The highly acclaimed girls' guide to adolescence by a Newbery Honor-winning author is now available in a rack-sized paperback edition. Reviewers were unanimous in their praise for this useful and important book.

Mavis Jukes is the award-winning author of several books for children and teenagers, including the Newbery Honor Book Like Jake and Me .Her other titles include No One is Going to Nashville , Blackberries in the Dark , Getting Even , Wild Iris Bloom , and I'll See You in My Dreams .Mavis taught school for several years -- and was a lawyer -- before becoming a children's book writer.She volunteers as an attorney in the area of juvenile defense and is presently a language arts specialist in a public elementary school.She lives with her husband, the artist Robert Hudson, and their teenage daughters in Sonoma County, California.