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The Pretty Committee Strikes Back
"...Massie took one look around.It was the last time she'd ever see these faces again."The fifth book in The Clique series, The Pretty Committee Strikes Back, takes the girls out of the city and into the wilderness as they venture into the woods on a school camping trip!Not only do they get to be away from their parents but they also get to be with the Briarwood boys who are only a few yards away.With all the excitement of the trip and having the boys their combined, the girls figure that they need to be prepared for anything so Massie starts M.U.C.K. (Massie's Underground Clinic for Kissing).Tension builds up when Massie is found to be a fake at kissing experience.But emotions run wild when Claire finds Alicia kissing her boyfriend as a way to get revenge for kissing her own crush.To add to the drama Dylan finds her famous talk show host mom kissing her geography teacher which causes her to run off into the woods mad, dragging the rest of The Pretty Committee along with her.Although they were specifically told not to venture off into the woods without adult supervision they continue to go deeper and deeper in.After an encounter with a grizzly bear the girls finally arrive back to camp grounds safely - only to find that they have been expelled from Octavian Country Day school!
Spectacular series!
I started reading these books before the summer started and Im hooked! To live like Massie Block and her friends would be like living among the gods. Sure they are spoiled snobs that we all hate to love, but, Hello?? we're entertained by it. Thats the important thing that we read a good story that keeps us entertained and we want to read more, and more of them. Lisi Harrison should be one happy camper. Cause I don't know anyone who doesn't like her books. THUMBS UP!!!!!!!!!!

i luv this book!!
when i first saw this book, i thought it would be another one of thosesame, old, never-ending popular book about the lives of popular girls, but i was dead wrong! i was bored and started reading the first book and i was hooked! i couldn't drop the books... and i'm not that big of a reader. this book is my favorite one so far... i think. i'm not done with the series yet. the book shows that although some girls can look cool and pretty on the outside, they do have the problems that other girls may have and the solutions are crazy and entertaining. i luv this book and the other clique series book. read it! =] ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    3. Cliques (Sociology)    4. Fiction    5. Interpersonal relations    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Kissing    8. Lifestyles - City & Town Life    9. School & Education    10. Social Issues - Adolescence    11. Social Issues - Friendship    12. Social Issues - General    13. Social Situations - General    14. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / General   

Editorial Review

Ages 12 and up. Best buds Tibby, Carmen, Lena and Bridget are back with their magical pair of shared jeans in Read more

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A great book!
I have read all of the books in this series and they were all amazing. This one was one that caught my attention more than the other ones just because all of the girls in the book are more independent and rebelious. It is a classic girly girl book that keeps you on your toes. I couldn't put it down! It took me only a day to read and it was killing me that I hadn't yet read the last book. I highly recomend it to anyone that likes love stories with a little twist! It tells the story of four girls Bridget, Carmen, Tibby, and Lena. They have been best friends for their whole life and have to again seperate for the summer. Each girl goes to their summer destinations. This can not tear them apart of course, they write to eachother and pass around a pair of pants. These aren't any ordinary pants though they are magical. They bring good luck to each girl and fits each of their very different shapes. A symbol of friendship and love that is with them, like a blanket. Put this on your top for "must read!"

Girls in Pants Review
Girls in Pants is the sequel to the sisterhood books 1 & 2. This book is about 4 teenage girls who have magic pants that fits all of them and brings them good luck. The book tells you about thier lives the summer before they all go of to college.
The Septembers are growing up...well, partly, anyway.
Tibby, Lena, Carmen and Bee are now 17 and have just graduated from high school. All are looking toward college in the fall. Not all of them eagerly, but at least with the knowledge that college will help each reach a desired goal. Tibby is planning to go to film school at NYU; Lena wants to go to art school in New Jersey; Carmen to Williams; and Bee, well Bee could go anywhere she wanted. Every school to which she applied accepted her. She chose Brown.
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Subjects:  1. Best friends    2. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. Conduct of life    5. Fiction    6. Friendship    7. Jeans (Clothing)    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Social Issues - Adolescence    10. Social Issues - Friendship    11. Social Situations - Friendship    12. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Friendship   

