Jan Kern

writing and speaking about teen and young adult issues

  • Books

  • internet addictions

    In Eyes Online, Eyes On Life--A Journey Out of Online Addictions, you'll read about Colin whose loneliness fed an obsession with the Internet that led to addictions to pornography, gaming, and endless surfing.

    Read an excerpt

    Eyes Online, Eyes On Life is available to preorder through Amazon

  • false intimacy

    Seduced by Sex, Saved by Love was a 2009 Retailers Choice Award finalist in the youth categoy!

    In Seduced by Sex, Saved by Love-- A Journey Out of False Intimacy, you'll follow the true story of Suzy, whose search for acceptance and belonging pulled her into the grip of the pressures, lies, and confusion of today's message about sexuality.

    Read more! Check out the excerpt.

    Order Seduced by Sex, Saved by Love through Amazon. or your local bookstore.

  • <Scars

  • self-injury

    Scars That Wound, Scars That Heal is a 2008 ECPA Book of the Year Finalist!

    Read an excerpt

    In Scars That Wound, Scars That Heal--A Journey Out of Self-Injury, you'll walk alongside Jackie, whose arms are marked with reminders of the painful journey she thought she had to take alone.

    Available through Amazon. and your local bookstore.

  • more books

    Click here to see other books by Jan Kern.

Archive for September, 2008

author chats about vital teen and young adult issues

Posted by jankern on September 6, 2008

[NOTE: Unfortunately Abunga is no longer in business. so the links are not active. I will be deleting this post soon.]

Want to talk about the Live Free series and the topics of self-injury, sexual compromise, and Internet obsessions? Chat with me about my journey in writing these books and telling the true stories? Join me on Wednesday, September 10th at Abunga.com!

Author Chat with Jan Kern at Abunga.com
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008
11 a.m. – Noon PDT / 1 – 2 p.m. CDT / 2 – 3 p.m. EDT (LIVE)

For more information:
Abunga’s Newsroom

How to participate in the chat:

Go to: Author’s at Abunga

You can visit the site prior to the chat and submit questions ahead of time, even if you won’t be able to participate on the day of the chat. And of course you can submit questions, if you’d like, during the chat on Wednesday, September 10th.

On the day of the chat, go to the link above and click on “Chat with Jan Kern.” Join in the discussion!

Afterwards (give Abunga some time to compile), you can download a pdf file of the discussion in Abunga’s archive section. Read the rest of this entry »

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