New Releases by Susie Shellenberger

Smart girl, this guide was created just for you! . . . The Smart Girl’s Guide to Mean Girls, Manicures, and God''s Amazing Plan for ME melds spiritual and practical advice with humor—a winning combination as you’re trying to navigate the ups and downs of life with grace and confidence. 101 tips including. . . · Learn to wait.· Eliminate distractions.· Be intentional.· Be flexible.· Put down your phone. · Contribute to your community. · Iron something.· Live today as though it''s your last.· Trust God. · Be a light. · Don''t be a mean girl. . . . and dozens more will encourage and challenge your spirit, equipping you to go deeper in your faith and grow an increasingly intimate relationship with God—and you just might encounter a little fun along the way! I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. Jeremiah 29:11 msg

This insightful 30-day eBook Bible study contains selections from the Faithgirlz Secret Power Girls Bible Study series. Written especially for fun-loving girls ages 8-12 by beloved author Susie Shellenberger, the deep truths found in each day will challenge, inspire, and nourish your growing soul. Includes selections from The Secret Power of Love (book of Ruth), The Secret Power of Grace (1 Peter), and The Secret Power of Goodness (Colossians). The Secret Power of Love: Like Cinderella, sometimes it’s easy to feel left out and ignored. Maybe things with your family aren’t right, or you don’t feel very lovable. But something amazing happens when you discover God’s love. Journey through the book of Ruth and study one girl’s real-life “Cinderella story,” and see how God transformed her world. The Secret Power of Grace: You probably want to achieve great things. You probably want a happy life. And you probably want to look incredible every step of the way, sporting a style that makes you sparkle. For a girl like you, that’s no problem—because you’re about to discover the secrets to true success, lasting joy, and a killer style you’ll never outgrow. Cruise through the book of 1 Peter and learn God’s ideas about a beauty and style unlike anything money can buy at the mall. The Secret Power of Goodness: Sometimes it seems everyone has a different idea of what is true. Some people say that truth is simply whatever works for you. But what if you found reliable truth—as solid and real as the ground you walk on? What if it changed your life? What if it changed you? Come explore the book of Colossians and learn to sort through what you hear about other’s beliefs while discovering what makes our faith special and what it means to be a Christian.

The Smart Girl’s Guide melds spiritual and practical advice with humor, equipping you to stand up for your faith and really live the Christian walk every day.

Secret Power to Treasures, Purity, and a Good Complexion is a look at the book of Colossians that will help you discern what it means to be a Christian. This book can help you sort out all the stuff you hear about other beliefs and figure out what does and doesn’t fit with being a follower of Christ. And don’t worry—this isn’t at all like reading a book for school. It’s more like a map for an adventure. Check it out a little at a time, or a lot; look at it alone, with a friend … or with a bunch of friends. If you take the time to get through this book, you will: • Discover treasures you never knew about • Find goodness you didn’t know you had • Tap into the secret power that will change your life

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.

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.

A mom''s guide to nurturing her daughter''s faith, from the editor of Focus on the Family''s Brio Magazine

Even the strongest mother-daughter relationships have secrets. Here is everything she won''t tell you about her world, mind, and heart--and what she really needs from you.

As Shellenberger and Gowler navigate readers--both moms and daughters--through the differing stages of the complex mother-daughter relationship, they use biblical examples to show that covenants can change lives when made with Gods power and blessing.

With this interactive study of 1 Peter, teen girls get a chance to examine God''s ideas about what it means to be happy and successful. With true-to-life stories and practical tips, readers discover a secret power that''s theirs or the taking--because Christ has already won it for them.

An innovative walk through Paul''s Epistle to the Philippians, perfectly tailored to young girls by the Secret Power for Girls concept -- leading students to understand the ''secrets'' of God''s plan for their lives; and revealing the spiritual power that can be theirs by the Holy Ghost -- through Susie Shellenberger''s unique teaching gifts. Readers will ''join'' Paul in his struggles and revelations; will examine God''s plan and their own responses; and will come to a deeper relationship with God and k

You spotted him the first day of school: those incredible eyes, that gorgeous smile . . . and he''s even got a great personality! Your heart jumps and your palms get sweaty every time you see him or hear his name. So what do you do now? How do you act? What do you say? HELP! Whether you''ve dated a little or maybe not at all, the truth is the same: It''s not easy relating to guys. They''re tough to read sometimes, and it''s hard to know how you should respond. You''ll probably never learn to "think like a guy." But Susie Shellenberger''s wit and wisdom will help you understand the signals of the opposite sex. Anybody Got a Clue about Guys? gives you sound advice about starting and keeping good relationships with today''s guys. It will also teach you a lot about what they like and dislike about girls.

Discusses how to make and keep friends and how to help friends deal with some of the difficult issues young people face, including depression, sex, illness, homosexuality, and violence.

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.

Presents Christian advice to young girls in question-answer format, covering such topics as family, guys, body and health, friends, faith, and school.

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.

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.

Discusses living as a good Christian in our modern culture and how to make a difference at home, at school, and in the community.

Offers advice on dealing with a variety of common concerns for high school students, including cheating, taking showers in P.E. class, getting along with teachers, and more--all from the Christian perspective.

Susie Shellenberger is the editor of Brio, a magazine for teen girls. In this book she fields questions on every imaginable question of interest to young girls, some sad, some serious, and some so humorous they will make you laugh out loud. Each answer reflects the author''s faith in God and in the wisdom of his Word.