Youth Today
Posts By Cathi Dunn MacRae
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Book Reviews
The Pregnancy Project: A Memoir
“I’m The Girl Who Faked Her Own Pregnancy as a Senior Project,” declares Gaby Rodriguez on the opening page of this story...
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Book Reviews
Violence in Student Writing: A School Administrator’s Guide
When Gretchen Oltman began teaching English literature to “a rough crowd” of Nebraska high school juniors and seniors in 1999, she assigned...
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News
Book Review: ‘Vicious: True Stories by Teens about Bullying’
This anthology of 21 true stories by teens in Youth Communication’s highly regarded New York City writing program boasts a stylish new...
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2.5KBook ReviewsNot Just A Game:Power, Politics, & American Sports
Not Just a Game: Power, Politics, & American Sports Directed by Jeremy Earp Written by Dave Zirin, Jeremy Earp and Chris Boulton...
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Book Reviews
The R Word
By Marianne Modica Morning Joy Media 297 pages. The “‘N word’ equivalent for white people is ‘the R word,’” says Marianne Modica...
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Book Reviews
Ask Us Who We Are: Foster Care in Vermont
Directed by Bess O’Brien Kingdom County Productions75 minutes. DVD; educational package includes two discussion guides. A young man describes the Christmas...
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Book Reviews
Living with Cancer: The Ultimate Teen Guide
Denise Thornton Scarecrow Press/Rowman & Littlefield 175 pages. “Lots of kids think they are invincible,” says Peter, who learned he had...
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Book Reviews
Drop That Knowledge: Youth Radio Stories
Drop That Knowledge: Youth Radio StoriesElisabeth Soep and Vivian ChávezUniversity of California Press224 pages. Most National Public Radio (NPR) listeners have heard...
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Book Reviews
I Am J
I Am JCris BeamLittle, Brown and Company339 pages. When Jenifer Juana Silver was in sixth grade, she begged her parents to call...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Resources: Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets Posters
Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets are widely used among youth workers as a model for nurturing youth development. Alongside books that provide...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Resources: I Noticed! Notes
With these printed notes, adults can give quick, positive feedback to young people when they do the right thing. On four pads...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Resources: What’s Your Spark? Spark Catchers
These fire-colored mini-brochures are a nifty tool to engage teens in discovering their own “spark” – personal passions, talents or interests that...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Resources: You Can Make a Difference for Kids Booklet
This eight-page, glossy color booklet (8½ inches square) summarizes the 40 Developmental Assets concept to inspire adults in all walks of life...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy
Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee BoyCarlos EireFree Press307 pages. This stand-alone sequel to Waiting for Snow in Havana,...
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Book Reviews
Real Men: Urban Teens Write About How to Be a Man
Real Men: Urban Teens Write About How to Be a ManYouth Communication226 pages. In 35 autobiographical stories and articles, 26 urban males...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Alternative High: The Troy Shawn Welcome Story
Alternative High: The Troy Shawn Welcome StoryWritten and directed by Michael A. PinckneyProduced by Garret Anton HarkawikYouth Communication/Reel Works Teen Filmmaking18 minutes....
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
A Leader’s Guide to Real Men: Urban Teens Write About How to Be a Man
A Leader’s Guide to Real Men: Urban Teens Write About How to Be a ManYouth Communication and Development without Limits354 pages. also...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Adolescence & Other Temporary Mental Disorders
Adolescence & Other Temporary Mental DisordersProduced by Barbara Lonnborg and Eli HernandezBoys Town Press1 hour, 15 minutes. DVD. This talk by Patrick...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Mentor: The Kid and the CEO
Mentor: The Kid and the CEOTom Pace with Walter JenkinsMentorHope Publishing175 pages. Audiobook also available. Based on author Tom Pace’s experiences, this...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Parent, Teacher, Mentor, Friend: How Every Adult Can Change Kids’ Lives
Parent, Teacher, Mentor, Friend: How Every Adult Can Change Kids’ LivesPeter L. BensonSearch Institute Press198 pages. “Society does not have a youth...
