How to Raise Your Parents: A Teen Girl's Survival Guide
Grade 7–11—This illustrated guide gives parents the upper hand, even if pretends otherwise. In turning the tables, Burningham gets readers to see things from an adult's perspective and offers advice on how to negotiate so that the two generations can happily coexist as a family. More conventional than its quirky title and tone suggest, the book provides rational advice such as avoiding lying and accepting the consequences when caught red-handed. Chapters also cover topics such as jobs, getting a driver's license, and cyber-life. The fun, magazine look of the book, which categorizes parents into five types (and provides questions for readers to determine which type they have) and decodes "parentspeak," will no doubt connect with teens. Burningham is clearly an adult talking ("Parents don't like ultimatums…," "If you really want your parents to hear you, you have to treat them like real people"), but she's a very hip adult who makes sense, and teens just might want to listen to her.—Sarah O'Holla, Village Community School, New York CityCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.