peer pressure

Dana is excited about her class trip to Japan where manga is everywhere, but still has a hard time fitting in.

Provides clear, balanced, and thoughtful examination about cliques a hot-button issue of the day. Carefully crafted narrative, fully documented primary and secondary source quotations, informative sidebars, and study questions all provide excellent starting points for research and discussion.

Discusses the effect one's image has on other's perception of them; answers questions adolescents have about image; provides quizzes over featured material; and includes advice on dealing with conflicts and teasing.

Eighth-grade twins Taylor and Ryan are complete opposites and seem to have nothing in common, until they find a set of mysterious disks that magically allow them to transform into legendary figures from the past.

Almost thirteen-year-old Evan Goldman learns what it means to be a man when his parents separate and he and his mother move from New York City to Appleton, Indiana, right before his bar mitzvah.

Jack and Gina let the teasing of a classmate stop them from wearing their glasses until a class field trip makes them change their minds.