Product Description: Educators, parents, and those who work with middle school students in various settings will find this book to be a valuable addition to their library. Early adolescence is a time of tremendous change with the potential for positive development in the academic, social, and emotional domains; yet, often this age group struggles to adjust to the transition of middle school and the tasks that are required to be successful there...read more

Product Description: This book is a must read for anyone in close proximity to middle schoolers. Using actual events from the lives of real teenagers, the authors (a middle school principal and a child neuropsychologist) combine perspectives to provide an engaging, light-hearted journey into the adventures and misadventures of newly-minted teens...read more

Product Description: “If you’re like us, you probably have questions about friendships. Maybe you’re not sure if someone is a real friend or the other kind.” So goes the story of Jack, Jen, Chris, Abby, Mateo, and Michelle—six students trying to figure it all out in middle school...read more

An education reporter for the Washington Post examines the middle school years, exploring issues of anxiety, conformity, and rebellion common to this age group.

Product Description: Contrary to traditional educational thought, true emotion, rather than pure reason, is the secret to creativity and intelligence. The truth is ultimately personal-that's why it's universal. By the time Bernie Shein's students arrive in his middle-school classroom, they are little more than a gaggle of defense mechanisms, needing to rediscover who they are...read more

Product Description: Book by Ullinskey, Nancy, Hibbert, Lorri, Britt, Leslie

Product Description: This book details the physical, social, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual changes the middle schooler goes through and gives parents tips on how to deal with these changes. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)