What one sister of a young adult with a disability said:
When your child has a disability it affects everyone in the family including brothers and sisters (siblings). How brothers and sisters react to having a sibling with a disability can depend on the kind of disability, their age, the age of the ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Tonya Bolden
Tonya Bolden is the editor of 33 Things Every Girl Should Know, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. As a child I absolutely adored books. I loved the journeys they allowed, what they taught me about the world, how they gave my imagination a ... [... more]
Random House |
Elizabeth Chandler
Elizabeth Chandler has written picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, and young adult romances (including the popular Kissed By an Angel trilogy) under a variety of names. As Mary Claire Helldorfer, she lives in Baltimore, MD, and ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
James Collier
James Lincoln Collier's My Brother Sam Is Dead is a Newbery Honor Book. His honors also include an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and two NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Books in the Field of Social Studies. Accomplished author James Lincoln Collier ... [... more]
Random House |
Alison Goodman
Alison is the author of Singing the Dogstar Blues, a science-fiction comedy thriller, which won an Aurealis Award for best Young Adult Novel, was listed as Children's Book Council Notable Book, and was shortlisted for the 1999 Victorian Premier's ... [... more]
Random House |
Sheryl Eberly
SHERYL EBERLY runs Distinctions, a company that presents manners instruction seminars to children, young adults, and businesspeople. She lives with her family in northern Virginia. Have you ever cringed at the sight of your four-year-old waltzing ... [... more]
Random House |
Rich Wallace
Rich Wallace is the author of several books set in Sturbridge, Pennsylvania, including Wrestling Sturbridge, an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults; Shots on Goal; Losing Is Not an Option; and Playing Without the Ball. I've heard it said that ... [... more]
Random House |
Lynne Ewing
Lynne Ewing writes extensively for magazines, television, and film. Her first book for young adults, The music pulses, the lights flash, and Kata and Ana dance. For a moment the raucous crowd is tamed, and together the two girls soar above their ... [... more]
Random House |
Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers is a two-time Newbery Honor author, a two-time Coretta Scott King Award Winner, and the first recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. He is also the winner of the 1993 Margaret A. ... [... more]
Random House |
Ossie Davis
47 is the first young adult novel to be written by bestselling author Walter Mosley. A master storyteller, Mosley deftly mixes speculative and historical fiction in this daring novel. Set in a plantation, 47 (a young slave boy) is growing up ... [... more]
Random House |
Tertiary studies ... all about
Tertiary study can be exciting, but also overwhelming. Teenagers, young adults and older students can reduce the stress of tertiary life by checking out some useful tips on study, stress and time management. Other topics include relationships ... [... more]
Better Health |
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