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The Various Elements
While I must agree with some of the other people here who said that the main plotline of whether Sam and David were going to have sex or not was boring, there was more to the book than just that.In particular, I had a soft spot for Harold and Lucy's budding relationship, as well as the plotline of Sam's job at the video store.Also interesting to me was the 'slut' plotline, since I have personally witnessed such hypocritical behaviour at my own high school.While the end scene of everybody calling themselves sluts was a bit unbelieveable I must admit that I did give an inner scream of joy when Harold went up to join the girls.
Rave Reviews from 14 1/2 year old daughter...
Daughter just finished the book...and loved it.She seems to really like this author and her style of writing.
Awesome!
I really liked this book.I thought it was even better than the first one.I would recommend it for kids who are older than 12.Great read! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Family - Siblings    4. Fiction    5. Girls & Women    6. High schools    7. Humorous Stories    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Love & Romance    10. Presidents    11. Schools    12. Sex    13. Social Issues - Dating & Sex    14. Social Situations - Adolescence    15. Juvenile Fiction / Girls & Women   

Editorial Review

They were just a soft, ordinary pair of thrift-shop jeans until the fourgirls took turns trying them on--four girls, that is, who are close friends,about to be parted for the summer, with very different sizes and builds, not tomention backgrounds and personalities. Yet the pants settle on each girl's hipsperfectly, making her look sexy and long-legged and feel confident as a teenagercan feel. "These are magical Pants!" they realize, and so they make a pact toshare them equally, to mail them back and forth over the summer from whereverthey are. Beautiful, distant Lena is going to Greece to be with hergrandparents; strong, athletic Bridget is off to soccer camp in Baja,California; hot-tempered Carmen plans to have her divorced father all to herselfin South Carolina; and Tibby the rebel will be left at home to slave for minimumwage at Wallman's.Read more

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An awesome book!
The Sister Hood of the Traveling Pants is an awesome book.It talks about the trials and tribulations about four teenage girls who have to be separated for the summer.It may not seem like a big deal but it is to them because they have been friends their whole lives.Their moms met in a yoga class when they were pregnant.All of the girls end up in different places of the world: Lena ends up in Greece, Carmen leaves for her dad's house, Bridgett travels to Baja Mexico for a soccer camp, and Tibby stays at home.Before they are about to separate, they find this pair of pants that Carmen got at the thrift store.It fits them all perfectly, as if by magic.So, they make up the sisterhood and make up all of the rules.They record all of their adventures of the pants at the end of the summer and share them with each other.Its' a great story and I would encourage anybody to read it.

Sister Hood of the Traveling Pants
"Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants", is an outstanding book for all ages. This story is about four teenage girls who have been inseperable since they were born and now they have to split up for the summer and find their own adventures. Carmen is going to South Carolina where she will spend the summer with her dad, but what she doesn't know is what will await her arrival. Bridget is the boy crazy one, who is going tosoccer camp. Will this be the summer she finds true love? Lena, is going to Greece to visit her grandparents. Lena is very coservative, but will the glorious trip away get her to release her inner beauty. Tibby is the only one staying home. She is making a documentry while working at Wallmans, the convenient store. Tibby makes a new friend and discovers something that is real and moving. An old pair of jeans is the only thing that will keep the girls together. How will the pants give the girls hope and love to have their best summer ever!

