Not Much Just Chillin'
The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers
Written by Linda Perlstein

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2004
Price: $16.00

Suddenly they go from striving for A’s to barely passing, from fretting about cooties to obsessing for hours about crushes. Former chatterboxes answer in monosyllables; freethinkers mimic everything from clothes to opinions. Their bodies and psyches morph through the most radical changes since infancy. They are kids in the middle-school years... Read more >

Buxton Spice

Written by Oonya Kempadoo

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: June 15, 2004
Price: $16.00

Back in print: an extraordinary first novel by'a writer to watch and to enjoy.'*

Told in the voice of a girl as she moves from childhood into adolescence, Buxton Spice is the story the town of Tamarind Grove: its eccentric families, its sweeping joys, and its sudden tragedies. The novel brings to... 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 >