Free educational resources for the YA Nonfiction Skills series.

For educators, parents, librarians, school counselors, and program coordinators who use the books — or want to — with the teens in their lives. From Mojave Publishing. Use, adapt, print, and share without permission for non-commercial educational purposes.

The first seven titles in the series arrive Summer 2026; the educator resources here are ready now.

Companion Guides

Per-book teaching and discussion guides. Each one includes audience and reading level, curriculum alignment (CCSS, AASL, C3, ISTE, CTE, CASEL crosswalks where they apply), sensitivity and content notes, chapter-by-chapter teaching notes, discussion-question banks, and extension activities. Currently covers all seven publish-track titles.

Topic Guides

Cross-series guides organized by what students are dealing with, not by book. If you know the situation but aren't sure which book or chapter fits, start here. Currently covers social-media anxiety, decisions students are stuck on, friendship and dating trouble, the new AI-deepfake / misinformation landscape, executive function and neurodivergence, first job / first venture / first paycheck, family dynamics, public speaking, the diagnostic for when conflict-resolution skills do — and don't — apply, and leading without a title (influence without authority).

Handouts

Single-page printable reference cards extracted from across the series. Designed to be printed, photocopied, posted on classroom walls or counselor-office boards, and shared with students who need them. The Crisis Resource Card consolidates every hotline, text line, and URL referenced across the series onto one page — recommended for every school counselor's office.

Classroom toolkit (for adopting schools)

Every book in the series has a full chapter-by-chapter classroom toolkit — lesson plans (~180 minutes per chapter, with minimum-viable runtimes), anchor-read excerpts, student worksheets, student-retained reference cards, project rubrics, Marp slide decks, quiz banks, standards-alignment crosswalks (CCSS / CASEL / AP / state CTE / ISTE), differentiation protocols, and teacher notes. Twelve files per chapter; sensitivity and routing protocols built in throughout.

The toolkit is available to schools, districts, and programs adopting the book for classroom use — it is the deeper material that sits behind the free companion guides above. To inquire about classroom adoption, bulk orders, district licensing, or toolkit access, contact skills@mojavepublishing.com.

Individual guides reference each book's author(s) by name. The educator-facing register across this site is institutional and practical; commercial framing (book sales, author pages) lives at skillsforyoungadults.com. For institutional inquiries, licensing, or press: skills@mojavepublishing.com.