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36 reviews
Kristin Hannah

St. Martin's Press, 2008

Kristin Hannah Good As Usual
While basically a "women's Book," this male was very entertained. I have always found Hannah's books to be enjoyable, but this one was especially so.

Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers

48 reviews
Nancy Amanda Redd

Gotham, 2007

Real women, real girls
This writer has put together a set of real pictures of the real women we know and have in our families. Not to fret. We love the look you have for the many reasons you are loved.Notwithstanding, for the "girls who want to look different or think they need to look different, this book is an eye opener. Mothers, share with your daughters, men with you son's and the other way as well. We all have ...

Parenting Teens With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition)

31 reviews
Foster W. Cline, Jim Fay

Pinon Press, 2006

A How-To Book for Parenting Teens!
In today's complex world, it is harder and harder to know what to do to maintain better relationships with our teens as well as to guide them appropriately. This book is a must for anyone who finds themselves at a loss by the challenges of the teen years, especially given the changes in our contemporary lives.

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

161 reviews
Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish

Collins, 1999

Still the best
A coworker of mine highly recommended this book to me in the early 1990s when my children were very small, telling me it was the best book she had ever read about kids. I forgot about this and never followed up on her advice until my children started the backtalk phase and the disagreeableness of the preteen years. After lots of unhappy interactions with them, I remembered her advice when ...

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

55 reviews
Sherman Alexie

Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007

Really Good
I loved this book. I thought the main character was relateable, and through the story while he learns, the reader learns with him. The book will keep you laughing (and in my case, crying a bit too).

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

1237 reviews
Stephen Chbosky

MTV, 1999

I found my inner wallflower
This book was recommended to me by an 18 year old girl - I am 34 - so I was skeptical. One day, I found myself at my car dealership waiting on a repair so I decided, why not start reading this book? I couldn't put it down. I am about 30 pages from finishing it and though I can't wait to read it, I am procrastinating because I don't want it to be over. This book is amazing. It's simple yet ...

The Freedom Writers Diary : How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World ...

129 reviews
Freedom Writers, Zlata Filipovic

Main Street Books, 1999

The Freedom Writers
The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them An examination of the humanity that exists within all of us, The Freedom Writers Diary considers the history and the factors that affect the lives of the youth in her school that were considered "basic" and even potentially dangerous at times. A truly directed and ...

Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys

107 reviews
Dan Kindlon, Michael Thompson

Ballantine Books, 2000

Must read... and you won't be able to put it down!
This is the best book I've seen about raising boys. My husband and I both have read every single page -- it's the first parenting book we've ever really read together, and we've talked about all of it. My husband felt like he was reading about all the secret struggles he went through as a child too. This is the first book that's made me want to change the way I parent...

Clique #9, The: Bratfest at Tiffany's (Clique Series)

13 reviews
Lisi Harrison

Poppy, 2008

Awesome...wait...what about your summer?
I was so excited to read this! Overall I would say that it is a pretty good book. The only thing I didn't like is that the author kept hinting around what happened in the summer before the school year started, since the summer is covered in 5 seperate books that won't come out until later, it kind of annoyed me...other than that awesome!

Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager, ...

89 reviews
Anthony E. Wolf

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002

Excellent Advice!
I found this book extremely helpful! I was constantly arguing with my teenage daughter and things have improved significantly since I read this book. Anthony Wolf offers both comfort and great advice for relating to your child. I found the chapter on conflict especially helpful as it allowed me to understand what goes on in the teen mind! I would recommend this book to anybody with a teenager and ...

What's Going on Down There?: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask

38 reviews
Karen Gravelle, Nick Castro, ...

Walker Books for Young Readers, 1998

Great Information!
I mailed a copy of this book to my 10 year old step son, because he was asking his father questions about the process of becoming a man. I read the book thoroughly. I believe the book is excellent. There are a few points in the book that will make a parent uncomfortable, but it is information a young boy needs to know, and deals with situations he has likely seen on television or in movies. ...