Sister Hood of the Traveling Pants
"Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants", is an outstanding book for all ages. This story is about four teenage girls who have been inseperable since they were born and now they have to split up for the summer and find their own adventures. Carmen is going to South Carolina where she will spend the summer with her dad, but what she doesn't know is what will await her arrival. Bridget is the boy crazy one, who is going tosoccer camp. Will this be the summer she finds true love? Lena, is going to Greece to visit her grandparents. Lena is very coservative, but will the glorious trip away get her to release her inner beauty. Tibby is the only one staying home. She is making a documentry while working at Wallmans, the convenient store. Tibby makes a new friend and discovers something that is real and moving. An old pair of jeans is the only thing that will keep the girls together. How will the pants give the girls hope and love to have their best summer ever! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Best friends    2. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. Fiction    5. Friendship    6. Jeans (Clothing)    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Social Issues - Adolescence    9. Social Issues - Friendship    10. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Friendship   

Editorial Review

Ever since Mark's parents died, he has been living with Bryon. The boys are more like brothers than mere friends. They've been inseparable--until recently. Something seems to be changing between them, and Bryon can't figure it out. Is it Cathy, Bryon's new girlfriend? Is Mark jealous? Bryon is also tired of the street fighting, but Mark seems unable to quit. And where is Mark getting all of that money? In Read more

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That was then , this is now
The theme of the story "This was then this is now" is changed throughout the story the boys Mark and Bryon seem to be in school and walking down the streets most of the time and wondering anywhere there situation is. The aspect of the story I personally liked was that Mark and Bryon are in different situations, like Bryon has a girlfriend that mark and is constantly getting into street fights and mark is jealous of Bryon having a girlfriend. And at the same time mark seems to be coming up with money and can't control himself and won't seem to quit most of the time. The aspects that weren't so interesting to me were that Bryon gets into street fights the were caused by the stupidest things and doesn't want to resolve the problems he just wants to fight all the time and he gets tired of fighting already. I think that images that Hinton put out were very persuading to the person whose reading the book, because he said how Bryon sticks up for mark in a fight and how there on the streets dealing with the problems, I also thought that the main characters were believable because I would think the boys were just the typical best friends that get in to situations that the boys get into in the story.The story was an adventure that two best friends have in a lifetime.

Oustanding, Hard Hitting
As a 7th Grade Language Arts teacher in search ofgood book for my students, I hit a home run with this one.Wow! Powerful!
Another outstanding novel about teen boys in trouble
When I was in tenth grade, my English teacher read "The Outsiders" by S. E. Hinton to the class. I loved the book so much that I reread it one year later and consider it one of the best examples of fiction about teenagers. While this book isn't quite the caliber of "Outsiders" it is another excellent novel about teenagers experiencing troubles.
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Editorial Review

"She was homeschooling gone amok." "She was an alien." "Her parents werecircus acrobats." These are only a few of the theories concocted to explainStargirl Caraway, a new 10th grader at Arizona's Mica Area High School who wearspioneer dresses and kimonos to school, strums a ukulele in the cafeteria, laughswhen there are no jokes, and dances when there is no music. The whole school, not exactly a"hotbed of nonconformity," is stunned by her, including our 16-year-old narratorLeo Borlock: "She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was thefaintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl."Read more

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Stargirl: A unique story
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli is a wonderful book!It teaches you that it is okay to be unique and different.When you read this book, you feel so attached to the characters.Stargirl also makes you feel emotional, which makes you never want to put it dowm. If you haven't read this novel,and you like stories with emotions and life long lessons,this book is defenitly for you!

star girl

*girl
O-M-G!!!!
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I loved this book
As a youthspeaker, author to teens, and mentor to teens, I highly recommend this book for young women. Shaunti Feldhahn and Lisa Rice weren't afraid to delve into relevant topics and give an eye-opening look at what guys are thinking. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. Christianity    5. Conduct of life    6. Girls & Women    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Man-woman relationships    9. Religion (Young Adult)    10. Religious aspects    11. Sexual behavior    12. Social Issues - Adolescence    13. Social Issues - Dating and Sex    14. Teenage girls    15. Juvenile Nonfiction / Girls & Women    16. YOUTH/ YOUTH INTERESTS / DATING & SEX   

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loved!
I loved this book, just like the others (from 1 to 6). You simply can't stop reading! I already bought numbers 8 and 9 and I can't wait to start reading... I MUST know what will happen in Blair and Serena's future!

