Provides information for girls about the changes they can expect in their bodies before and after puberty, discussing basic anatomy, the female body, periods, breasts, love and sex, birth control, and other topics.

Returning to her hometown to care for her aging mother and run the family restaurant, a divorced woman shares an emotional journey with a teenage girl that helps both women realize the meaning of family. A poignant, evocative story that celebrates the magic of motherhood and the price we so willingly pay for love.

Presents information and over one hundred quizzes, games, journal pages, and checklists on the changes that happen to girls during puberty.

Sixteen-year-old Katya Spiva, working as a nanny for a family in Bayhead Harbor, New Jersey, meets Marcus Kidder, a silver-haired gentleman and author of children's books, and he lures her into his life with his beautiful oceanside home, classical music, and lavish presents, never quite revealing what it really is he wants from her.

Seventeen-year-old Ronnie Miller is resentful when her mother insists she and her ten-year-old brother spend the summer with their estranged father in North Carolina, and while things get off to a rocky start, Ronnie eventually makes friends and begins to better understand her dad and why he wanted her to visit.

The author draws upon his teenage years and his experiences as a father of teenage girls to present advice for other teenage girls, discussing such topics as boyfriends, beauty, sex, cruelty, grief, self-control, cynicism, vulgarity, the Internet, and faith.

Cordelia Parker's summer plans turn into a wild road trip when Jacob Stein offers to be her travel companion from San Diego to northern California.

Cat struggles with the ethics of truth and lies when a game of Truth or Dare forces her to evaluate her relationship with her boyfriend.