Challenge Success Books for Parents, Teachers,
Administrators, and Students
All of the following books are available for check-out from the Mountain
View High School Library. They cover a range of topics related to
adolescents, including development, academics, college, homework,
parenting, brain research, resilience, and relationships. Any books that are
not here have already been checked out. We can put a hold on books that
are out if you leave your name. Many of these books were purchased with a
generous donation from the PTSA.
7 Things Your Teenager Won't Tell You: And How to Talk About Them Anyway by
Jenifer Lippincott and Robin Deutsch
A Parent’s Guide to Building Resilience in Children and Teens by Dr. Kenneth
Ginsburg
American Academy of Pediatrics Caring for Your Teenager by Philip Bashe
Best Friends, Worst Enemies by Michael Thompson.
But I’m Almost 13: Raising a Responsible Adolescent by Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg
Catching Up or Leading the Way by Yong Zhao
Community: The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block
“Doing School” … How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out,
Materialistic, & Miseducated Students by Denise Clark Pope #
21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times by Bernie Trilling and Charles
Fadel
Engaging Minds: Motivation and Learning in America's Schools by David Goslin
Getting in Without Freaking Out: The Official College Admissions Guide for
Overwhelmed Parents by Arlene Matthews
Getting to Calm: Cool-headed Strategies for Parenting Tweens and Teens by Laura
Kastner & Jennifer Wyatt
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and
Elaine Mazlish
It’s a Boy by Michael Thompson
Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to Guiding Your Teen Through
College Admissions and Beyond by Marilee Jones & Kenneth Ginsburg
Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide by Kay Jamison
Nurture Shock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads by Rosalind Wiseman
Raising Cain by Michael Thompson
Raising Resilient Children : Fostering Strength, Hope, and Optimism in Your Child
by Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein
Real Boys by William Pollack
Resiliency in Schoools: Making It Happen for Students and Educators Updated
Edition by Nan Henderson
Resiliency: What We Have Learned by Bonnie Benard
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John Ratey
Staying Connected to Your Teenager: How to Keep Them Talking to You and Hear
What They’re Really Saying by Michael Riera
The Battle Over Homework: Common Ground for Administrators, Teachers, and
Parents by Dr. Harris M. Cooper
The Case Against Homework by Sarah Bennett and Nancy Kalish
The End of Homework: How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children,
and Limits Learning by John Buell and Etta Kralovec
The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity Will
Determine Our Future by Linda Darling-Hammond
The Game of School: Why We All Play, How It Hurts Kids, and What It Will Take
to Change It by Robert Fried
The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College by Jacques
Steinberg
The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing by Alfie Kohn
The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life by
Laura Kastner and Jennifer Wyatt
The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids by Alexandra Robbins
The Pressured Child: Freeing Our Kids from Performance Overdrive and Helping
Them Find Success in School and Life by Michael Thompson
The Price of Privilege by Madeline Levine
The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries About the Teenage Brain Tell Us
About Our Kids by Barbara Strauch
The Project Happiness Handbook by Randy Taran and Maria Linegar
The Resilience Factor: 7 Keys to Finding Your Inner Strength and Overcoming
Life's Hurdles by Karen Reivich and Andrew Shatte
Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers by Michael Riera
WHY Do They Act That Way?: A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You
and Your Teen by David Walsh and Nat Bennett