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Give Back: Teens and Volunteering

Nonfiction

Cover of Volunteerism
Topics covered include mandatory student volunteerism, volunteer army and government volunteer programs.
Richard Mintzer
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.
Cover of Volunteering: The Ultimate Teen Guide
Kathlyn Gay
Explores volunteering in the U.S. and the wide range of opportunities available for teens. Includes a resource list.
Robert Wandberg
Details ways for teens to volunteer in their communities.
Cover of You Can Change Your World!: Creative Ways to Volunteer and Make a Difference
Sondra Clark
Thirteen-year-old author, spokesperson, and world traveler Sondra Clark shares all sorts of ways you can give back to your community through volunteerism.
Suzanne J. Murdico
Defines environmental service-learning, gives examples of different types, explains how to get started and outlines the benefits.
Susan K. Perry
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

Cover of Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks
Lauren Myracle
After spending the summer volunteering, Carly returns home to find her little sister isn't so little anymore and their relationship has changed.
Edward Myers
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.
Cover of Kathleen’s Story
Lurlene McDaniel
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.
Cover of Journey of Hope: Two Novels
Lurlene McDaniel
These two stories follow sisters Heather and Amber as they travel to Africa to provide medical help and learn about themselves in the process.
Cover of Real Time: A Novel
Pnina Kass
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.
Cover of Project Princess
Meg Cabot
A Princess Diaries mini-novel: Princess Mia and her friends volunteer to build a house for the less fortunate during their spring break.
Cover of Rising Water
P.J. Petersen
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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