49. Eat Fresh Food: Awesome Recipes for Teen Chefs by Rozanne Gold

Gold, Rozanne. Eat fresh food: Awesome Recipes for Teen Chefs. Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2009. ISBN 9781599902821

Summary
Rozanne Gold's book is a healthy guide to cooking delicious food using fresh ingredients.
Chapters include:
1) Bread, Butter & Breakfast
2) Bowls: Soups & Pasta
3) Sandwiches, Burgers & Pizza
4) Salads, Big & Small
5) Dinner Specials with Vegetables
6) Side Dishes
7) Desserts & Drinks

Gold also includes a list of menus for special occasions such as Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and Father's Day.

Critical Evaluation
This book is full of wonderful recipes that are easy for teens to create. Gold discusses nutrition, information about organic food, equipment, and safety. Her recipes are created with the aspiring teen chef in mind although adults will likely find them fun also. Highlights include a carrot-ginger-tomato soup and pasta primavera with jade zucchini sauce. This is a useful book to include in public and school libraries especially schools with health education and/or home economics classes.

Reader's Annotation
Learn to cook fun and healthy recipes using fresh ingredients with recipes by award-winning chef, Rozanne Gold.

About the Author
Rozanne Gold, renowned chef, author and international food and restaurant consultant, began her career at age 23 as first chef to New York Mayor Ed Koch. Considered one of the most prominent women in the food world, she is a four-time winner of the prestigious James Beard Award and winner of the IACP/Julia Child Cookbook Award.

The author of 11 acclaimed cookbooks, Ms. Gold has been the entertaining columnist for Bon Appetit magazine. She has written and produced stories for The New York Times (her work can be found on the Op-Ed page, the Dining Section, and Sunday Magazine), and has written for Oprah, Gourmet, Cooking Light, More, FoodArts, Modern Maturity and The Montessori Magazine.

Genre
Contemporary Nonfiction

Curriculum Ties
Home economics
Health

Booktalking Ideas
1) How important is it to learn healthy eating habits at an early age?
2) Can you think of ways to incorporate these healthy meals into everyday family meals?
3) Would you consider a career as a chef after trying out these recipes?

Reading Level/Interest Age
Ages 13+

Challenge Issues
None

Why Included in Titles Selected
Healthy eating alternatives for teenagers.

44. Crap: How to Deal With Annoying Teachers, Bosses, Backstabbers, and Other Stuff That Stinks by Erin Elisabeth Conley, Karen Macklin, Jake Miller

Conley, Erin E. ; Macklin, Karen; Miller, Jake. Crap: How to Deal With Annoying Teachers, Bosses, Backstabbers, and Other Stuff That Stinks. Zest Books, 2009. ISBN 9780979017353.

Summary
Crap is a guide for teenagers on how to deal with the "crap", or stress, in their lives. Do your parents give you grief for the clothes you wear, or your messy room? Do friends bombard you with complaints and whining? Do your teachers pick on you? The crap in your life doesn't have to ruin your day. You just have to learn how to deal with it and get rid of it when it doesn't add value to your life.

Chapters:
1) What is crap?
2) Avoiding crap...
3) Dealing With Crap...
4) Getting Rid of Crap...
5) Breaking the Stank Cycle...

Critical Evaluation
Teenagers will most likely be drawn to the book because of its title and parents may want their kids to avoid it for the same reason. What is great about this book is that it is actually a useful tool, a kind of self-help for teens. The authors give advice on how to deal with the stressful situation that teens may encounter in their lives. Is your teacher annoying? Well, you have to just deal with it because that teacher is the one giving you the grade. Did you break your leg right before tryouts? That is "crap" you couldn't help so you have to deal with it and think of the next step. The book is lighthearted and humorous while giving really great advice to make teenagers better people.

Reader's Annotation
A humorous guide for teens on how to deal with the things in life that annoy them.

