Resisting Peer Pressure for Teens
Advice on Drugs, School, Sex, and Fitting In
Published on 15. March 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-5107-5994-7 (ISBN)
Description
Age range 12 to 18
In Peer Pressure for Teens, young writers show that it's possible to stand up to the pressure they may feel from friends and some family members to be "cool."
Inspire teen and preteen readers to take responsibility for and make wiser decisions about their lives with the essays in this book-each written by a teenager. Within these pages, Jamel A. Salter, Fan Yi Mok, and Charlene George, and many others, describe how and why they chose to keep it real and fight back against the pressure they felt from friends to use drugs and alcohol; have sex too early; lie, cheat, and steal; and skip or act out in school.
Essays include:
My Secret Love
Losing My Friends to Weed
Why Do So Many Teens Cheat?
Can't Afford to Follow
Hiding My Talent No More
Why I Speak My Mind
Sex Doesn't Make You a Man
My So-Called Friends
Making Me Dance
Peer Pressure Ended Our Relationship
I Want to Be Pretty and Popular
The Trouble with Being a Virgin
Thinking for Myself
and more!
Through these essays, teen readers will pick up new ways to say no and advice that will help them stay true to themselves, whileparents, teachers, and caregivers will be provided a much-needed glimpse into how the world looks to our younger generations.
In Peer Pressure for Teens, young writers show that it's possible to stand up to the pressure they may feel from friends and some family members to be "cool."
Inspire teen and preteen readers to take responsibility for and make wiser decisions about their lives with the essays in this book-each written by a teenager. Within these pages, Jamel A. Salter, Fan Yi Mok, and Charlene George, and many others, describe how and why they chose to keep it real and fight back against the pressure they felt from friends to use drugs and alcohol; have sex too early; lie, cheat, and steal; and skip or act out in school.
Essays include:
My Secret Love
Losing My Friends to Weed
Why Do So Many Teens Cheat?
Can't Afford to Follow
Hiding My Talent No More
Why I Speak My Mind
Sex Doesn't Make You a Man
My So-Called Friends
Making Me Dance
Peer Pressure Ended Our Relationship
I Want to Be Pretty and Popular
The Trouble with Being a Virgin
Thinking for Myself
and more!
Through these essays, teen readers will pick up new ways to say no and advice that will help them stay true to themselves, whileparents, teachers, and caregivers will be provided a much-needed glimpse into how the world looks to our younger generations.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Skyhorse Publishing
Target group
Young adult
US School Grade: Sixth Grade and over, Interest Age: From 12 to 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
181 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5107-5994-7 (9781510759947)
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YCteenpublishes true stories by teens, giving readers insight into the issues that matter most in young people's lives. They are headquartered in New York, New York.
Al Desetta has been an editor of Youth Communication'stwo teen magazines, Foster Care Youth United (now known asRepresent) and New Youth Connections. He was also an instructor in Youth Communication's juvenile prison writing program. In1991, he became the organization's first director of teacher development,working with high school teachers to help them produce better writers and student publications.Prior to working at Youth Communication, Desetta directedenvironmental education projects in New York City public highschools and worked as a reporter.
Al Desetta has been an editor of Youth Communication'stwo teen magazines, Foster Care Youth United (now known asRepresent) and New Youth Connections. He was also an instructor in Youth Communication's juvenile prison writing program. In1991, he became the organization's first director of teacher development,working with high school teachers to help them produce better writers and student publications.Prior to working at Youth Communication, Desetta directedenvironmental education projects in New York City public highschools and worked as a reporter.