Who Moved My Cheese? for Teens
Having a million-plus copies of the bestsellingWho Moved My Cheese?in print  hasn't stopped Spencer Johnson, (The One Minute Manager) from  repackaging his homily about adapting to life changes for a teenage audience.The core of this teen book--a cheesy (literally) allegory about four characters  navigating a maze in pursuit of happiness (cheese) with varying success--is  identical to the cheese-quest story told in Johnson's grownup book. The only  difference is that the opening and closing backstory that pads outWho Moved  My Cheese? for Teensinvolves a group of teenagers kibbutzing in the  cafeteria, not a group of adults attending their high school reunion.Of course, it's hard to argue with the essence of Johnson's commonsense message:  one of the few constants in life is change, and the sooner we learn to  anticipate and adjust to change, the happier we'll be. But most criticisms of  the book (and there have been many) boil down to the fact thatCheeseis  just too reductive and simplistic, and sometimes change in our lives can and  should be resisted. (It hasn't helped that the book's popularity among corporate  managers has come to be associated with layoffs... er, cheese removals.) But  whatever your take on Johnson's philosophy, you'd do well to keep it to  yourself. Otherwise, you can count on your teenager to form the exact opposite  opinion. (Ages 12 and older)--Paul Hughes