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6 Books to Inspire and Teach Your Teen

Milk and Honey

By Rupi Kaur

This is book that has a collection of poetry that explores a variety of themes ranging from love, loss, trauma, healing, femininity, migration, and revolution. Divided into four chapters, each chapter serves a different purpose, different pain, heals a different heartache.

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

By Malala Yousafzai

This story is about a young woman who decided to fight for women’s right to education when this fundamental right was taken away, an inspiring young woman with an incredible story of perseverance and strength.

The Four Agreements; A Practical Guide to personal Freedom

By don Miguel Ruiz

The Four Agreements reveals the sources of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Its message encourages to act from truth, and our own level of understanding. It’s a great book to lay down some framework for a more positive and self-aware lifestyle.

I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons

By Kevin Hart

Born an accident, unwanted by his parents. His father was a drug addict who was in and out of jail. His brother was a crack dealer and thief. His mother was strict and abusive. Through amazing insight he shares how the only thing he had control over was his response to it and how he worked hard in the face of many setbacks.

Adulting 101: #Wisdom4Life

By Josh Burnette and Pete Hardesty

Basic life skills go mostly untaught in classrooms, so graduates are on their own to figure out how to live successfully in the world. Without any guidance, where do they start?

Challenger Deep

By Neal Shusterman

An important story about a boy struggling with severe mental illness, and the poignant journey about finding oneself. It’s a journey of how we get through our daily lives in the best way we know how.