Selections of the best books for teenagers according to the versions of Time magazine, The Guardian newspaper, the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, and also as a bonus - according to the editors of Lifehacker. In this case, we will consider adolescents boys and girls aged 10 to 19 years, according to the terminology of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Time's 10 Best Books for Youth and Teens

In 2015, the weekly Time magazine published a selection of the 100 best books for young people. The list was compiled on the recommendations of reputable critics, publishers and reading clubs from around the world. A complete list can be found, but here is the top ten.

1. "The Totally True Diary of a Half-Indian" by Sherman Alexi. original name- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Partly autobiographical book about a boy who grew up on an Indian reservation, for which the author received the National Book Award of America. Main character- a "nerd" who dreams of becoming an artist, challenging the system and prejudices of society.
2. Harry Potter series by JK Rowling. The first of seven books about a young wizard and his friends studying at the School of Witchcraft and magic hogwarts, was released in 1997. The story of Harry Potter has become insanely popular all over the world. The books have been translated into 67 languages ​​and filmed by the film company Warner Bros.. pictures. The series has received numerous awards since the first novel.
3. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak. Original name - The Book Thief. The novel, written in 2006, tells about the events of World War II, Nazi Germany and the girl Liesel. The book is on The New's bestseller list. York Times and, as apt remark literary magazine Bookmarks is able to break the heart of both teenagers and adults. After all, the story is told from the perspective of Death.
4. A Crack in Time by Madeleine Lengl. Original title - A Wrinkle in Time. A sci-fi novel about thirteen-year-old Meg, who is considered too wayward by her classmates and teachers. Perhaps the girl would have remained a thorn and would have continued to suffer due to the sudden disappearance of her father without a trace, if not for one nightly incident ... The book was published in 1963 and received a number of awards.
5. "Charlotte's Web", Alvin Brooks White. Original title: Charlotte's Web. This beautiful story about the friendship between a girl named Fern and a pig named Wilburg was first published in 1952. The work was twice filmed in the form of animated films, and also formed the basis of the musical.
6. The Pits, Louis Saker. original name Holes. This is an award-winning novel by a Danish author, ranked 83rd on the BBC's Top 200 Books list. The main character's name is Stanley, and he is totally unlucky in life. So much so that in the end he ends up in a correctional camp, where he has to dig holes every day ... Unfortunately, the book is not translated into Russian, but filmed under the title "Treasure".
7. Matilda, Roald Dahl. original name - Matilda. This novel comes from the pen of an English writer whose children's books are famous for their lack of sentimentality and often dark humor. The heroine of this work is a girl named Matilda, who loves to read and has some supernatural powers.
8. Outcasts by Susan Eloise Hinton. Original title - The Outsiders. The novel was first published in 1967 and is a classic of American teen literature. It tells about the conflict of two youth gangs and the fourteen-year-old boy Ponyboy Curtis. It is noteworthy that the writer began work on the book when she herself was 15, and finished at 18. In 1983, Francis Ford Coppola made a feature film of the same name.
9. "Cute and Magical Booth" by Jaster Norton. Original title - The Phantom Tollbooth. A work published in 1961 about the exciting adventures of a boy named Milo. Puns and mischievous puns are waiting for readers, and thanks to the illustrations by Jules Phifer, the book is perceived as a cartoon.
10. The Giver, Loris Lowry. Original title - The Giver. This novel, written in a dystopian genre rare in children's literature, received the Newbery Medal in 1994. The author draws an ideal world where there are no diseases, wars and conflicts and no one needs anything. However, it turns out that such a world is devoid of colors and there is no place in it not only for suffering, but also for love. In 2014, based on the novel, the film "The Dedicated" was filmed.

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The Guardian's 10 Best Books for Teens

In 2014, the British daily newspaper The Guardian published a list of 50 books that young men and women should read. The list was compiled based on the results of a vote of 7,000 people. The works were divided into categories: “books that help you understand yourself”, “books that change the worldview”, “books that teach you to love”, “books that make you laugh”, “books that make you cry”, and so on. Here is the list.

