Espeland, Pamela. Life lists for teens.Free Spirit. 264p. bibliog. index. c2003. 1-57542-125-9. $11.95. JS True to its title, Life Lists for Teens offers lists on everything from taking tests to bullying Bullying Chowne, Parson Stoyle terrorizes parish; kidnaps children. [Br. Lit.: The Maid of Sker, Walsh Modern, 94–95] Claypole, Noah bully; becomes thief in Fagin’s gang. [Br. Lit. to helping suicidal su·i·cid·al adj. 1. Of or relating to suicide. 2. Likely to attempt suicide. friends, with advice, Web sites, phone numbers and addresses of helpful organizations, and more. Great quotes are interspersed throughout the text ("Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news"--Douglas Adams); however, there are no illustrations or pictures. Topics such as safety on the Internet are juxtaposed jux·ta·pose tr.v. jux·ta·posed, jux·ta·pos·ing, jux·ta·pos·es To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. with taming your temper, handling embarrassment, reasons to write, and finding a good book. These are good ideas for living life that will strike a chord chord, in geometry chord (kôrd), in geometry, straight line segment both end points of which lie on the circumference of a circle or other curve; it is a segment of a secant. A chord passing through the center of a circle is a diameter. with any teen--a "how-to-do-it" manual for the road ahead. Solid signposts offer good guidance for the YA self-help section. Rita Fontinha, Lib. Media Spec., Norwood H.S., Norwood, MA |
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