". . . a guide that includes 500 diverse contemporary fiction and memoir recommendations for preteens and teens with the goal of inspiring greater empathy for themselves, their peers, and the world around them . . . Each chapter explores a particular issue affecting preteens and teens today and includes a list of recommended related books . . . Recommendations are grouped by age: those appropriate for middle-grade readers and those for teens. Reading lists are organized around: adoption and foster care, body image, immigration, learning challenges, LGBTQIA+ youth, mental health, nature and environmentalism, physical disability, poverty and homelessness, race and ethnicity, and religion and spirituality"--Provided by publisher.
year: 2019
call number/section: 152.4, 152.41
subjects: teenagers, social conditions, bibliography, children, empathy in children, self-acceptance in adolescence, parent and child, empathy, self-acceptance, parent-child relationship, family & relationships / parenting / general, education / secondary, literary criticism / children's literature