Katherine Forrester is sent to a very restrictive private school after the death of her pianist mother, from which she emerges to study piano in New York as a protege of the great master who taught her mother.

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.

Provides information on various topics and instructions for several activities, covering women spies, the Bill of Rights, friendship bracelets, paper airplanes, cartwheels, games, changing a tire, and others.

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.