The top ten included books that contribute to the formation of the personality of a young reader and inspire to overcome difficulties.

1. The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Original title - The Hunger Games. The first book in this series was published in 2008 and became a bestseller within six months. The circulation of the first two novels exceeded two million copies. The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, and, according to Collins, she was inspired to create it. ancient Greek mythology and military career father. All parts of the trilogy have been filmed.
2. "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green. Original title - The Fault in Our Stars. The touching love story between 16-year-old Hazel with cancer and 17-year-old Augustus with the same disease was published in 2012. In the same year, the novel entered the New York Times bestseller list.
3. "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. Original title - To Kill a Mockingbird. This work was first published in 1960, and a year later the author received Pulitzer Prize. In the United States, it is being studied as part of school curriculum. This is not surprising, because through the prism of a childish look, Harper Lee looks at very adult issues, such as racism and inequality.
4. Harry Potter series by JK Rowling. Here The Guardian coincided with Time.
5. "", George Orwell. A dystopian novel about totalitarianism published in 1949. Along with Zamyatin's "We" is considered one of the best in its genre. Orwell's work is ranked eighth on the BBC's list of the 200 best books, and Newsweek magazine ranked the novel second in the 100 best books of all time. Until 1988, the novel was banned in the USSR.
6. "The Diary of Anne Frank". Original title - The Diary of a Young Girl. The only non-fiction work on the list. These are the notes kept by the Jewish girl Anne Frank from 1942 to 1944. Anna made her first entry on June 12, her birthday, when she was 13 years old. The last entry is dated August 1st. Three days later, the Gestapo arrested everyone hiding in the shelter, including Anna. Her diary is part of the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.
7. "Street Cat Named Bob", James Bowen. Original title - A Streetcat Named Bob. James Bowen was a street musician with drug problems until one day he picked up a stray cat. The meeting turned out to be fateful. “He came and asked me for help, and he asked for my help more than my body asked for self-destruction,” Bowen writes. The story of two tramps, a man and a cat, was heard by the literary agent Mary Paknos and suggested that James write an autobiography. The book, co-authored with Gary Jenkins, was published in 2010.
8. The Lord of the Rings, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Original title - The Lord of the Rings. This is one of the most popular books of the 20th century in general and in the fantasy genre in particular. The novel was written as single book but due to large volume when published, it was divided into three parts. The work has been translated into 38 languages ​​and has a huge impact on the world culture. Based on his motives, films were shot and computer games were created.
9. "It's Good to Be Quiet" by Stephen Chbosky. Original title - The Perks of Being a Wallflower. This is a story about a guy named Charlie, who, like all teenagers, acutely feels loneliness and misunderstanding. He expresses his feelings in letters. The book was published in a million copies, critics dubbed it "The Catcher in the Rye" for new times. The novel was filmed by the author himself, leading role played by Logan Lerman, and his girlfriend - Emma Watson.
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte. Original name - Jane Eyre. The novel was first published in 1847 and immediately won the love of readers and critics. The focus is on the early orphaned girl Jane with strong character and vivid imagination. The book has been filmed many times and is ranked tenth on the BBC's Top 200 Books list.

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10 best books for schoolchildren according to the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia

In January 2013, the Ministry of Education and Science Russian Federation published a list of one hundred books for secondary school students to extracurricular reading. The list includes works outside the school curriculum.

The creation of the list and its contents caused a lively discussion in the press and on the Internet. Much criticism was expressed against the Ministry of Education and Science, and some literary figures offered alternative lists.

Nevertheless, here are the first ten of the "100 books on the history, culture and literature of the peoples of the Russian Federation recommended for independent reading by schoolchildren."

Please note: the list is alphabetical, so our top ten consists of the first ten surnames. Two works of the same author will be considered as one item. This is by no means a rating.

