This "Young Women of Faith Library" book is a casual, friendly approach to touchy topics for girls ages 8-12. Shellenberger writes in the style of an older sister who says, "I've been there. Here's what I learned". This is an excellent resource for young girls as they are transitioning into adolescence and want to know the answers to their questions about friends, family and faith as well as about their changing bodies, the future and boys.

The years between ages 8-12 can be an awkward and uncertain time for many girls. Dear Diary is the perfect devotional for tweens looking for straight answers to issues of today. From author and teen advocate, Susie Shellenberger comes a unique and creative devotional just for girls ages 8-12. Dear Diary is a devotional that addresses many of the issues facing young girls today, by providing biblically based solutions at a time when straight answers and solutions to real-life challenges aren't always clear-cut. Written in the style of a young girl writing in her diary, each devotion not only offers guidance but also encourages girls to develop their God-confidence. Dear Diary: Is written especially for girls ages 8-12 Provides interactive devotions for timely topics Is paperback for easy carrying in a backpack.

Conversations between God and a teenage girl inspire, teach, and motivate young women to pray and live a dynamic life for God.

Most Christian teens don't know how to pray. And when they do pray, they don't know how to discern God's voice. In "Girl Talk With God," author Susie Shellenberger shows teens how to pray and challenges them to deepen specific areas in their lives through a series of conversations between God and a teenage girl.

As a trusted author and founder of Brio magazine, Shellenberger has proven a keen ability to reach this often-misunderstood age group with her signature blend of casual, non-threatening teaching.

Updated for teens in 2010, this book will teach girls what it means to pray and know God as Father and Friend.

By nature mothers and their children are drawn to each other in particular if there are daughters. Often, however teen aged daughters shut themselves up in their oom, particularly when they dont wan to talk to their problems. This book attempts to offer an expert insight ino the world of teen girls.

What Your Son Isn't Telling You provides a rare look at the secret lives of teen boys--a world characterized by loneliness and peer fear; one in which measuring up as a man means conforming to a code of always being a tough guy, never showing weakness, and never expressing true feelings. Too many boys feel the constant pressure to prove themselves in classrooms, on playing fields, and especially among their friends. Deep inside they hunger for family support and connection--and long to be accepted by their peers. Each chapter of this must-read book is packed with real-life stories and emails from teen boys that will give parents a new understanding of what their sons aren't telling them.

Most Christian teens don't know how to pray. And when they do pray, they don't know how to discern God's voice. In "Girl Talk With God," author Susie Shellenberger shows teens how to pray and challenges them to deepen specific areas in their lives through a series of conversations between God and a teenage girl. As editor of "Brio" magazine, a Focus on the Family publication for teenage girls with a circulation of over 200,000, Shellenberger has proven a keen ability to reach this often-misunderstood age group with her signature blend of casual, non-threatening teaching.

"The Mother Daughter Connection" is a book designed to help mothers form intimate, working relationships with their daughters by giving mothers an insider's view of their daughters' thoughts and feelings. The editor of "Brio" magazine for girls and a veteran youth expert, Susie Shellenberger helps mothers understand the angst and confusion teen girls feel when coping with such issues as body image, fashion envy, dating, fear of failure, and sharing one's faith. With creative questions, conversation starters, and diary entries, mothers are given the tools to not only help their daughters, but also to learn the "stuff they gotta know" to help their daughters survive the teenage years.

No issue is taboo for How to Help Your Hurting Friend, a frank and valuable handbook of practical advice for today's teenage girls. Previously published as Help! My Friend Is Hurting Susie Shellenberger-author and teen advocate-addresses the most vital, personal, and life-challenging issues in young women's lives. Presented in handbook form, this biblically-based, relevant, and contemporary-focused book empowers girls to salvage and maybe even save the lives of friends. She addresses such things as self-cutting and sexual abuse in a no-nonsense way and no advice is ever vague. This classic book for teenage girls distills the wisdom of the Bible and combines it with the wisdom of many experienced and anointed counselors. How to Help Your Hurting Friend: This is a reissued edition of Help! My Friend Is Hurting. Has a new format including sidebars and intriguing illustrations. Is a great resource for teens, young adults, and parents alike Includes commentary on today's challenges, advice, and a section of letters to the author with helpful, relevant responses.