Showing results for "Skin" in Teen & Young Adult

For 18-year-old Sidney Shaw, life pretty much sucks. Her mom's a drunk. Her dad's worse. At school, she's bullied by her ex-best friend. And cutting no longer brings the relief she craves. When Sidney is forced into group counseling, she meets perfect, popular Arianna, the type of girl who grieves over a broken nail. But Arianna has secrets of her own. She might prove herself a friend - if Sidney can let her guard down. Then, there's Lucas, the sweet and funny new guy who sees straight through her tough, snarky facade.

When a tiny freckle on Lexie Collins’s cheek turns out to be a rare kind of melanoma that requires surgery, she is left with a big, ugly scar across one cheek. She had just earned a spot in the state finals for public speaking, but with the scar, her confidence has vanished. She doesn’t even recognise herself anymore.

Chase is trapped in a netherworld factory where he's forced to build human bodies for dark beings known as the Wardens to infiltrate our world. When Chase overhears a plan to infect humanity with soul-eating spores called the obsidious, he escapes the factory to save his mom and sister Andi. Only, there's a mix-up, and Chase accidentally possesses a girl's body to escape in.

After the car crash that leaves her best friend dead, Jenna is permanently scarred. She struggles to rebuild her life, but every stare in the street makes her want to retreat further from the world. Until she meets Ryan. Ryan's a traveller. When he and his mother arrive in the village, he can't imagine why this place shouldn't be as unwelcoming as the rest. Until he meets Jenna. But as Jenna and Ryan grow closer, repercussions from the crash continue to reverberate through the community. And then a body is found.

My lips are white. Sixteen-year-old Sep stares into the bathroom mirror. It’s not some weird lipstick (she never wears lipstick). Her lips are just - white. In a panic, she digs up an old lipstick and smears it on her colorless lips. But soon, more and more white spots begin to bloom, spreading their chalky tendrils across her olive brown skin. Does she have a disease? Is she turning into some kind of freak?

On the run, Milla must find a way to survive. Her desperate escape was just the beginning. The lives of Old Tritoners are at stake. If Milla doesn't fight back, innocent people will die. Caught up in a dangerous war, Milla uncovers what's really going on. But she can't stop it alone. What will happen when Cale learns she lied to him about who - and what - she is?

Marie, an award-winning photojournalist, is traveling the world, exploring cultures that embrace body positivity and freedom in ways she never imagined growing up. From naturist beaches in Europe to traditional Japanese onsens, her letters home reveal a journey that is as much about self-discovery as it is about uncovering the beauty of the human spirit.

Fifteen-year-old Jo Chastain is about to take on her biggest con yet - impersonating a missing girl. The Lovecrafts are a wealthy Boston family with ties to the unsolved mystery of Vivienne Weir, who went missing at age nine. When Jo takes on Vivi's identity, the Lovecrafts give her everything she could want: love, money, security, and proximity to their intriguing daughter, Temple. But nothing is as it seems in the Lovecraft household, and as hidden crimes reveal themselves, Jo must choose between an illusion of safety or escaping the danger around her.

After a chance find in a smugglers' cave, Tom Wild is kidnapped by a stranger and whisked away to London to face a secretive and ancient group of magicians. He is presented with an agonising choice: join them and forsake his old life and family forever or face a grisly death. Tom quickly realises that all is not as it seems and that the group’s leader is engaged in a dangerous game of magic, power and war. At stake is the future of England, her King, and the very existence of magic.

There is nothing worse than waking up with a zit on your face on the day you have to give a report in front of the entire class! It's true, the first thing someone notices about you is your skin, hair, and nails. But good grooming is more than skin deep: Caring for your skin, hair, and nails helps you stay healthy and looking your very best at all times. Consider this book your total guide to everything you need to know about having healthy and beautiful skin, hair, and nails!

When the girls attempt to break into one of the country’s oldest private libraries to retrieve a black-magic artifact, they discover something that leaves one of them reeling.

Caroline Hirons is the authority in skincare - and for the first time, she’s sharing her knowledge with the world. With more than 100 million views of her blog and more than 13 million views of her YouTube videos, she cuts out the jargon, tells you want you do and don’t need and is finally going to get everyone off face wipes for good!

Every morning you wake up it feels like someone else is out there to hit you with an all-new level of stress and pressure. The teenage years shouldn’t be like this—and you have the power to change it! You have to be the best in class and in extracurricular activities. You need to be the model child for your parents and the rock for your friends. You should dress the part, have the followers, and do it all with a smile!

Are you a teenager suffering from acne or a parent of a teen who cannot shake it off? Have you tried various treatments and methods to try to rid your face of this blight? This book promises the cure you’ve been searching for! Most teenagers and young adults suffer from acne at some point. It seems that it is one of the rites of passage for young people to cope with and while the occasional spot is accepted, extreme cases can be unsightly and distressing for a young person to deal with.