog retrieves a bone that turns out to be human, Isa Wilde’s idyllic village of Salten is thrust into terror as her childhood friends uncover a dark secret, unraveling their shared past.

A nonfiction examination of the factors contributing to depression, eating disorders, suicide attempts, and low self‑esteem among American adolescent girls, featuring case studies and strategies for fostering a stronger sense of self.

In The Virgins, Pamela Erens follows Aviva and Seung as they grapple with confusion and shame, their story told through vivid episodes by Bruce, a former voyeur turned repentant narrator, set against a boarding‑school backdrop.

Quotations and stories from boys aged fifteen to twenty offer a look into the teenage male brain.

An intimate, scholarly exploration of U.S. teenage girls’ sexual lives in the early post‑contraceptive era, based on decades of field interviews and social history.

"Be sexy but not sexual. Don't be a prude but don't be a slut. These are the cultural messages that rain down on teenage girls. In movies and magazines, in music and advice columns, girls are portrayed as the object or the victim of someone else's desire - but virtually never as people with acceptable sexual feelings of their own. What teenage girls make of these contradictory messages, and what they make of their awakening sexuality - so distant from and yet so susceptible to cultural stereotypes - emerges for the first time in frank and complex fashion in Deborah Tolman's thoughtful and readable book.". "A look into the world of adolescent sexuality, this book offers an intimate and often disturbing, sometimes inspiring, picture of how teenage girls experience, understand, and respond to their sexual feelings, and of how society mediates, shapes, and distorts this experience. In extensive interviews, we listen as actual adolescent girls - white, black, and Latina, urban and suburban - talk candidly about their curiosity and confusion, their pleasure and disappointment, their fears, defiance, or capitulation in the face of a seemingly imperishable double standard that smiles upon burgeoning sexuality in boys yet frowns, even panics, at its equivalent in girls. Rather than trying to protect girls from sexual threats by denying their sexuality or sexual temptations, Tolman suggests that calmly acknowledging girls' sexual desire as real and normal can be an important way for parents to support their daughters' confidence in making their own decisions and resisting sexual peer pressure.". "Dilemmas of Desire vividly evokes girls' perplexity as they negotiate some of the most vexing issues of adolescence, all the while convinced that they are the only ones with these problems. As a thoughtful, richly informed examination of the dilemmas girls face, this revealing book begins the critical work of understanding the sexuality of young women in all its personal and social significance."--BOOK JACKET.

A candid teenage memoir that follows Kerry Cohen as she navigates family, school, friends, and a growing desire for sexual exploration, ultimately confronting the complexities of adolescent desire and gaining confidence to move forward.

Offering inspirational advice in a down-to-earth style, this unique compilation of letters provides wisdom, guidance, and heartfelt insight to help the reader chart their own path to success. Based on the author's motivational speaking at inner-city schools across the country, the letters deal with the tough issues that face young people today.Bombarded with messages from music and the media, Harper set out to dispel the stereotypical image of success that young people receive today and instead emphasizes alternative views of what it truly means to be a successful male, such as educational and community achievements and self-respect. Intended to provide this frequently regarded "lost generation" of young men with words of encouragement and guidance, Harper's deep-rooted passion regarding the plight of today's youth drove him to write this book, sure to change the lives of readers for years to come.

A collection of letters from an older brother to a young sister, offering wise advice and encouragement for young women everywhere.

Four college‑bound high‑school friends start a philanthropic club to support students who have pledged sexual abstinence while competing for a scholarship.

A dark mystery unfolds in a London garden square where a young sister's disappearance sparks suspicion and fear among the neighbors.

A true diary of a teen’s desperate quest to fit in, wrestling addiction, bullying, and a deadly secret, found in her own words and drawings.