Social Pressure

Greg Heffley está atravesando por una mala racha. Su mejor amigo, Rowley Jefferson, pasa de él desde que se ha echado novia. La cosa está tan mal que hasta Manny, su hermano pequeño, tiene más amigos que él... Sin embargo, Greg no piensa rendirse y está dispuesto a todo con tal de convertirse, de una vez por todas, en el tío más popular del colegio. ¿Conseguirá librarse de la mala suerte que le persigue?

For teens dealing with group projects, sports teams, and social circles, learning how to work well with others can be life-changing. But without the right skills, teamwork often leads to frustration, missed goals, or endless group conflicts. This audiobook offers teens 151 exciting, easy-to-follow activities and games that transform any group into a team that supports, trusts, and succeeds together.

Sadie thought joining the Pack would be the wildest thing to happen to her this year, but the school year is becoming even harder. On top of classes, Sadie has to navigate her growing feelings for her crush, taming her powers during cheer practice and troublemaking hyenas trying to take her crown. Then there is the massive secret she is keeping from her BFF Lindsey—that could destroy their friendship and The Pack as they know it. Will the shocking truth come out to bite them?

For years, Mari has been anxiously awaiting the day when she will receive her amplifier - a small device implanted behind the ear that gives someone limitless capabilities through verbal commands. But once she finally becomes "amplified" and begins mandatory training with the rest of her peers, she begins to see that her natural ability to resist and act for herself bring dangerous consequences as well as unwanted scrutiny from Governor Plenaris, the community's most revered official.

Sage Sassafras’ life is cursed! No, really. Since birth, Sage has been plagued by the Contrarium Curse that’s set her at odds with classmate Priscilla Petty. Every time something goes right for Priscilla, it goes terribly, horribly wrong for Sage. And things always go well for Priscilla. Sage blames the curse for all her middle school misery - from losing a friend to failing gym to gaining a reputation as the girl whose daddy’s in trouble.

Every student feels stress and anxiety in school at one time or another. It can present itself in a strict teacher's classroom, while trying to complete a test or assignment, or when having to make a speech or presentation. This title examines the causes, signs, and symptoms of academic anxiety and describes how to manage it, as well as how to help a friend or sibling who is struggling with the pressures of academic life.

Camila Crema le encantan los frijoles de lima, pero nunca se los come! Porqué? Porque no les gustan a los otros niños en su escuela. Y Camila Crema se preocupa mucho por lo que otros piensan de ella.

Sixteen-year-old Bernadette Terrell is a champion debater who loves books, contests, and winning. When she's named captain of her school's Classics Bowl team to compete on TV against an elite private school for the state title, she's thrilled. It's more than a chance to earn glory for her town, and scholarship money for her family - not to mention make non-fictional friends. She's been training for this her whole life. Winning is her destiny. Or is it?

Brain death affects mental life. During my research (and experience), I became more interested in how victims of brain manipulation behave. In time, I saw that there were differences that could be applied to the average person and brain manipulators in particular. Here, I've tried to paint a clear picture of these differences. We must be aware and have a better understanding of brain manipulations as a whole and learn how to cope with them. There are 2 major ways of dealing with them: - managing your own beliefs - tolerating Tolerance is the physiological side of manipulation, where the ...

Nelson was a successful doctor, his best friend, Jesse, was an award-winning architectural engineer, and his brother, Alvin, ended up in jail. Nelson tells about his childhood of living in a single-parent home in a poor area with gangs and drugs. His grandparents taught him, Alvin, and Jesse valuable lessons on how to become successful, but Alvin always resisted learning.

Summer and her friends love to sing in their choir at school, and this is where her trouble begins. At the fall concert, her friends drag her into a mean prank and Summer is soon sentenced to nursery duty at church. When she walks into the nursery, she sees that the victim of their prank is also a volunteer. Summer begins a friendship with this girl but soon sees that she will have to choose between her group of friends and her new friend. Can Summer do what is right and keep her friends?

Kämpfen die Teenager in Ihrem Leben damit, ihre Emotionen inmitten des Drucks von Schule, Freunden und sozialen Medien unter Kontrolle zu halten? Sind Sie auf der Suche nach effektiven Hilfsmitteln, die ihnen helfen, ihre Ängste zu bewältigen und ihr Selbstwertgefühl zu stärken? Sind Ihnen die Komplexitäten des modernen Teenagerlebens manchmal zu viel?

It's Halloween: Candy-snatching time. For the past few years, twelve-year-old Jonas and his friends have competed to see how much candy they can snatch from unsuspecting trick-or-treaters. No one’s supposed to get hurt. So Jonas is taken by surprise when one of his smaller targets fights back against his candy-snatching attempt. He’s even more surprised when he starts to receive anonymous notes from someone who seems to know what happened that night.

Jane wants the life of a dolphin. Wild. Graceful. Free. But these days her life is nothing like that. Between her mother's strict rules and the cliques at school, she feels strapped in a child-sized life vest. It's not until Jane gets a tattoo and befriends popular Sam Rojas, a star on the school's swim team, that her life feels freer. She begins to wonder: Is there a way to be myself and not be alone?

Una bella historia que te ayudará a enseñar a quienes amas a pensar en positivo y a que vivan en confianza. Magia es confiar en ti mismo. Si logras eso, lograrás todo lo que quieras. A Pablo no le van bien las cosas desde que se cayó con su bici y se rieron de él. El miedo se apodera del pequeño y empieza a ver el lado negativo de las cosas, pero todo cambiará cuando reciba la visita de un ser bondadoso y lleno de poder. Juntos, emprenderán un viaje lleno de aventuras que llevará a Pablo a recuperar la confianza en sí mismo y darse cuenta de que tiene un superpoder en su interior.

Previously published as Propelling Beyond Barriers: Evelyn Sharp, No Ordinary Girl by Glenda K Clare Small town girl, Evelyn Sharp — a real warrior — wowed the world with her incredible aviation skills. As a young girl, Evelyn was an energetic young girl who dreamed of becoming a pilot. After school, she trained for hours every day, even in the cold winter, and made many sacrifices to pursue her goals. This young woman went from being a kid growing up in Nebraska to the youngest licensed female pilot in America and the first air postal carrier. She pushed past cultural barriers and ...

Does your child struggle with self-esteem? Suffer from fears, anxieties, anger, and worry? Or even just have a hard time trying to fit in? Lolli and the Bunyip, includes three cleverly crafted meditations, designed specifically to promote healing and transformation while being incredibly fun and adventurous for the child.

Lolli comes from the Land of Color and speaks directly to children guiding them through stories that they themselves adventure on and feel a part of. Kids love the whimsical nature of following where Lolli takes them and learn things incidentally along the way. A fun and creative approach to mindfulness for children. Parents, use these meditations to help increase your children's self-esteem, enhance your child's imagination, and encourage positive thinking.

In this compelling and transformative workshop book, Axel, a renowned motivational speaker and author, takes you on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment. Through his powerful Triple "A" Blueprint—accountability, acceptance, and action—he guides you through the maze of life's challenges, providing you with the tools and insights to emerge as the hero of your own story.

To grow up to be big, little lions have to learn survival skills, but the cub Sangu doesn’t want to listen to Papa and Mama’s lessons - he just wants to play. Getting lost while escaping a charging rhino, Sangu learned how unprepared he really was to be out on his own. Befriended by some kind gazelles, Sangu didn’t have the slightest idea as to what a lion should be. After being taunted by his friends, Sangu finally learned to be assertive, to value learning, to listen to his parents, and to respect himself.