About the Author
Erin Elisabeth Conley is a published author of young adult books. Published credits of Erin Elisabeth Conley include Kiss: A Girl's Guide to Puckering Up (PSST! Series), Uncool: A Girl's Guide to Misfitting In (PSST! Series), Crush: A Girl's Guide to Being Crazy in Love (PSST! Series), and Dumped: A Girl's Guide to Happiness After Heartbreak.

Karen Macklin is a writer and editor who grew up in New York and now resides most of the year in San Francisco. Her work spans a wide variety of forms from journalism and essay to plays, poetry, and creative nonfiction. She also teaches yoga and writing, and explores the world through photography.

Jake Miller is a writer who lives in Boston, Massachusetts. He has contributed essays, articles, and reviews to such publications as The New York Times. Miller's also wrote Decoding Mom: Making Sense of Her Moods, Her Methods, and Her Madness.

Genre
Nonfiction Humor

Curriculum Ties
N/A

Booktalking Ideas
1) How can you use the advice in the book to deal with the "crap" or stressful situations in your every day life?

Reading Level/Interest Age
Ages 13+
Reluctant readers

Challenge Issues
Use of the word "crap"

Challenge defense ideas
-Read and become familiar with the book.
-"Crap" is used as a term to refer to stresses that teenagers go through.
-ALA pick for reluctant readers
-Refer to reviews from Booklist, School Library Journal, and Publisher’s Weekly available for viewing on amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_87?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=crap+how+to+deal+with+annoying+teachers+bosses+backstabbers+and+other+stuff+that+stinks&sprefix=crap+how+to+deal+with+annoying+teachers+bosses+backstabbers+and+other+stuff+that+stinks

Why Included in Titles Selected
ALA pick for reluctant readers

43. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Satrapi, Marjane. (2003). Persepolis. New York : Pantheon Books. ISBN 0375422307.

Plot Summary
Persepolis is the memoir and graphic novel of author Marjane Satrapi. It is the story of Satrapi's growing up in Iran in the 1970's during the Islamic Revolution. Satrapi is an outspoken child of Marxists parents which makes life complicated in a world where the government wants to control people's lives with its repressive regime. Satrapi gives the history of Iran and the effects of war with Iraq, political repression, and her colorful and outspoken family.

Critical Evaluation
Persepolis is an important piece of work for both teenagers and adults. Beyond its black-and-white images that tell the story of Satrapi's life in a war torn and politically repressed country there is a story of a little girl who wants to maintain her indviduality. The reader sees her growing up and turning into a depressed woman that still holds out hope for her life to be happy and this makes the story easy to relate to when the political aspects become overwhelming. Persepolis was also made into a film which is equally as stunning and captivating. It is a must have for any library collection.

Reader's Annotation
Marjane Satrapi tells the story of her life growing up Iranian in the 1970's.

About the Author
Marjane Satrapi (born in 1969 in Rasht, Iran) is a contemporary graphic novelist and illustrator. She grew up in Tehran in a progressive family. She attended the Lycée Français there and witnessed, as a child, the growing oppression of civil liberties and the everyday life consequences of Iranian politics, including the fall of the Shah, the early regime of Ayatollah Khomeini and the first years of the Iran-Iraq war.

Satrapi lives in Paris where she works as an illustrator and as an author of children's books.

Genre
Graphic novel, autobiography

Curriculum Ties
World History
Sociology

Booktalking Ideas
1) Discuss the politics of Iran as it pertains the female characters in the book.
2) How would you feel as a child growing up as Satrapi did?

Reading Level/Interest Age
Ages 14+

Challenge Issues
Violence (war), language, some drinking/drug use, politics

Challenge defense ideas
-Become familiar with the politics discussed in the book.
-Become familiar with the book and its content.
-Refer to the collection development policy of the library, see http://sfpl.org/pdf/about/policies/collection-development-plan.pdf
-Refer to reviews from Booklist, School Library Journal, and Publisher’s Weekly available for viewing on amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Persepolis-Marjane-Satrapi/dp/0375714839/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292303993&sr=1-1
Why Included in Titles Selected
Popular graphic novel, crossover title

42. Generation T: Beyond Fashion 120 New Ways to Transform a T-shirt by Megan Nicolay

Nicolay, Megan. (2006). Generation T: Beyond Fashion 120 New Ways to Transform a T-shirt. New York : Workman Pub. ISBN 9780761137856.

