Explains how parents can help their daughters deal with the different issues surrounding friendships, boys, gossip, and cliques as they start high school.
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ISBN: 0307454444
ISBN: 9780307454447 (pbk.)
Physical Description:433 pages ; 21 cm.print
Edition:Second edition, Rev. and updated edition
Publisher:New York : Three Rivers Press, c2009.
General Note: Previously published in 2002.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-421) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Technology, the media, and girl world -- Is it really happening so much younger -- Cliques and popularity -- Passport girl world : communication and reconnaissance -- The beauty pageant : who wants to be miss congeniality -- Mean girls : teasing, gossiping, and reputations -- Power plays and politics : speaking truth in girl world -- Girl world meets boy world -- Girl meets boy -- Pleasing boys, betraying yourself -- Sex, drugs, alcohol and partying in girl world -- Getting help -- Resources.