The Amazing Generation

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School Library Journal Best Book of the Year!

From bestselling authors Catherine Price and Jonathan Haidt, this new book for kids and teens is a handbook for living a happy and exciting life that isn’t hijacked by a smartphone.

Catherine Price, author of the How to Break Up with Your Phone, has teamed up with Anxious Generation author Jonathan Haidt to create a new book that speaks directly to kids and early teens. Their goal? To empower young people to stand up for themselves by choosing a life not dominated by screens.

Written for kids and teens—and relevant whether or not they already have smartphones or social media accounts—this engaging guide is packed with surprising facts, a graphic novel, interactive challenges, secrets that tech leaders don’t want kids to know, and real-life anecdotes from young adults who regret getting smartphones at a young age and want to help the next generation avoid making the same mistakes. 

But this isn’t just a book about what not to do. It’s a bold, optimistic, and practical guide to growing into your most authentic, confident, and adventurous self. Readers won’t just discover how to avoid becoming the next Anxious Generation. They’ll learn how to become amazing.

Additional free resources:

• Family tech recs

• Educator’s guide

• Discussion guide

• Community Reads Guide