Summary
A Do-it-Yourself (DIY) guide for the creative teenager. The book shows teens how to cut, sew, deconstruct, reconstruct, and transform the everyday T-shirt into customized tees, tank tops, tube tops, handbags, blankets, and much more.

Chapters:
1) Tee Off
2) Tee Time
3) Par-tee On
4) Flir-tee Girls
5) Skir-tee Girls
6) The T-Zone
7) T-Wrecks
8) The Grand Finale

Critical Evaluation
Generation T is a guide for the creative teenager, or even the not-so-creative teen who wants to give it a try. It is for the aspiring fashion designer, or the budget conscious teen who wants to wear something original. Teenagers should not be deterred if they don't know how to sew. Although many of the designs require sewing, Nicolay includes projects that are "no sew" (about a one third). This is a wonderful and creative DIY book that should be included in any nonfiction teen collection.

Reader's Annotation
Learn how to turn a t-shirt into a variety of useful things like purses, iPod holders, and even leg warmers.

About the Author
Writer, editor, photographer, dancer, renegade fashionista, Megan Nicolay, is a seam-ripping, scissor-slinging artist.

Megan lives with her cat Tulu, and her sewing machine in Brooklyn, NY.

Genre
Non-fiction

Curriculum Ties
Art

Booktalking Ideas
1) Did the creations in the book give you any ideas as far as career choices such as becoming a designer?
2) Do you think you could create and sell some of the clothes you make?

Reading Level/Interest Age
Ages 12+

Challenge Issues
None

Why Included in Titles Selected
Title for creative teenagers

41. My Crazy Life: How I Survived My Family compiled by Allen Flaming and Kate Scowen

Flaming, Allen; Scowen, Kate. (2002). My Crazy Life: How I Survived My Family. Buffalo, N.Y: Firefly Books. ISBN 1550377337.

Summary
A collection of ten autobiographical stories about teenagers that have grown with dysfunctional families. Cassandra deals with her divorced parents and adjusting to her new families: Mom started living with a woman, Dad dates someone with kids. Peter deals with being a foster kid whose dad is an alcoholic and his mother abandoned him. He's been homeless on and off for years turning to crime, drugs, and alcohol to cope. Wanda grew up in Hungary and was taken care of by her loving grandmother. At six, her parents took her away and soon her mother began physically abusing her and at school she was bullied. The stress of her life resulted in her cutting herself and thinking of suicide. Maria's father died of AIDS when she was twelve. Her life became more difficult as she came to terms with being gay, dropped out of school, and considered suicide. Randy's parents are divorced. In order to deal with the pain of being sexually abused he becomes a runaway and drug addict. Ivannah is the child of immigrant parents from Vietnam. She had enough problems living in America and being from another country especially in an all-white school. Her mom began showing sign of schizophrenia and soon Ivannah was taking care of her brother and sister and being a shoulder to her father. Sajeed's parents sent him from his home in the Caribbean to live with his grandparents in Detroit when he was seven years old. It was because he looked "uncomfortable" but little did they know his "look" was becaue he had been sexually abused by his parents' friends. He became rebellious to the point someone wanted to kill him. Geri's dad died when she was two years old. Her mom raised her as a single parent and Geri family life was inconsistent. She rebelled, got arrested three times for shoplifting, drugs, and assault. Logan was raised in a strict Christian household where he received physical punishment if he stepped out of line. This made him run away and live on the streets where he became involved in drugs and violence. Aislin father is an alcoholic and physically abusive. Her mother was distant and refused to acknowledge the abuse.

