Overview
"The time is always right to do what is right."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
"You have to accept who you are — and that is beautiful."
— Alicia Keys
"English? Who needs that? I'm never going to England."
— Homer J. Simpson
Making friends, finding true love, enduring rough days at school, or just being yourself — we all meet new (and old!) challenges every day. Carol Weston, teen advice columnist, has good advice for whatever you're facing.
In For Teens Only, Carol collects the words and thoughts of the wisest and wittiest thinkers of all time from every corner of the globe, from Pablo Picasso to Jennifer Lopez; from Mark Twain to Indira Gandhi and Halle Berry. Then she adds her own insights, collected over the years from her conversations and correspondence with thousands of real teens.
About the Author
Although Carol Weston was born in the last century, she isn't that old. Carol is the advice columnist for Girls' Life Magazine and the author of Girltalk: All the Stuff Your Sister Never Told You and For Girls Only: Wise Words, Good Advice. Both books are out in Chinese. Carol does not speak Chinese but she does speak French and Spanish, and graduated summa cum laude from Yale University with a degree in French and Spanish literature. She also has an M.A. from Middlebury College.
Carol has appeared on The View and has been a guest of Oprah, Montel, Ricki, Geraldo, and Sally. She's written for Seventeen, Teen, YM, Parents, Redbook, Family Circle, and Glamour, and has done author chats on Yahoo and ivillage. Her first novel is TheDiary of Melanie Martin. Carol lives in Manhattan with her husband and two daughters and their rabbit, Honey Bunny. Carol enjoys being a girl even though she's a grown-up.
Contains quotations and advice that are relevant to girls, from a wide variety of sources on topics such as friendship, love, and self-esteem.
Editorials
Publishers Weekly
Author of Private and Personal: Questions and Answers for Girls Only, advice columnist Carol Weston offers more words to the wise in For Teens Only: Quotes, Notes & Advice You Can Use. Friends, school and family are among the topics covered. Quotes-ranging from Eleanor Roosevelt to Helen Gurley Brown-precede each of Weston's entries.VOYA
Author of Private and Personal (HarperTrophy, 2000), Girltalk (HarperPerennial, 1997), and For Girls Only (Camelot, 1998), Weston now offers counsel for both boys and girls. Quick, one-page bits on various topics are contained in seven chapters, "Mind," "Body," "Friends," "Relationships," "School," "Family," and "Work." The guidance can be amusing, thought provoking, familiar, and conversational. Quotes and proverbs from around the world begin each page, and a phrase to motivate and encourage teens ends the advice. Some quotes stand alone and are printed without the extra thoughts from Weston. The information is sound, catchy, and fun to read, but the quotes are the true attention-getters. They are from famous people, dead and living, from Shakespeare to Chris Rock. Even television show and cartoon characters have their say here. Principal Snyder in Buffy the Vampire Slayer is quoted saying, "There are things I will not tolerate on campus after school, horrible murders with hearts being removed. And also smoking." Linus from the "Peanuts" cartoons also appears to say, "There are three things I've learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin." There is something for every teen to learn, and the book is a joy to read, while at the same time offering assistance in growing and developing. Index. VOYA CODES: 4Q 4P M J S (Better than most, marred only by occasional lapses; Broad general YA appeal; Middle School, defined as grades 6 to 8; Junior High, defined as grades 7 to 9; Senior High, defined as grades 10 to 12). 2003, HarperCollins, 224p,— Faye Powell