Youth Books

Ordered this book on a whim, but now it's a regular in our bedtime story rotation. My kids just keep asking for this one. The illustrations are really great, and the story line is fun.

I bought this book for my niece, and she loves it! Great pictures and cute story!

The hilarious, dopey comic strip format makes you think this is for the kids, but it isn't! This is really for parents (and may scare the heck out of you) and includes paragraphs of very serious insight. I won't be showing this to my 13 year-old son as yet, but it does help me understand him.

Wolf, Tony (1988. I'll Be Home Befor Midnign and I Won't Get Pregnant: Stories of Adolescence. Illustrations Brance Menk, New York, Vintage Books.

It is easy to take this book lightly. The cartoons in every chapter make it deceivingly simple. However, the stories are poignant and powerful. It deals with the tough issues many teens face with humar and accuracy. Everything from Anorexia to Drug use is discussed. Physical and emotional changes teens experience are also discussed. Although the text tooks like an easy read, the stories give you something to think about. For example, many young girls experience problems with body image. The books has a story about a girl who deals with this problem. When the story starts out, the girl is healthy. She is putting away the toys of childhood. A particular toy, a doll, tells the girl she needs to loose a few pounds. The girl has a normal body. In the drawings, it is depicted with two line for her body. Throughout the story, the lines for her body grow closer together. Soon, she is nothing more than a stick-figure drawing. During the story, the doll keeps telling the girl she only needs to loose a few more pounds. These are the types of images that young teen girls see and hear everyday. This story gives the reader the perspective of a young teen who faces this problem. The book holds no punches in dealing with the realities of growing-up. The illustrations which follow each chapter give the reader a better image with which to see events through the eyes of an adolescence. The book is easy to relate to and would be good for parents of teens or those who work with teens to read to help them remember what it was like to be a teenager.

This is a great book for parents and teachers who want to show their children that one person can make difference-no matter what the age. This young boy saw a need in people far from where he lived and discovered a way to reach out to them. It's a must for every classroom and family. At the end of the story, there are steps for children to use to "Imagine If" they, too, can make a difference in the lives of others.

Being the grandmother of twelve, I think this book should be in every families library. It lets children of any age know that if they can think it, they can do it and make a difference. It teaches them to be thoughtful of others and it's okay to help even if you are just one person.

IMAGINE IF.... Our church finished a week of Vacation Bible School at the end of June. Several of the daily lessons were be thankful and help others. IMAGINE IF teaches both lessons in such practical ways. It also shows children how a small idea can make such a BIG difference in lives of others. Great family and one on one reading.

What a great story to share with our children. It helps teach them that anyone can make a difference and help someone in need no matter how great or small. This is a great book for the whole family with a message that delivers! Check it out!

This is a great read-a-long book for any family. The lessons in it are many. From leadership to caring to acting and planning, your kids will get the message whether they read it themselves or you read it with them. (I recommend reading it with them. Its fun!)Plus the illustrations are colorful and perfect for young minds. It even comes with a "Plan of Action" list in the back in case your child says "I want to help someone."

This book is extremely insightful and thought-provoking. You can tell that a lot of prayer, time and research went into its development. No matter how many years you are into youth ministry, this book will be a great blessing!
Señor Johnson

No matter how far along one is in youth leadership I believe there is something that can still be obtained from this book. If one is has recently began or plans to begin youth ministry: much can be learned from this book. It a compilation of many experienced and brilliant (post) youth workers and professors, written for youth leadership. This allowed each person to write on their most knowledgeable subjects. Each chapter is a new topic that brings clear and helpful views on topics from worship to organization and planning and many other aspects of youth ministry. I would recommend this to any youth pastor and suggest that he have the sponsors read it also. I had Steve Patty as a proffesor and was amazed at his knowledge. I was not forced to lower my expectations and standards with his book.

This book is great for teens. It was easy to read & caught the interest of my teen. She actually read it. They even throw in some good humor!