Critical Evaluation
The stories told by the ten teenagers in this book are heartbreaking in their content. What makes the stories bearable is the fact that each teenager finds a way to overcome their unfortunate obstacles with the help from friends, supportive relatives, teachers, and other adults and most importantly their own desire to rise above their circumstances. Each story ends with the author giving the reader advice about how they deal with the hardships that have been part of their lives. A lot of teenagers go through the same hardships and this book shows that they are not alone.

Reader's Annotation
Ten teenagers tell their personal stories growing up in families affected by divorce, abandonment, alcoholism, abuse, or mental illness.

About the Editors
Allen Fleming has a master's degree in social work from the University of Toronto, Canada. he has several years' experience in the mental health and community development fields. Allen has served as program director for a number of youth-serving agencies.

Kate Scowen has worked with children and youth for over fifteen years. While completing her graduate degree in London, England, she volunteered with several youth-based organizations, researching street gangs and youth culture. She most recently worked with St. Stephen's Community House, a community-based social service agency in Toronto's Kensington Market.

Genre
Nonfiction, Contemporary issues

Curriculum Ties
Sociology

Booktalking Ideas
1) Which of the stories stood out to you the most and why?
2) Discuss different resources teenagers can turn to in time of need.

Reading Level/Interest Age
Ages 13+

Challenge Issues
Topics such as sexual/physical abuse, alcoholism/drug use, crime.

Challenge defense ideas
-Become familiar with the topics discussed in the book.
-Refer to resources for troubled teens to accompany the book.
-Refer to the collection development policy of the library, see http://sfpl.org/pdf/about/policies/collection-development-plan.pdf
-Refer to reviews from Booklist, School Library Journal, and Publisher’s Weekly available for viewing on amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/My-Crazy-Life-Survived-Family/dp/141762566X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1292306922&sr=1-1

Why Included in Titles Selected
Wanted to include serious topics for troubled teens

36. Street Artists: The Complete Guide by Eleaonor Mathieson and Xavier A. Tapies

Editors: Mathieson, Eleanor; Tapies, Xavier A. Photography: Arango, Glenn. (2009). Street Artists: The Complete Guide. London : Graffito Books. ISBN 9780956028419

Summary
Street Art is an informative and comprehensive look into actual people who have created some of the most famous graffiti art around the world. Because graffiti, or "tagging" is considered illegal in most places, the artists go by nicknames like Bansky and Swoon. The book's pages are filled with colorful photographs, interviews and history of the artists and where there work has been seen.

Critical Evaluation
Anyone who has lived in urban areas like New York, Los Angeles, London, and San Francisco can attest to the fact that street art, or "graffiti" can be found around every corner. The photographs taken of the graffiti art are colorful and prove that some of the artists' work is better than pieces by well known artists in museums across the world. The book should be considered a platform for young artists to use because it shows that art comes in all forms. Teenagers inspiring to be graffiti artists do need to realize that it is illegal and that these artists have become known for not only their work but also alluding the police. That being said, the art in the book is beautiful, innovative, and fresh.

Reader's Annotation
Dive into the history of the most well known graffiti artists from around the world.

About the Editors & Photographer
Eleanor Mathieson and Xavier A. Tapies are the authors of Street Art and the War on Terror: How the Best Graffiti Artists said NO to the Iraq War.

Glenn Arango is from Chicago. For the past ten years he has travelled the world photographing street art in the world's urban centers. He is based in San Francisco where he works in the internet industry.

Genre
Nonfiction, Art

Curriculum Ties
Art, Art History

Booktalking Ideas
1) Discuss the differences in graffiti art and more traditional art forms.
2) Would the art form of graffiti be the same if it was legal?

Reading Level/Interest Age
Ages 13+

Challenge Issues
Graffiti, legal issues

Challenge defense ideas
-Become familiar with the book by reading it and examining the photos.
-Refer to different forms of art including graffiti.
-Refer to the collection development policy of the library, see http://sfpl.org/pdf/about/policies/collection-development-plan.pdf

Why Included in Titles Selected
A lot of teenagers at my library are interested in art and graffiti and I've always loved the graffiti I've seen living in both San Francisco and New York City.