The Outsiders

1523 reviews
S. E. Hinton

Puffin, 1997

The Outsiders
Have you ever wanted to be in a gang? Well don't join a gang because one day, you might be dead! You never know when someone might shoot you. The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, is a good book about gangs. It made me realize that being in a gang is not fun and that you can die really quickly. When I was eight years old I used to read lots of books from S.E. Hinton, but when I read The Outsiders, it ...

Gossip Girl Boxed Set

24 reviews
Cecily von Ziegesar

Poppy, 2003

A delicious series that will definitely give you something to talk about!
The Upper East Side used to be overrun with plastic surgery happy society women, and spoiled tots torturing their high-priced nannies. But times have changed. While these people still occupy a small portion of the sidewalks, they have been pushed aside for a new generation of beautiful people. Teenagers brought up in the lap of luxury, who spend their days buying overpriced La Perla undergarments ...

Staying Connected to Your Teenager: How to Keep Them Talking to You and How to Hear What They're Really Saying

8 reviews
Michael Riera

Perseus Publishing, 2003

Invaluable Insight
This is by far the best book I have EVER read regarding my relationship with my two teenagers! One of the most revealing things to hit me was the concept of transitioning from a "Manager" to a "Consultant" in your relationship with your teen...how profoundly helpful. No other book has helped me on so many levels in my relations with my children. I am divorced father and have an ex who didn't ...

Go Ask Alice

74 reviews
Anonymous

Simon Pulse, 2005

It kept me off drugs!
I read this book in the 70s, when I was 14 or 15. (On my old copy, Beatrice Sparks gets no mention). It seemed completely believable as a teenager's diary. Since it was edited, we don't know what was in the original that got cut out. (If you've read the "completed" Anne Frank diary compared to the popular version, you'll see some of the stuff concerning school friends got deleted because it ...

Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of ...

90 reviews
Rosalind Wiseman

Three Rivers Press, 2002

Every parent with a daughter needs this book
Wow, if you are female this book will take you back in time and make you more compassionate towards your daugher. If you are a dad - you need to read this to realize what your daugher is going through. It is a quick read. I think my daughter apprecaites that I am reading this book. By the way it was suggested by her Dr. that I read it.

Best Friends for Never (The Clique, No. 2)

85 reviews
Lisi Harrison

Poppy, 2004

Being An Alpha ain't That Great
As Alicia stages her take over to become an alpha, her and her BFF, Massie drift apart and the two find themselves in a raging, war of who has the better hold on their Clique. This book tells an amazing story of what a clique can do to crush you if you get in their way. After this book I was definitely hooked to the Clique series.

The Ramona Collection, Vol. 1: Ramona the Brave / Ramona and Her Father/Ramona the Pest/Beezus and Ramona

9 reviews
Beverly Cleary

HarperTrophy, 2006

Still great stories!
I loved these books as a kid and now my daughter's love the stories too. The illustrations inside are enough to help give the kids a little idea and then they picture the rest inside their heads as we read along! I really do prefer these Ramona stories compared to the Junie B Jones stories. Ramona seems to be alot more wholesome where I do find that Junie B Jones can be quite the rude little girl ...

Clique Summer Collection #2: Dylan (Clique Series)

Poppy, 2008

Game, Set, Match... Dylan? When Dylan and her mom arrive in Maui for the Aloha Open, Dylan couldn't give two milkshakes about Merri-Lee's big interview with Svetlana Slootskya a.k.a. Tennis the Menace-Dylan's going to be too busy getting trim, toned, and totally hawt for the start of eighth grade. But when she meets tennis-obsessed Johnny, Dylan realizes she's got something to learn from Svetlana if she wants to catch his eye. Will it be doubles ...

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

311 reviews
Mary Pipher

Riverhead Trade, 2005

Raising Strong, Resilient Girls
This book was riveting. From the first chapter, through the painful case studies, to the final solutions the author extended, it was like looking through multipaned windows and mirrors, seeing my sister, my mother, my daughters and my granddaughters, my friends, my students, and myself. Coincidentally, a few months prior to reading this book, I had come across an old photo of myself while ...

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