Gossip Girl- Nobody does it better
For those of you that are familiar with the Gossip Girl series this is one of the better ones because some of the characters act slightly differently then you would expect them to and this adds a nice change.
PARENTS BEWARE!!!!
Parents BEWARE!!!These books are littered with very strong profanity!I'm not kidding, check it out for yourself at any local bookstore.The "f" word appears throughout the entire book.Do we really want our young teens or young adults reading this?Did you know these books were written to appeal to the 13-16 year olds, and they need to be reading this...how low have we stooped if we permit this like of junk to be in their hands?It is utter filth! ... Read more

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Helping parents raise an awkward but important issue with their young children
In my experience, young children are profoundly intuitive. That is to say, they `know' some things by means other than personal experience or having been instructed or shown.
This Book Has Just the Right Touch
An excellent, pro-active tool to help families empower themselves regarding child molestation.The text is gentle and direct and the illustrations are flowing and visually soothing.This book has the right touch of intelligence, compassion and clarity that is needed to discuss this very serious topic.
an important book!
Endorsed by many child abuse prevention programs and counselors, this is the perfect tool for parents to teach children about inappropriate touching. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Child sexual abuse    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Preschool    4. Fiction    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Readers - Beginner    7. Social Issues - Physical & Emotional Abuse    8. Social Issues - Sexual Abuse    9. Early learning / early learning concepts    10. Fiction dealing with social issues    11. Peer group pressure    12. Sexual abuse   

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Further frothy unrealism from Cabot, dumbed down for our age group.
Meg Cabot's books seem to be getting shorter and shorter timespans. HOW TO BE POPULAR is spent over the course of a week.
Another great teen lit
Meg Cabot does it again. She somehow wrote another great teen lit book that all teen girls will relate to. This isnt only entertaining, but there's a moral to the story too. Being popular doesnt mean being happy, which the main character Steph Landry figures out after reading an old book about how to become popular.
How to be Popular
I loved this book. Steph , because of a Big Red Super Big Gulp incident, will forever be unpopular. Until she finds The Book. The one book that will change her from unpopular to popular instantly, but will leave her friends Jason and Becca completely in the dark as to why she WANTS to be popular. And soon she realizes that being popular isn't as good as it sounds.
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it sounds like this
Here's the thing about Sarah Dessen.She lets us in.Into these lives of characters who share their pain with us so intensely it's like you already know them.And you want to help them finally be the people they want to be, even if they don't know it yet.
Just Listen
Just Listen
This book is amazing.
I really loved this book as I do her others as well including: The Truth About Forever, This Lullaby, Dreamland, Someone Like You, and That Summer.She is a truly amazing writer that indulges so deeply into the subconscience of the main character and shows you the journey that they have to go through to grow, learn, develope, and share.Each book always reminds me something in my own life and is therefore easy to relate to.Her books are not only for young adults but for adults especially women who have children or don't because anyone can relate to these stories of growing up.She is a truly inspirational writer and this was a great book.I couldn't put it down and read it in 4 and a half hours. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    2. Children's All Ages - Fiction - General    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. Fiction    5. Girls & Women    6. Interpersonal relations    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Models (Persons)    9. Self-actualization (Psychology)    10. Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings    11. Social Issues - Friendship    12. Social Issues - Sexual Abuse    13. Juvenile Fiction / Girls & Women   

