Books like Make me! by Eric Toshalis

In "Because I'm Worth It", a snapshot of senior year, five friends — Serena, Dan, Vanessa, Blair, and Jenny — navigate friendships, dreams, and the promise of summer in New York before heading to college.

A practical guide for parents and professionals on recognizing and treating Sensory Processing Disorder and related disorders without medication.

"Long Island, New York, 1987: Harlan Kessler - raised in Medford, a product of blue-collar Suffolk County, of housing developments and concrete strip malls - graduates from high school. He hangs out, he parties, he plays guitar for the Dayglow Crazies (the local rock-and-roll phenomenon), and he struggles diligently to lose his virginity. He doesn't think about the future much. The Long Island Expressway (L.I.E.) cleaves the landscape, permitting passage west, to the tonier climes of Nassau County and New York City, but to Harlan, this seems like an impossible journey, something beyond his Long Island birthright. And what's worse, evidence is accumulating that Harlan may not exist at all, that he may merely be a character in someone else's story, a fleeting thought in the mind of God.". "L.I.E. follows Harlan, his family, and his friends through two years of love, sex, death, betrayal, salvation, and enlightenment, in ten intimately interwoven stories."--BOOK JACKET.

Unlock Your Awesome: Dive into 10 Mindsets to Embrace Teenage Success, Happiness, and a Determined Path in Life! Hey there! Ready to level up your life? 10 Mindsets to Embrace Teenage Success, Happiness, and a Determined Path in Life isn't just another book—it's your secret weapon to rocking your teenage years. We're talking about real talk, no fluff, just straight-up advice on how to navigate the crazy ride of being a teen. Ever wonder how some people just seem to have it all figured out? This book spills the secrets. We dive into the lives of amazing people who've made their mark—and guess what? They were once teenagers, too! Learn from their stories, get inspired, and discover the mindsets that led them to greatness. It's like having a backstage pass to the brains of the successful. But hey, it's not just about reading cool stories. This book is packed with hands-on stuff to really get your brain working. Want to boost your emotional intelligence? Check. Need to find your Zen in this wild world? Got it. From mastering mindfulness to supercharging your self-awareness, we've got exercises that are all about discovering the real you. Think of these ten mindsets as your toolkit for life. They're your go-to for dealing with school stress, friend drama, and all those "ugh" moments. They'll help you turn "I can't" into "I totally got this." And the best part? You'll learn how to connect with others on a deeper level—because being understood and understanding others is what life's all about. 10 Mindsets to Embrace Teenage Success, Happiness, and a Determined Path in Life is more than just words on a page. It's a conversation, a guide, and your personal coach all rolled into one. It’s the book for teens who want to make a mark, who are ready to challenge the norm and become their best selves. So, are you in? Ready to unleash your awesome and take on the world? Grab this book and let's get started. Your epic journey to success and happiness is just a page-turn away. Let’s do this!

This completely updated 3rd edition emphasizes the prevention of discipline problems by helping students develop responsibility for their own actions, but the authors also include intervention strategies for handling common and severe problems in dignified ways.

A practical guide that offers evidence‑based strategies for parents of spirited children, helping them understand and manage intense emotions, playful behavior and occasional aggressiveness.

High‑school drama meets choice‑based storytelling as sophomore Haley chronicles a New Year's Eve party, a now‑big video, and a spring‑break dream with a camcorder in hand.

"In this dazzling debut, Carla Shalaby, a former elementary school teacher, explores the everyday lives of four young "troublemakers," challenging the ways we identify and understand so-called problem children. Time and again, we make seemingly endless efforts to moderate, punish, and even medicate our children, when we should instead be concerned with transforming the very nature of our institutions, systems, and structures, large and small. Through delicately crafted portraits of these memorable children--Zora, Lucas, Sean, and Marcus--Troublemakers allows us to see school through the eyes of those who know firsthand what it means to be labeled a problem. From Zora's proud individuality to Marcus's open willfulness, from Sean's struggle with authority to Lucas's tenacious imagination, comes profound insight--for educators and parents alike--into how schools engender, exclude, and then try to erase trouble, right along with the young people accused of making it. And although the harsh disciplining of adolescent behavior has been called out as part of a school-to-prison pipeline, the children we meet in these pages demonstrate how a child's path to excessive punishment and exclusion in fact begins at a much younger age. Shalaby's empathetic, discerning, and elegant prose gives us a deeply textured look at what noncompliance signals about the environments we require students to adapt to in our schools. Both urgent and timely, this paradigm-shifting book challenges our typical expectations for young children and with principled affection reveals how these demands--despite good intentions--work to undermine the pursuit of a free and just society"--