This book should be read by all teens with diabetes. I picked up this book in the Endo's office and thought it was going be a dumb boring book but once I started reading it I couldnt stop. From Topics from Food to Driving and others , This Book has things Teens With Diabetes Will need

I have never before seen a literal comparison of the experiences of "leaders" of non biblical groups.
I have new insight on how the enemy works. More predictable than I would have thought.
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This book is about evil throughout history and how it interconnects. Exposes connections between cults and Islam. You will not even be aware the research and writig were done by a 16 year old - it is so fascinating and well written

This book, although fiction, is true history. It was written by Henty in 1894. It's a classic adventure novel right up there in the ranks of Swiss Family Robinson. Henty was an outstanding writer of his time. It's very easy to get lost in this book, I'd be suprised if anyone could read it without putting it down. It's full of references and dialect of days long gone by. I want to jump into a time machine and go live with Tom for a while and quit worrying about traffic and work. I am fortune enough to own an original 1894 hard copy of this book that was given to me by a family friend and will cherrish it for ever.

This book presents a factual side of western history in an exciting way! That is very rare these days. From the first few pages, you are drawn in by young Tom's determination to join his uncle in Colorado and the dangers, joys, and sorrows he encounters along the way. I read this book in five days; it is an impossible put-down! All those who love history or just great stories will love this book.

Innocent Heart, Laughter And Tears is the a personal memoir and biography concerning the life of Maria Marzia Maiello and her family. Born in 1920 in a small town in Italy, she had to abandon her beloved native land with her mother at the tender age of ten, to escape the rising tide of fascism. Together they came to the United States, where young Maria met her father in America. Written by Maria's daughter Antonia Sparano Geiser, Innocent Heart, Laughter And Tears is the amalgamation of many stories Maria and her Mother told directly Antonia, and so Antonia has taken the liberty of collecting and presenting them in first person narration. Innocent Heart, Laughter And Tears reads fluidly, yet it is more than a memoir and a biography; it beautifully preserves a piece of twentieth century Italian-American heritage, culture, and memory.

This is a very charming and heartwarming story that takes you back to the times you may have experienced or heard your ancestors speak of. I loved this book and couldn't put it down.

As a youth pastor and organizer of many teen events, I sympathize with the plight of youth ministers. How do you inspire without alienating? Inspire The Fire by Ron Luce goes beyond the usual motivational tips of similar books and deals with the heart of the problem ... teen apathy is a natural result of parent and church apathy. Once a week religion is not born-again religion. In the book, Luce says, "Radical abandonment will free us to communicate more effectively...who you are will...bleed through." He says in another place, "Our teens need the real thing - an encounter with the living God. Once you give them the real thing they will never want the fake stuff again." I recommend this book to anyone who wants to help teens get truly saved. Patrick McIntyre, author of The Graham Formula

I've read reviews where people didn't think too highly of Ron..booo..I know I went to an Acquire the Fire in 1998, and got saved. I know that I've been challenged, motivated, and pushed out of my comfort zone by Ron, and the Interns at Teen Mania. I've met Ron several times, and I know him better than just a "profiteer". I think some people think low of him because they get convicted when he preaches the truth the way it is, and not sugar coated. I've been on a Missions Trip with Teen Mania, and am going this summer to shake the nations of the world with Teen Mania Ministries. THIS man really knows how to Inspire the Fire, and after reading the book, I learned almost all that I know (educationally) about Youth Ministry. Whatever else I know comes from three sources...My Youth Pastor, My experience, and different teachings from Ron.

He is called the founder of modern novel writing in Iran.So,his memories is useful to read.A teacher from Iran

If you have come so close... order the book! It is one of the most beautiful books I ever read -- and I have read thousands and am a writer myself.
"Isfahan is half the world" is not just a wonderful boyhood tale, it is an essential introduction in to the origins of the problems of modern Iran. Sayyed Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh was one of the major modern Iranian writers, and his father was in the eye of the typhoon of the violent reformer vs. tradionalist and laicist vs. islamist debates in Iran at the beginning of the 20th century.