Family & Relationships:

Queen Bees and Wannabes
Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World
Written by Rosalind Wiseman

Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $15.00

“My daughter used to be so wonderful. Now I can barely stand her and she won’t tell me anything. How can I find out what’s going on?”

“There’s a clique in my daughter’s grade that’s making her life miserable. She doesn’t want to go to school anymore. Her own supposed friends are... Read more >

Queen Bees and Wannabes
Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World
Written by Rosalind Wiseman

Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $15.00

When Rosalind Wiseman first published Queen Bees & Wannabes, she fundamentally changed the way adults look at girls’ friendships and conflicts–from how they choose their best friends, how they express their anger, their boundaries with boys, and their relationships with parents. Wiseman showed how girls of every background are profoundly influenced... Read more >

What Are You Doing in There?
Balancing Your Need to Know With Your Adolsecent's Need to Grow
Written by Charlene C. Giannetti and Margaret Sagarese

Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $14.00

The "middler years," ages ten through fifteen, have always been characterized by an urge for independence and secrecy from parents. But these days, that secrecy can lead to more danger than ever before. Tackling the frustrations and fears of parenting in a world where cyber predators make headlines every day and... Read more >

7 Things Your Teenager Won't Tell You
And How to Talk About Them Anyway
Written by Jenifer Lippincott and Robin M. Deutsch, Ph.D.

Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $14.95

YES, YOU CAN TALK WITH YOUR TEENAGER

Every teenager keeps secrets. If you’re like most parents, you worry about what your kids don’t tell you. In this guide to keeping pace–and peace–with teens, authors Jenifer Lippincott and Robin Deutsch offer a deceptively simple plan for talking to your kids that’s based... Read more >

The Teenage Body Book
A New Edition for a New Generation
Written by Kathy McCoy, PhD and Charles Wibbelsman

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $17.95

Winner of the American Library Association's Best Book for Young Adults Award.

From acne to emotions, healthy eating to stress-prevention, the teenage years are absolutely full of new challenges for young people; but help does exist, if you know where to look.

The Teenage Body Book by Kathy McCoy, PhD and Charles... Read more >

Boy Crazy!
Keeping our Daughter's Feet on the Ground When Her Head is in the Clouds
Written by Charlene C. Giannetti and Margaret Sagarese

Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $19.00

Your little girl used to play with Barbie.
Now she dresses like her.


The course of teen love never did run smooth, but these days it seems bumpier than ever. Children are growing up faster and pushing the boundaries of sexuality earlier, as well as facing new kinds of pressures most parents have... Read more >

The Primal Teen
What the New Discoveries about the Teenage Brain Tell Us about Our Kids
Written by Barbara Strauch

Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95

The first book to provide a scientific explanation of the mysterious, infuriating, and downright weird behavior of teenagers.

A mother paces the living room waiting for her sixteen-year-old son to come home hours past his curfew. When he finally saunters in, he answers every question with a blank stare, dashes to his... Read more >

When No One Understands
Letters to a Teenager on Life, Loss, and the Hard Road to Adulthood
Written by Brad Sachs

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: January 30, 2007
Price: $14.00

When Amanda first came to Dr. Sachs for treatment, she had attempted suicide more than once. Withdrawn and cynical, she refused to speak during her therapy sessions. Determined to connect, Dr. Sachs tried something unconventional: he wrote letters to Amanda between sessions and invited her to write back, thinking she might... Read more >

Boy Crazy!
Keeping our Daughter's Feet on the Ground When Her Head is in the Clouds
Written by Charlene C. Giannetti and Margaret Sagarese

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $19.00

The course of teen love never did run smooth, but these days it seems bumpier than ever. Children are growing up faster and pushing the boundaries of sexuality earlier, as well as facing new kinds of pressures most parents have never even dreamed of.

You cannot shut down your daughter's hormones... Read more >

7 Things Your Teenager Won't Tell You
And How to Talk About Them Anyway
Written by Jenifer Lippincott and Robin M. Deutsch, Ph.D.

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2005
Price: $14.95

YES, YOU CAN TALK WITH YOUR TEENAGER

Every teenager keeps secrets. If you’re like most parents, you worry about what your kids don’t tell you. In this guide to keeping pace–and peace–with teens, authors Jenifer Lippincott and Robin Deutsch offer a deceptively simple plan for talking to your kids that’s based... Read more >

The Primal Teen
What the New Discoveries about the Teenage Brain Tell Us about Our Kids
Written by Barbara Strauch

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $14.95

For anyone who has ever puzzled over the mysterious and often infuriating behavior of a teenager comes a groundbreaking look at the teenage brain written by the medical science and health editor for The New York Times. While many members of the scientific community have long held that the growing pains... Read more >

What Are You Doing in There?
Balancing Your Need to Know With Your Adolsecent's Need to Grow
Written by Charlene C. Giannetti and Margaret Sagarese

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2003
Price: $14.00

The "middler years," ages ten through fifteen, have always been characterized by an urge for independence and secrecy from parents. But these days, that secrecy can lead to more danger than ever before. Tackling the frustrations and fears of parenting in a world where cyber predators make headlines every day and... Read more >

American Academy of Pediatrics Caring For Your Teenager

Written by Philip Bashe
Edited by Donald Greydanus

Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
On Sale: April 29, 2003
Price: $18.95

Expert, authoritative guidance you can trust on helping your teenager cope with the changes and challenges of adolescence, from The American Academy of Pediatrics.

The critical, life-shaping years between twelve and twenty-one have been called the “turbulent teens.” But adolescence doesn’t have to be a time of anxiety and upheaval--for either teenagers... Read more >

The Launching Years
Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life
Written by Laura Kastner and Jennifer Wyatt

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: August 27, 2002
Price: $13.95

Launching a child from home is second only to child-birth in its impact on a family. Parents can end up reeling with the empty-nest blues, while teens find their powers of self-reliance stretched to the breaking point. During the time of upheaval that begins senior year of high school with the... Read more >

The Stardust Lounge
Stories from a Boy's Adolescence
Written by Deborah Digges

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2002
Price: $13.95

Stephen Digges is the kind of angry adolescent a lot of parents would have given up on. He is out of control by the time he is 13 -- running with gangs, stealing cars, fooling around with drugs and guns, and in general making his family’s life hell. Confronted with his... Read more >