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Each character brings a delectable entree to the table that you can't help but gobble up with a silver spoon
When Jenny Humphrey arrived at Waverly Academy, the Waverly Owls had one thing on their minds, discussing the new girl and her voluptuous body. Jenny, on the other hand, had something quite different on her mind, creating a reputation for herself entirely different from the one she had earned back in Manhattan. Here in Upstate New York, the petite sophomore has managed to catch the eye of three of the hottest guys on campus, kissed two of them - quite passionately, I might add - and had the privilege of making one of them her boyfriend: the artistic, adorable, oft-times brooding, Easy Walsh. The Kentucky-native is just the type of guy Jenny has always wanted, and Easy can't keep his eyes off her. Too bad his eyes should have been on someone else - namely, his girlfriend, the waif-like, shopaholic Callie Vernon. Soon the ultra-powerful Tinsley Carmichael was informing Callie that their sweet-faced, city girl new roommate was nothing more than a manipulative tramp who was using Callie to get to Easy; even though Tinsley was guilty of something much worse: stealing the scrumptious Mr. Dalton out of Brett Messerschmidt's perky clutches just to spite her. Now war has been declared. Callie and Tinsley against Brett and Jenny. But when the two groups are split up against enemy lines - Callie and Jenny in Dumbbarton 303, and Brett and Tinsley living just downstairs - conflicts will seemingly come to a head. For suddenly, everything is about to change. Tinsley's dirty laundry is about to be aired for the world to know. And when Easy comes searching for Jenny, and stumbles upon Callie, some scandalous activity will occur that will leave someone in tears. With the entire Waverly student body waiting in the wings for something juicy to happen, everyone knows something will - it's just a matter of which girl will come out on top and claim the title of IT.
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Editorial Review

Author Wilson Rawls spent his boyhood much like the character of this book, Billy Colman, roaming the Ozarks of northeastern Oklahoma with his bluetick hound. A straightforward, shoot-from-the-hip storyteller with a searingly honest voice, Rawls is well-loved for this powerful 1961 classic and the award-winning novel Read more

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Ulises Cruz Review
I really liked the book and it is a very fun interesting book to read. I really liked that it had to do with some sort of sport. I also liked it because it was book were there was all source of action. There was a little boy that lived in the hills and dream of having two coon hounds. He finally worked and saved enough money to buy himself two. He was so excited to get them that he trained them to hunt. The characters were very believable and never doubted that they were making them up. The plot was very interesting because it was about the kid entering a big coon hunt. He won the competition by treeing four coons with his dogs. The major themes of the story were when on of the Prichard brothers accidentally stabbed himself. The author used a very special way of imagery. He made everything be visual in my head. I was all into the story that I didn't want to stop reading. I didn't like by were sometimes they didn't talk about when the dogs killed the coons and how they treed them. They would sometimes leave you think what would happen next or what could of happen.

Geez!
I adore this book. I wrote a reviw on what I think of it a while ago, so you could find it later. But I'm sick of all these people saing there was no action or adventure. What's up with that? And to the people who say there are lost of grammer mistakes in the book, you should check your grammer.

a spectacular book
The book I read was "Where the Red Fern Grows".This story takes place in the state of oaklahoma.Thers a boy named Billy and he lives with his family.All Billy wanted was two hound dogs.One day Billy went to his grandfarthers store and his grandfarther told Billy he had to meet God half way.Billy worked til he had 25.00$.Billy got two hound dogs.He decided he name them Dan and Little Ann.Billy hunted all he could and he sold the skins for money.If you want to know the rest read this spectacular book your self. ... Read more

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Comparing the 2 U.S. Textbooks...
One dilemma students, residents, fellows and attendings may have is deciding which of the three english language child psych textbooks to read.This book is more comprehensive than the other American textbook, the American Psychiatric Textbook of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and is a more sophisticated read. For those looking for more depth and a reference this is the one.If you want speed, a more general overview, and an easier read on the eyes choose the other one.The typeface here is smaller (and so in fact its wordcount is much greater, maybe one and a half to twice that of the American Textbook). This book offers more in the way of material beyond the basics of diagnosis and treatment, such as in depth material about genetics and neurodevelopment or a number of chapters covering allied professions or closely related fields (school, legal, international issues, etc,).If your goal is to make it thru a textbook, in your training say, you'll need stamina for this one. (Know thyself: if you're geek enough to consider plowing through a whole textbook, then you'll be more satisfied after reading this one; but if you think you might waver, there is more chance of making it through the other one.)