28. Skateboarding: Legendary Tricks by Steve Badillo

Badillo, Steve. (2007). Skateboarding: Legendary Tricks. San Diego, Calif. : Tracks. ISBN 9781884654305.

Summary
A comprehensive guide that shows how to perform dozens of skateboarding tricks. The book includes step by step photos and technical information. Badillo provides historical context about each trick and information about famous skateboarders like Tony Hawk and Lance Mountain.

Critical Evaluation
Badillo provides a guide to over 30 skateboarding tricks for the skateboarding teenager to learn and master. The book is written for skateboarders who have enough knowledge about the lingo. If a reader doesn't know the meaning of terms like "carving", "grinding", and "grab indy", than the book won't really help much. For those who do have knowledge, the book is a valuable tool to learn a lot of new tricks. Along with over 500 photos, Badillo gives the reader a comprehensive history of skateboarding and the pioneers who created these legendary tricks. This is a fun book to include in a collection because so many teenagers use skateboards as a main form of transportation.

Reader's Annotation
Learn how to perform legendary skateboarding tricks.

About the Author
Steve Badillo has co-authored three top selling skateboarding guides including Skateboarder's Start-up: New Levels and Skateboarding: Book of Tricks. He runs the SkateLab Skate Camp near Los Angeles. Badillo has worked as a stunt double and actor in skateboarding films including Lords of Dogtown.

Genre
Nonfiction, Sports

Curriculum Ties
N/A

Booktalking Ideas
1) Discuss the steps to becoming a professional skateboarder.

Reading Level/Interest Age
Ages 12+

Challenge Issues
N/A

Why Included in Titles Selected
I've always been jealous of skateboarders and their fearlessness.

26. Living When a Young Friend Commits Suicide or Even Starts Talking about It by Earl A. Grollman and Max Malikow

Grollman, Earl A., Malikow, Max. (1999). Living When a Young Friend Commits Suicide, or Even Starts Talking about It. Boston: Beacon Press. ISBN 0807025038

Summary
Grollman's book is a compassionate and helpful book for anyone who has been affected by suicide whether someone you know has committed suicide, or is thinking about it. He guides the reader through emotions they may feel, why people commit suicide, and how to cope. Chapters include:
1) The First Days after a Death: What You May Feel
2) Was It Really a Suicide?
3) The Need to Know Why
4) Facing the Immediate Future
5) How to Cope
6) How Can You Help Suicidal People?
7) Religious Questions
8) Popular Misconceptions about Suicide
9) And Now, the Future
10) Conclusion: Suggested Materials and Resources

Critical Evaluation
Grollman's book could not be more relevant right now considering the news coverage of the rash of teen suicides currently plaguing the country. Each chapter in the book is relevant and should be read. One of the important things about the book is that Grolllman avoids venturing into clinical, technical explanations about suicide. He writes in a way that is always compassionate and he clearly has a lot of knowledge on the matter. He covers a lot even reminding people to laugh because it can provide occasional relief from sadness. Grollman doesn't just stop at giving advice, he provides valuable resources for those considering suicide, or those who want to help someone thinking about doing it. This is a very, very important book. Teenagers may not want to ask for help and if a book like this is available for them at the library they can begin to search for answers on their own and hopefully be able to eventually find the help they need.

Reader's Annotation
This book discusses the impact of suicide. Why do people do it? How to help someone who is thinking about it? How to deal when someone you know kills themselves.

About the Author
Earl A. Grollman is an internationally recognized grief counselor who often works with children and teenagers. He is the author of Living When a Loved One Has Died.

Max Malikow is a professor at Syracuse University and a pastoral counselor.

Genre
Nonfiction, Suicide

Curriculum Ties
Sociology
Health Education

Booktalking Ideas
1) Discuss what you can do to help a friend considering suicide.
2) Discuss the recent news reports of teens committing suicide. How do they make you feel?

