Smith, Jenny

Thirteen-year-old Katie Sutton, a self-proclaimed expert on grown-up behavior, begins writing a user's manual to help other teens train and operate their parents, but when her own mother starts dating Yellow Tie Man, Katie needs all of her expertise to get rid of him.

Examines the results of a collaboration in 1998 between the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in which students were engaged in a program to learn about public health issues affecting their communities, as well as careers in the field, and offers advice for developing similar programs.

Thirteen-year-old Katie Sutton, a self-proclaimed expert on grown-up behavior, begins writing a user's manual to help other teens train and operate their parents, but when her own mother starts dating Yellow Tie Man, Katie needs all of her expertise to get rid of him.