Child Psychiatry Review
After a considerable search to find a professional level, readable, up-to-date Child and Adolescent Reference, Lewis' work fully meets or exceeds my expectations. Articles draw on expert opinion, research findings and clinical practice to give encyclopediac references. A very wide scope.The only comparable volumes are the Comprehensive Textbook of PsychiatryVII, and that reference is not child-centered but rather adult-focused.This volume excels in clarity of presentation even as it delivers extensiveand thoughtful clinical/theoretical material. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Adolescent Psychiatry    2. Child Psychiatry    3. General    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Mental Disorders    7. Pediatrics    8. Psychiatry - General    9. Adolescents    10. Children    11. Psychiatry    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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Ellen Hopkins's semi-autobiographical verse novel, Read more

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I loved it!
I loved this book; it went in really deep and certainly described everything very well. I got addicted to it, and, though, at the very first pages it may seem boring, it kicks into high gear very quickly. Though I may not as old as the book recommendedmeto be, I understood it perfectly well. This is a definite book choice to read.

What a great book!
Wow.. I just got this book and wow it took me in like i was there i finish the book in two days i guess i have to get the next book! "Burned" can wait to read that one...

Wow
I didn't quite know what to expect. I'd heard very little about it. Crank was, by far, the best book I've read in a LONG while. Sad, but very true to life. The story was so engaging that I couldn't put the book down even once...I stayed up until 2am to finish it.
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Go ask alice is two thumbs down the drain and into the sewer
Go ask alice is an ok book, i think this is a two star book it has good information about what doing drugs could lead upto.i still think this book has alot of fiction instead of facts just to keep the reader interested.some points of the story are major turnoffs for male reader's because it's really hard to relate to certain problems of the opposite sex.The author of the diary uses all these big words and seems articulate but then again time after time makes alot of dumb decisions.Everyone makes bad decisions, but anyone with enough sense would try to get help or change their lifestlye, also the author cleary isnt an fifteen year old girl.

go ask alice
Denise Garcia
Its authenticity aside--does this even hold up as fiction?
Ok, first things first: I determined that this thing was a hoax when I first read it as a cynical eleven-year-old back in '86 or so: that a homeless, nearly-perpetually-high, hitchhiking-across-the-country-and-borrowing-strangers'-clothing "Alice" would be able to keep track of and catalog (remarkably lucid) journal entries written on random "scraps of bags, envelopes, etc." struck me as ridiculously implausible. Its inauthenticity (and the ethics of continuing to publish it as "nonfiction" aside), though, does this book even hold up as fiction? Just barely. I've always been a huge fan of the first-person narrative, and this book does a decent job of entertaining the reader and making her care--a bit--about the heroine (not just the heroin--heh). Also, that the real author (Beatrice Sparks) was, at least, female is a minor plus. On another note, even if the purported identity of _Go Ask Alice_'s author is fake, its groovy late '60s/early '70s cultural references are certainly the real deal, and, unlike most other YA novels' of its caliber from the same period, this thing is still in print! Educationally speaking, I can imagine holding it up side-by-side with the anti-drug public service announcements (produced by the Lockheed Corporation, etc.) of the same period in a unit on social/cultural American history. ... Read more

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A Kids book about War
This is the most unusual book that I have ever bought for my children!And perhaps the most important!If you are concerned about war and what you can do to help your children understand what creates it then get this book.You will thank Dr. Webster-Doyle. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books - Young Adult    2. Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. General    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Militarism    8. Military socialization    9. Peace    10. Social Issues - Violence    11. War    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Situations / Violence &nbs