Teen boys need role models and encouragement more than ever, and Teen Trailblazers: Boys Who Dared highlights 30 young men who acted with kindness, strength, and courage on their paths to greatness. From Louis Braille, who invented the Braille System of reading when he was 15, to Suhas Gopinath, who became the worlds youngest global company CEO at 17, the boys profiled in this book are racially and socioeconomically diverse, from around the world, throughout history, and across dozens of disciplines, to give a broad picture of teen boy success.

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 12 years.

There are 128 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2022 by Castle Point Books .

VESNA ASANOVIC is an artist and illustrator based in Toronto, Canada. She holds a BDes from Ontario College of Art and Design. She works primarily digitally with a particular interest in bright, bold colors and graphic shapes. In her free time you can find Vesna drawing in her sketchbook on a sunny patio. JENNIFER CALVERT is a writer and editor with dozens of credits in nonfiction publishing, including Teen Trailblazers . You can find her curled up with a book and a cat in New Jersey.