1. Blockade book, Daniil Granin and Alexei Adamovich. This is a documentary chronicle of the blockade, first published with cuts in 1977. In Leningrad, the book was banned until 1984.
2. “And the day lasts longer than a century" and "White steamer", Chingiz Aitmatov. In the title of the novel "And over a century the day lasts” is a line from a poem by Boris Pasternak. This is Aitmatov's first major work, published in 1980. The story "The White Steamboat" about a seven-year-old orphan boy living on the shores of Issyk-Kul was published ten years earlier.
3. "Star Ticket" and "Crimea Island", Vasily Aksyonov. The story of the Denisov brothers, told on the pages of the novel "Star Ticket", at one time "blew up" the public. The most harmless thing Aksyonov was accused of was abuse youth jargon. The fantastic novel "Island of Crimea", published in 1990, on the contrary, was met with a bang and became the main all-Union bestseller of the year.
4. "My brother plays the clarinet", Anatoly Aleksin. The story, written in 1968, in the form of a diary of a girl Zhenya, who dreams of devoting her life to her brother-musician. But it turns out that each person is like a separate planet, and everyone has their own goals and dreams.
5. "Dersu Uzala", Vladimir Arseniev. One of the best works domestic adventure literature. The novel describes the life of small nations Far East and hunter Dersu Uzala.
6. "The Shepherd and the Shepherdess" and "The Tsar Fish", Viktor Astafiev. Two stories on two main themes in Astafiev's work - war and the village. The first was written in 1967, and the second in 1976.
7. "Odessa stories" and "Cavalry", Isaac Babel. These are two collections of short stories. The first tells about pre-revolutionary Odessa and the Beni Krik gang, and the second about the civil war.
8. "Ural Tales", Pavel Bazhov. This is a collection created on the basis of the mining folklore of the Urals. " Malachite Box”,“ Mistress of the Copper Mountain ”,“ Stone Flower"- these and other works of Bazhov are known and loved by many since childhood.
9. "Republic of SHKID", Grigory Belykh and Alexey Panteleev. adventure story about homeless children who lived in the Dostoevsky School of Social and Labor Education (ShKID). The authors themselves became the prototypes of the two characters. The work was filmed in 1966.
10. "The Moment of Truth", Vladimir Bogomolov. The action of the novel takes place in August 1944 on the territory of Belarus (another name for the work is “In August forty-fourth”). The book is based on real events.

The best books for teenagers according to the editors of Lifehacker

We decided to find out what the Lifehacker team read as teenagers. They called both "Harry Potter", and "Lord of the Rings", and other aforementioned works. But there were a few books not mentioned in the top ten of any of the lists.

I read "Big Soviet encyclopedia". There are thousands of thousands of strangers interesting words, and I, being small, sat down in the toilet, just opened it on any page and read, read, read, learning new terms and definitions. Informative.

One of the books that most influenced me as a teenager was Lermontov's novel A Hero of Our Time. Love, passion, nature, philosophy of nihilism - what else is needed for a teenager? :) Here it is, fertile ground for youthful maximalism. The work made me think about my place in this world, about the essence of being and all that, eternal.

Sergey Varlamov

Lifehacker SMM Specialist

At the age of 12-13, I read the book " Mysterious Island". At this time, I was generally fond of the books of Jules Verne, full of adventures and surprises. Mentally, together with the heroes, he overcame difficulties and traveled. "Mysterious Island" taught that even in the most hopeless situation, you should not give up. You need to dream, believe, and most importantly - do.

What did you read when you were 10-19 years old? What book will you definitely buy your kids when they are that age? What do you think is a must-read for Generation Z?

39 keys (series)

Each book in the series is written by different authors. only the first and last - the main books of the cycle - were written by Rick Riordan. The series is known for its unusual and intricate plot. The action of each book takes place in different countries and reveals the secrets of the most famous historical figures. The main characters, brother and sister Amy and Dan Cahila, decide challenging tasks to find 39 keys, the owner of which can subjugate the whole world.

Jura (series)

Historical Cossack stories told by a living classic of Ukrainian children's literature Volodymyr Rutkovsky.

