After losing both of his parents in a deadly hurricane while living in Orlando, Florida, Meco Takahashi moves to Little Rock, Arkansas and begins a new life at Oakland High School where he will face... More > all of the challenges of being one the schools new freshmen.< Less
After losing both of his parents in a deadly hurricane while living in Orlando, Florida, Meco Takahashi moves to Little Rock, Arkansas and begins a new life at Oakland High School where he will face... More > all of the challenges of being one the schools new freshmen.< Less
A short selection of poems, mostly comic, written by the author as a teenager. Boys, travel, university and even driving tests, it is a diary in rhyme!
Being a teenager is tough; being a parent of a teenager is even tougher! This book offers insight into the biological and emotional changes affecting youngsters and offers advice to worried parents,... More > teachers and teenagers. Topics include: smoking, drugs,sex, eating disorders,the importance of a father's involvement in a child's development, handling teenage conflict, bipolar, self-harming and how the teenage brain develops. It also offers an explanation as to why young people take more risks than their parents.
It is written by a very experienced headteacher who is himself a parent of two teenagers.< Less
What clinical psychologists know about the Facts of Living that are not taught in college Psychology or the usual advice to teenagers. Includes adult stages, defence mechanisms, living with yourself,... More > living with people, the human condition, future living, and the secret of eternal youth. Dorothy Rowe urged this book’s publication. 41 chapters. Illustrated< Less