Reading Level/Interest Age
Grades 7 & up

Challenge Issues
Suicide, religious discussion

Challenge defense ideas
-Research the topic and understand the importance of talking about such a topic
-Research the author's credentials

Why Included in Titles Selected
A book like this is so important considering the teens committing suicide at an alarming rate.

23. An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming by Al Gore

Gore, Al. (2007). An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming. New York: Viking. ISBN 9780670062713.

Summary
Al Gore has adapted his award-winning adult book and documentary into an easy to read and understand book for the younger generation. The book contains fifteen short chapters which include bright and bold photographs and charts which teens will find enjoyable and interesting to look at. Gore writes in easy to understand terms as he discusses such topics as global warming, oceans, technology, and things that are hazardous to the environment and the overall health of animals and humans.

Critical Evaluation
Gore's book is a valuable resource for teens who want to be involved in saving the earth from the effects of global warming. It's easy to read and stays away from terms that may be too technical for young audiences to understand.

Reader's Annotation
Al Gore adapts his award-winning book and documentary into a book for young adults.

About the Author
Al Gore served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election.

Gore is currently an author, businessman, and environmental activist.

Genre
Nonfiction, Environmental Issues

Curriculum Ties
Geography, Environment, Sociology

Booktalking Ideas
1) Discuss what you know about global warming.
2) Discuss the steps you can take to be kind to the environment.

Reading Level/Interest Age
Ages 14+

Challenge Issues
N/A

Why Included in Titles Selected
I wanted to include titles about the environment which is something teens should be aware of.

19. Drowning in a Bottle: Teens and Alcohol Abuse by Gail B. Stewart

Stewart, Gail B. (2009). Drowning in a Bottle: Teens and Alcohol Abuse. Mankato, MN: Compass Point Books. ISBN 9780756541514.

Summary
Why do teens decide to drink? What are the consequences? When does it become a problem? How do you say no to peer pressure? Drowning in a Bottle offers insight, statistics, advice, and resource for teens affected by drinking or alcohol abuse.

Chapters include:
1) What's the Big Deal About Drinking?
2) "I Just Wanted to Be Drunk"
3) Drinking Can't Be a Matter of Life and Death, Right?
4) "If I Don't Drink, I Might as Well Stay Home"
5) I Think I Have a Problem

Critical Evaluation
In forty eight pages, Drowning in a Bottle covers a lot of important ground. It offers first hand accounts from teens affected by alcohol and alcohol abuse throughout each chapter. The print and pictures are eye-catching, almost forcing the reader to look at what is being written which is good. The book discusses consequences of drunk driving, alcohol poisoning, and peer pressure. The stories can be shocking as with a girl who almost died from alcohol poisoning and woke up with tubes down her throat and plugged into machines. Teens may view the book as being "preachy" but sometime preachy is just what they need to understand the consequences.

Reader's Annotation
An exploration of alcohol abuse and teens that discusses why adolescents drink, the consequences of doing so, saying no, and coping with a drinking problem.

About the Author
Gail Stewart has written over 240 books for children and teens. She writes mostly about drug and alcohol abuse among young people.

Content adviser, Billy AraJeJe Woods, has a doctorate in psychology, a master's in education, and a bachelor's in psychology. He has been an individual and family counselor for over 25 years.

Genre
Nonfiction, Issues: Substance Abuse

Curriculum Ties
Health education, Sociology

Booktalking Ideas
1) Discuss the dangers of underage drinking.

Reading Level/Interest Age
Ages 12+

Challenge Issues
N/A

Why Included in Titles Selected
I wanted to include a nonfiction title about teens and drinking.

17. GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Queer & Questioning Teens by Kelly Huegel

Huegel, Kelly. (2003). GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Queer & Questioning Teens. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing. ISBN 1575421267.

Summary
This book is a guide for teens who are questioning their sexuality and teens who are out of the closet need resources and guidance about LGBT issues. Topics include how to survive school, homophobia, coming out, having sex for the first time, and dealing with labels.