Defeating fate

The book tells about the first half of the 17th century, when Ukraine suffered from Tatar raids. Brothers Ivan and Yuras find themselves in different parts of the long-suffering world. Being in a foreign land - one in China, the second - in Turkey, the brothers do not forget the happiness that was given to them loving father and an affectionate mother, and although foreign customs and faith should have killed this memory, the call of the native land is stronger. The brothers overcome all obstacles until they meet different sides hostile camps in order to follow the path of the liberation struggle together.

Diary of Adrian Mole

13-year-old Adrian Mole has so many torments that peers never dreamed of. acne, health problems, complicated relationship between parents, rejection of his poetry - and that's not all. The boy decides to keep a diary in which he describes all his problems.

Teen Wolf Adventures (series)

The English writer Dee Toft told the story of the friendship between a teenager Nat Ufwer and a wolven Woody - a half-boy, half-wolf.

sea ​​wolf

In Jack London's book, children will get acquainted with Indian culture and its traditional concepts honor and duty.

Valley of Terror

The stories of Sherlock Holmes are interesting for both children and adults. This time, the famous detective receives an encrypted letter about the danger that looms over a certain Mr. Douglas from Birlstone. Holmes failed to prevent the event and undertakes to investigate this incident.

A dog named Mani or the alphabet of money

Kira finds an injured dog. Turns out he can talk! The dog responds to the nickname Mani and knows everything about money. Very soon, Kira, listening to Mani's advice, becomes a real financial expert herself and helps others manage their money properly. One of the best from financial consultant, writer and businessman Bodo Schaefer teaches children the right attitude towards money. But it will also come in handy for adults who want to heed the advice and make their lives free from financial worries.

The Chronicles of Narnia (series)

Seven fantasy books follow the adventures of four brothers and sisters in magical land, the entrance to which they found in the closet.

Bullfighters from Vasyukovka

Adventure story by Ukrainian writer Vsevolod Nestaiko. The main characters of the book are simple schoolchildren from the village of Vasyukovka - Pavlusha Zavgorodniy and Yava Ren. Daredevil Java and the more calm and reasonable Pavlusha are united by a sincere desire to become famous all over the world. To do this, throughout the trilogy they are trying to become bullfighters, catch foreign spies from their village, conquer Kyiv and much more. The main message of the book is real friendship, self-sacrifice, willingness to help a person in need.

Mistress Chaika class

The book tells about what is interesting for teenagers: about the difficulties of their age, about the problems at school and at home, but above all - about the first feelings and disappointments. The main characters of the novel are learning complex art accepting another person with all his shortcomings and in the end they will know the price of friendship.

20 thousand leagues under the sea

sci-fi adventure novel Jules Verne. In the second half of the 19th century, in the seas and oceans, an unusual object began to fall into the eyes of sailors - an object larger than a whale and with incredible speed. Newspapers, followed by scientists around the world, immediately became interested in the "sea monster". But fortune smiled only at Professor Aronax, who, with his servant Conseil and harpooner Ned Land, gets on board the unusual and only submarine in the world at that time, the Nautilus. The heroes of the novel, together with the captain and crew of the boat, go to trip around the world 20,000 leagues under the sea.

Adventure Electronics

The book tells about the adventures of an electronic boy, his friend and double Sergei Syroezhkin, the Rarest Electronic Dog, a girl named Elektronichka and their friends.

Ann Shirley (series)

Ann Shirley is an 11-year-old girl who ends up in an orphanage small family at Greengable Farm.

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We have compiled a selection of the most best books about love for teenage girls aged 16-18. Contemporary novels for every taste about romance, first kisses and relationships with guys.

