A Smart Girl's Guide: Friendship Troubles (Revised)

by Patti Kelley Criswell, Angela Martini (Illustrator)

Overview

Learn what's new when it comes to being a good friend — our popular advice title now features fresh content and new illustrations! Friends are important to girls; they're the icing on their cake, the rainbow in their sky. But even best friends have trouble getting along sometimes. This guide will help girls deal with the pitfalls of interpersonal relationships, from backstabbing and triangles, to other tough friendship problems. It features fun quizzes, practical tips, and stories from real girls who've been there — and are still friends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781609582234
Publisher:	American Girl Publishing
Publication date:	08/01/2013
Series:	American Girl� Wellbeing
Pages:	88
Sales rank:	57,883
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

About the Author

Patti has been a clinical social worker for over twenty years. She specializes in working with girls and young women, and their families. She is the award-winning author of many American Girl® titles, including A Smart Girl’s Guide: Friendship Troubles (Revised), Friends: Making Them and Keeping Them, The Book Club Kit, Go for It, Stand Up for Yourself, A Smart Girl’s Guide to Knowing What to Say, and What Would You Do? Patti is also a featured author in the parenting book, Raising an American Girl, and has been a consultant to American Girl for more than 13 years. In addition to her clinical practice, Patti teaches in the School of Social Work at Western Michigan University. Patti writes and speaks nationally on the topics of girl aggression and body image, and her work has been featured in print, on radio, and on television. She lives near Kalamazoo, Michigan, with her husband, Brian, and two children, Natalie and Jeff.

Table of Contents

all about friends 6

what makes a great friend?

Quiz true friend test

Friendship File Lydia

respect

friendship hot spots 16

best friends?

left out

Friendship File Jasmine

jealously

tough stuff

working it out 28

Quiz do you speak Up?

the big picture

decision time

talk it out

more talking tips

when you lose it

fight over?

betrayal 44

the on-again, off-again friend

Friendship File Jenna

the loose-lipped friend

the backstabber

Quiz are you in a toxic friendship?

time to go?

bullies & rule setters 58

the whole popularity thing

Friendship File Brenna

just ignore her!

clever comebacks

talking to your parents

friends being cruel to others

Quiz could you be a bully?

all about you 74

Quiz how much are you swayed by the crowd?

Friendship File Janie

feeling good about yourself

quick fixes

not-so-quick fixes

friends forever?