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"A spare, lyrical Native American coming of age story set in rural Oklahoma in the late 1980s. With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care with the Troutt family. Literally and figuratively scarred by his unstable upbringing, Sequoyah has spent years mostly keeping to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep below the surface--that is, until he meets the seventeen-year-old Rosemary, another...

"It's the mystery of mysteries - especially to parents. Now the experts are exploring the recesses of the brain and finding explanations for why adolescents behave the way they do and how the new discoveries can change the way we teach, or perhaps even understand, our teenagers"--Container.

"The Mother of a Movement tells the story of Jeanne Manford, the co-founder of PFLAG"-- What does a mom do? She listens, she learns, she speaks up, she leads. That's what Jeanne Manford did when her son Morty was attacked and beaten for handing out pro-gay leaflets. She stood up for her son publicly, and marched side-by-side with him in the 1972 Christopher Street Liberation Day March. She had the idea to form a group to help parents and families...

Presenting a unique approach to dealing with the turmoil of adolescence, the authors recognize that teens learn best when they're allowed to make choices and learn from the consequences. The trick is in setting up choices so the consequences are constructive.