Stephen Chbosky. The perks of Being a Wallflower

Charlie is in high school. Due to childhood traumas still fresh in memory and recent nervous breakdown he writes letters to a fictitious addressee, who must understand his problems. Literature teacher Bill recommends that he read books, each of which becomes the best and favorite for the main character. Charlie doesn't go to dances and is secretly in love with a girl from high school with the strange nickname "No way". Farther

Lauren Oliver. Before I fall

You made a huge mistake, and every day you get a chance to fix it, but something always goes wrong. Most likely, you will fall into despair, like Samantha Kingston. It was an ordinary Friday, no different from a string of similar ones, but today she dies. Her soul does not know peace, and the girl lives the day of her death again and again. Farther

Svetlana Lubenets. Amulet for lovers

Shy Marina fell in love with three boys at once. Of all the applicants, she chooses Bogdan, the weakest student in the class. Classmates do not hide their amazement: Bogdan was carried away by another girl, instead of dating the beautiful Marina. Farther

Irina grew up as a real tomboy: she preferred jeans and shirts to dresses and shoes, helped her father in the garage and was engaged in airbrushing. However, after meeting the guy of her dreams, the girl will have to change and become more feminine. It’s a pity Ira didn’t know that you can’t fall in love with everyone! Farther

Sonny is the biggest liar in the world. Amy is her best friend. One day, the girls decide to play a prank on Ryder, who is in love with Amy. However, the game goes too far, pretending to be a friend, Sonny does not notice how she falls in love with a guy. How to find love and not lose a friend? Farther

Karina falls in love with a rock musician. What will become of her love? Are feelings capable of passing the test of several thousand kilometers? And can you trust a man who has already betrayed other girls? All this is to be found out by our heroine. Farther

The first love remains in the memory forever. Seven years ago, Emily broke up with handsome Elias. Now she has a new relationship with Lucas, which is limited to online communication. Our heroine will have to understand herself and understand who she really loves. Farther

Sveta was supposed to be introduced to Alex by Sonya, who herself did not notice how she fell in love with a guy. Tormented by the throes of choice, she will have to decide whether to betray her friend or sacrifice her own happiness. Sonya considers Sveta's attitude to the guy to be frivolous, besides, her chosen one will soon leave the city. We need to act! Farther

Zakhar was the love of her life for Violetta, who did not notice anyone but him, until the romantic Leva appeared in her life. Thanks to him, the girl learned to love and appreciate herself. But after the offense inflicted on the guy, the girl is afraid of losing him forever. Can main character fix everything? Farther

In the fall, together with her boyfriend Peter, Lara is going to go to college, which should send them confirmation. Educational complex is located not very far from home, and young people plan to visit their relatives every weekend. Unexpected news destroys all their intentions. Now Lara will have to find a way to stay close to her relatives and loved one. Farther

Blythe moves with her parents to a nearby town and on the first day the whole school laughs at her. All because of Luke, who published a photo of Blythe picking her nose in the school newspaper. The girl demands from her father, who recently became the director of the school, to close the newspaper. Now all her peers want to take revenge on her, and Blythe herself does not notice how she falls in love with Luke. Farther

Could you not lie all day? Ninth graders will have to give up lying. And what will happen to secret love and long-hidden hostility to peers? Farther

Even after the move, Yulia's quarrels with her parents did not become less frequent. Tired of endless problems, she starts a page on social networks and registers under the name Juliet. The girl presents herself as a completely different person, without hassle and problems. In a new incarnation, she will finally be able to meet the perfect guy. Farther

This book describes school life with humor. Hottie from high school Kolya just melts at the sight of a young teacher of English language. Unexpectedly for him, the daughter of the director of the school falls in love with the guy. Soon there is a fire in the computer lab, which many believe is accidental. However, the investigator and the guy himself have other assumptions about this. Farther

Love between Andrei and Volka flared up on the sea under the scorching sun and the gentle sound of the surf. They live in different cities and painfully await the coming separation. However, the case makes its own adjustments to their fate: a rash decision to get into the car to strangers changed everything. Farther

America 2118. All the skyscrapers of New York grow together into a huge tower, where the lower floors are slums intended for the poor, and the luxurious upper floors are for the elite. Teenagers from the lower tier, risking their lives, make an attempt to change everything and get to the top. Farther

I'm angry. Why don't you get out of my head? So alien, unfamiliar. My stepsister. I did not wait for you, did not call and did not want to. You will regret that you crossed the threshold of our house. Farther

After moving to Elizavetinsk, Lyuba did not like either the school or the class. Still, as an evil, someone spreads gossip that she had a crush on Sasha Yablokov. But she likes a completely different guy! Or maybe Sasha? Farther