Chapters include:
1) GLBTQ 101
2) Homophobia
3) Coming Out
4) Life at School
5) GLBTQ Friends
6) Dating and Relationships
7) Sex and Sexuality
8) Staying Healthy
9) Religion and Culture
10) Transgender Teens
11) Work, College, and Beyond

Critical Evaluation
Huegel gives advice and writes in a way that is accessible to teens: hip, cool, and non-technical. Teens sometimes need quick and easy answers to some of their most complicated questions. How do you come out to your parents? It's not easy but Huegel puts in simple terms: Be prepared by doing research. Be Patient. Pick a good time. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. Sound advice and easy to hear, but can be hard to follow. But life is hard for many teens questioning their sexuality. This book is an important addition to any collection because it will help questioning teens navigate the difficult rode ahead.

Reader's Annotation
Teens questioning their sexuality can find resources, advice, and support.

About the Author
Kelly Huegel is a writer and creative consultant. She has worked for the Metropolitan Washington D.C. chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). She received critical acclaim for her first book, Young People and Chronic Illness: True Stories, Help, and Hope.

Huegel lives in the D.C. area with her partner, Amy.

Genre
Nonfiction, Sexual Identity

Curriculum Ties
Health education

Booktalking Ideas
1) Discuss how the topics in the book relate to your questions about sexuality.

Reading Level/Interest Age
Ages 13+

Challenge Issues
LGBT issues, topics about sex

Challenge defense ideas
-Become familiar with issues that LGBT teens face.
-Become familiar with the book and its content.
-Refer to the collection development policy of the library, see http://sfpl.org/pdf/about/policies/collection-development-plan.pdf
-Refer to reviews from Booklist, School Library Journal, and Publisher’s Weekly available for viewing on amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/GLBTQ-Survival-Guide-Queer-Questioning/dp/1575421267/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292476812&sr=1-1

Why Included in Titles Selected
I feel it's important to have a wide selection of materials for LGBT youth.

6. Life Skills 101: A Practical Guide to Leaving Home and Living on Your Own by Tina Pestalozzi

Pestalozzi, Tina. (2007). Life Skills 101: A Practical Guide to Leaving Home and Living on Your Own. Cortland, Ohio: Stonewood Publications. ISBN 9780970133472.

Summary
Many teenagers go to college away from home, or find jobs and want to live on their own. This book is a guide to help the newly independent young adult make the transition into adulthood. Pestalozzi everything from job hunting, paying bills, finding an apartment, doing laundry, dining options, buying a car, and maintaining social skills.

Chapters include:
1) Stepping into the Working World
2) Taking Care of Business
3) Gaining Financial Know-How
4) Setting Up Your Home
5) Maintaining the Basics
6) Eating In and Dining Out
7) Being a Savvy Consumer
8) Staying Connected

Critical Evaluation
How many young adults go blindly into world of living on their own? Finding a roof over your head is just the beginning. This book is a easy to read and follow guide to all of the important things a young adult needs to know when moving into his or her own place. Never had to pay bills before? Pestalozzi explains which types of bills there are, when they arrive, and how to pay them even going as far to explain which ones to prioritize. This book is thorough and that's what makes it a great resource. Do you think a young adult would think about having a first aid kit? Probably not, but Pestalozzi thinks it is important even listing everything that should go in the kit. This is a very useful book for older teens, or even adults who are moving into their own places for the first time.

Reader's Annotation
Living on your own for the first time? Things you should know because your parents aren't always going to be there.

About the Author
Tina Pesalozzi is director of Global Protocol and Etiquette Services. She presents seminars on civility and business and social etiquette to corporate, government, and educational organizations. Life Skills 101 is the basis of her student life skills workshop.

Genre
Nonfiction, Life Skills

Curriculum Ties
N/A

Reading Level/Interest Age
Ages 17+

Challenge Issues
N/A

Why Included in Titles Selected
I was shelving books at work and saw this book. After reading it I wished I had a book like this when I first moved out. I would've saved a lot of time, money, and grief.