Not Much Just Chillin'
The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2004
Summary
Suddenly they go from striving for A’s to barely passing, from fretting about cooties to obsessing for hours about crushes. Former chatterboxes answer in monosyllables; freethinkers mimic everything from clothes to opinions. Their bodies and psyches morph through the most radical changes since infancy. They are kids in the middle-school years, the age every adult remembers well enough to dread.
Here at last is an up-to-date anthropology of this critically formative period. Prize-winni…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345475763 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0345475763 |
| Author: | Linda Perlstein |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2004 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 133mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
“Perlstein’s interpretation of what’s going on inside [middle schooler’s] hormone-charged world is information every educator and parent should have… . A fascinating and important book.”–Atlanta Journal-Constitution“Linda Perlstein has a wonderful and compassionate way of presenting the incredibly poignant day-to-day stories of middle schoolers. A truly valuable book.”–ANTHONY E. WOLF, PH.D., author of Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall?“Chillin’ may not make parents feel more comfortable about early adolescence’s arrival in their household, but it will certainly make them more prepared.”–The New York Times“PERLSTEIN IS A GODSEND… . ELOQUENTLY ARTICULATING THE STUDENTS’ HIDDEN PERSPECTIVES.”–Washingtonian
About The Author
Linda Perlstein
Linda Perlstein was a prizewinning education reporter for The Washington Post. She is the author of Not Much Just Chillin’. She lives in Washington, D.C.
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