Before meeting with Vadim, Dasha had no idea about capoeira. Now she exhausts herself for hours gym All for the sake of impressing the guy. However, the young man does not spoil the girl with his attention at all. What is it: indifference or a certain tactic? Farther

A completely inconspicuous schoolgirl Nastya receives a valentine with the words that she is a fairy. Immediately, strange things begin to happen to the girl: Nikita flirts with her, difficult tasks are easy for her, and the cold recedes immediately after using the magic potion. So maybe she really is a fairy? Nastya has to find the anonymous person and find out everything. Farther

These were the most popular love books for teenage girls aged 16-18. Modern novels about feelings. Share your impressions if you have already read something. 😉

Teenagers are often not confident in their abilities, they cannot understand what they like. Many of them get lost among more successful peers and doubt their abilities.

To help your child survive such a difficult period, give him a book by Thomas Armstrong, a teacher with 40 years of experience. It will be the first manual on self-development and will help to understand that each of us is smart in our own way. And also the book will teach you to accept yourself as you are, better understand others and explain why IQ tests and fives at school are not always an indicator of a brilliant mind.

Be the best version of yourself

This book will teach a teenager about the true components of success and help them understand that it's not about diligence at all, but about who you are.

Under the cover - stories real people survivors severe illness who won the Olympics, who managed to open their own business from scratch. All these are stories about overcoming oneself, courage and determination.

Traps of thinking

This book is simply indispensable for both adults and teens. She teaches to accept right decisions and avoid the traps that lie in wait for us at every turn.

The book not only teaches right choice but also promotes determination and self-confidence.

Transitional age

The best book on how to understand teenagers. Leading global expert on adolescence Lawrence Steinberg uses the latest data and Scientific research about the teenage brain - including my own - to show in my book how you can build resilience, self-control, and more good habits in a child. His discoveries about how to educate, teach and treat teenagers will be useful to both teachers and parents.

Why me?

A kind and practical guide to dealing with bullying, written for children by a child who coped with it.

Thousands of children and teenagers suffer silently because they are being bullied by their classmates. Often, even parents school psychologists can't help. But this book was not written by an expert, it was written by a simple girl who went through school bullying and who managed to do against all odds good career and achieve success doing what you love.

Flexible mind

This book is for parents who want to raise successful and happy children. It is based on a revolutionary concept, open famous psychologist Carol Dweck is the result of 20 years of her own research. From it you will learn:

• why intelligence and talent do not yet guarantee success,
• how, on the contrary, they can stand in his way,
• why rewarding intelligence and talent often jeopardizes achievement,
• and how to improve a child's academic performance.

I refuse to choose

It is often difficult for a teenager to understand what he wants from life and what he wants to do. It's even harder to figure out who he really is. In this amazing book, Barbara Sher shows you how to adapt your wonderfully multifaceted mind to a world that has never fully understood who you really are.

1 page per day

This creative notebook will help spark creativity in a teenager. It contains interesting ideas to help you create all year round. Each new page- a chance to create something new.

Fill out a notebook every day, page by page, draw, sketch, write, take notes, create and complete lists, set goals, reflect, share ideas with friends.

"Write here, write now" is a creative notebook for kids aged 8-12. It helps teenagers better understand themselves, think about important things in game form and write down interesting thoughts on paper. The book inspires young writers, artists, collectors, inventors and explorers to discover and develop their talents.

Hirameki

Each blot is an inspiration. Every line is free. Give this book to a child. Open his imagination.

"Hirameki" in Japanese means "peculiar style", "special imprint", "a place where doodle and imagination meet". Simply put, it's the art of turning a random blob into something amazing with just a few dots and lines.

It's not only fun activity, which will completely captivate the child, but also very useful for the development of creativity, for relaxation after a hard day.

Habit change

We all often operate on autopilot and do not want to change our habits. This also applies to teenagers, who, like adults, can make the same mistakes every day.

Read this book with your child and you will teach him from his youth to work on himself and improve his life every day.

