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Nonfiction
Topics covered include mandatory student volunteerism, volunteer army and government volunteer programs.
Real-life examples of ways that young people and their families can reach out as volunteers to help others cope with tragedies or improve their communities.
Explores volunteering in the U.S. and the wide range of opportunities available for teens. Includes a resource list.
Details ways for teens to volunteer in their communities.
Thirteen-year-old author, spokesperson, and world traveler Sondra Clark shares all sorts of ways you can give back to your community through volunteerism.
Defines environmental service-learning, gives examples of different types, explains how to get started and outlines the benefits.
Twenty award-winning teen volunteers prove that changing the world is hard – but fun! Resources on how to get involved (and stay involved) are included.
Fiction
After spending the summer volunteering, Carly returns home to find her little sister isn't so little anymore and their relationship has changed.
After the death of Seth’s girlfriend and Jenna’s sister, Franny, they both join the volunteer EMT squad, trying to escape their demons. Told from alternating points-of-view, the duo face their fears and the pain of their loss while trying to save others’ lives in the adrenaline rush of an EMT’s work.
Sixteen-year-old Kathleen tries to balance her summer volunteer work at the hospital with her responsibilities caring for her mother, who has multiple sclerosis, and her attraction to a handsome boy.
These two stories follow sisters Heather and Amber as they travel to Africa to provide medical help and learn about themselves in the process.
The day that sixteen-year-old Thomas Wanninger arrives in Israel to work on a kibbutz, a terrorist attack rips through a Jerusalem bus, changing the lives of many of the kibbutz members.
A Princess Diaries mini-novel: Princess Mia and her friends volunteer to build a house for the less fortunate during their spring break.
What should have been an easy task turns dangerous when three teen volunteers from an animal center find a pair of armed looters ransacking an abandoned house.
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