Simple Questions

How do bees find honey? Why is sleep needed? And money? How does an airplane fly? BUT Balloon? How were they built Pyramids of Egypt? Why is the world colorful? Is the sky blue? Why do we have five fingers? What is a blood group?

Most simple and naive questions do not have simple answers. Moreover, mankind did not know the answer to many of them for a very long time, and only the painstaking work of scientists made it possible to find them.

Vladimir Antonets, Professor and Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, in his book answers dozens of questions in an accessible and popular way. simple questions with no easy answers.

An excellent informative book for a teenager, fascinating and not at all like an encyclopedia.

Emotional Intelligence 2.0

A book that will help you and your child build relationships in any area of ​​life. It is about an important component of life - emotional intelligence.

In fact emotional intellect is the helmsman who controls our decisions, actions and deeds and helps to better use our mental potential. It affects the formation of personality, the development of empathy, the ability to communicate, create strong marital relations and raise children properly.

Geniuses and outsiders

Book for parents. It will help you understand what success depends on and how to help your child achieve it. Why do some people get everything and others nothing? Is it right to reduce the reasons for success only to personal qualities bestowed by nature?

The book shows what Bill Gates, the Beatles and Mozart have in common and why they managed to outdo their peers. "Geniuses and Outsiders" is not a "how to become successful" manual. it an amusing trip into the world of the laws of life, which you can use to your advantage.

Where is Warhol

The book, which unusual shape introduce the child to art.

If Andy Warhol were to travel back in time, where would they go? "Where's Warhol?" supplies him with his own time machine, and what do we see ... The book depicts interesting events in Andy's life and himself, and the reader needs to find him in the crowd. Each turn is incredibly interesting to consider. So many details that correspond to some event, era and setting. And if you don’t understand something, there is a description of each spread at the end of the book.

Andy checked in at 12 significant moments in art history and invites readers to find it in each of them. From Michelangelo working on the Sistine Chapel to Jean-Michel Basquiat painting the streets of New York. Each scene is meticulously recreated by art historian Katherine Ingram and illustrated by Andrew Ray.

From here to there

Under the cover of this book are 48 labyrinthine worlds that you can walk around.

Bright, detailed labyrinths reflect the beauty of nature, works of art and architecture. They give space to the imagination and let the mind fly freely while you take a leisurely walk through the village streets and park alleys, through the castle grounds, picturesque towns and even through futuristic landscapes. Let your thoughts wander, and let your hand follow the turns of the path.

Great book for kids and adults who love mazes and puzzles.

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The most demanding, attentive and serious audience is the youth. Determining their own priorities, interests and desires in the process of growing up, the guys are looking for soul mates on the pages of his works, saturating his life with adventures and experiences, sometimes even identifying himself with the main characters.

Modern teenage literature is no longer children's books about first school love and problematic relationships with parents. Most novels raise adult issues even more young people. And such books can teach a lot not only to the younger generation, but even to omniscient adults.

What do teenagers read? last decade? Children over 14 are no longer interested in encyclopedias and fairy tales, fantasy, historical adventure works, detective stories ... and, of course, popular books by modern authors become closer and more understandable.

Fifteen-year-old Charlie struggles to cope with the suicide of his friend, Michael. To somehow get rid of anxiety and depression, he begins to write letters to a stranger, good man whom he had never met in person. At school, Charlie unexpectedly finds a mentor in the form of an English teacher, and friends, classmate Patrick and his half-sister Sam. For the first time, Charlie decides to start new life. He goes on a first date, kisses a girl for the first time, makes and loses friends, experiments with drugs and drinking, participates in the play "Ricky Horror" and even writes his own music.

Charlie lives a relatively quiet and stable home life. But worrisome family secret, which influenced his whole life, makes itself felt in the end school year. Charlie is trying to get out of his head real world but the fight is getting harder.

2. "We're Expired" by Stace Kramer

Virginia is 17 years old and has everything a girl can dream of. She is young, beautiful, smart, going to Yale university, she has a boyfriend Scott, best friend Olivia, kind and loving parents. But on graduation party Virginia finds out that Scott is leaving her. Pretty drunk, in a fit of anger, she gets behind the wheel of a car and gets into a terrible accident. The girl remains alive, but both of her legs are amputated. So in an instant, the fabulous life of Virginia turns into a real hell. And the girl is increasingly thinking whether it is worth living like this at all?

3. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

The life of an ordinary American Salmon family is turned upside down in an instant when Susie, eldest daughter, brutally and unfairly kills a maniac.

One December afternoon, on her way home from school, the girl accidentally ran into her killer. She was lured into an underground hiding place, raped and killed. Now Susie is in heaven, she is watching the inhabitants of her city, who enjoy life while they are alive. But the girl is not ready to leave forever, because she knows the name of the criminal, but her family does not. Susie clings desperately to her life and watches in dismay as her family and friends try to survive. What worries Susie even more is the fact that the killer still lives near them.

It's tragic and instructive story Alice is a girl who, at a very young age, plunged into the destructive world of drugs.

It started when Alice was slipped a soft drink mixed with LSD. Over the next month she lost her cozy home loving family and replaced them with city streets and drugs. They robbed her of her innocence, her youth...and, ultimately, her life.

Hazel Lancaster was diagnosed with lung cancer at a young age. She believes that she should come to terms with the way her life has become. But then, by chance, she meets a young man named Augustus Waters, who managed to overcome cancer a few years ago. When Hazel, in his sarcastic tone, tries to interrupt Augustus's attempts to meet, he realizes that he has found the girl he has been looking for all his life. In spite of terrible diagnosis, young people enjoy every new day and try to fulfill Hazel's dream - to meet her favorite writer. They cross the ocean and travel to Amsterdam for this meeting to take place. And although this acquaintance is not quite what they expected, in this city young people find their love. Perhaps the last in life.

For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, New Hampshire Prep is more than a summer program, it's a lifeline. Being an outcast at his school, Dan is excited about the opportunity to make friends during summer program. But when he arrives at college, Dan finds out that his dorm is a former mental hospital, better known as the last refuge for the criminally insane.

As Dan and his new friends, Abby and Jordan, explore the hidden recesses of their spooky summer house, they soon discover, it's no coincidence, that the three of them ended up here. This hideout holds the key to a terrifying past, and there are some secrets that don't want to be buried.

For the school's most popular high school student, Samantha Kingston, February 12th - "Cupid's Day" - promises to turn into one big party: Valentine's Day, roses, gifts and privileges that you get if you are at the top of the social pyramid. And this lasted until Samantha died in terrible accident this night. However, she, as if nothing had happened, wakes up the next morning. In fact, Sam lives through the last day of her life seven times until she realizes that even the slightest change in her last day can affect other people's lives much more than she previously thought.

This is a story about the life of ordinary New York teenagers, written by a seventeen-year-old boy. Children who are bought off by rich parents with money, party in luxurious mansions and know no other entertainment than drugs and sex, which leads to tragic and shocking consequences.

In order not to get into such situations, you should definitely read books about sex for teenagers.

A young man named Smoker lives in a boarding school for disabled children. When it is transferred to new group, he begins to understand that this is not just a boarding school, but a building filled with terrible secrets and mysticism. The Smoker learns that all the inhabitants of the castle, even the educators and directors, do not have names, only nicknames. It turns out that there is a parallel world and some children can freely move there. A year before his graduation, the guy begins to experience fear of the real world, which is located outside the walls of this house. He is oppressed by the most important question: stay or leave? Leave for the real world or a parallel one, even if not forever?

The reader will have to decide for himself whether this House is really magical, or is it just the imagination of children?

Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books that are forbidden and are the source of all strife and trouble. Even so, Montag is unhappy. Disagreements in a marriage hidden in the house of the book... The mechanical dog of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal injection, escorted by helicopters, is ready to hunt down all dissidents who defy society and the system. And Guy feels like he's being watched, waiting for him to make a wrong move. But is it worth fighting for life in a society that has already ruined itself a long time ago?