Can You Relate?: Real-World Advice for Teens on Guys, Girls, Growing Up, and Getting Along [Paperback]

Annie Fox (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1999

Answers letters received by Talk City's "The InSite" and provides advice about dealing with authority figures, handling problems with parents and siblings, making a relationship work, finding and keeping real friends, sex, and more topics important to teens.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 8 Up-From giving advice on dating and relationships to establishing a sense of self to questioning one's sexual identity, Fox responds to teens' letters about contemporary issues. "Hey Terra!" is her online moniker in the teen chat rooms at Talk City's The InSite. Her amiable, informal responses to concerns and problems encourage positive, yet realistic thinking. Fox also suggests outside resources for further help. Occasional small black-and-white photos of teens accompany the text. An appealing, high-interest title.
Mercedes Smith, Bishop Kenny High School, Jacksonville, FL
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing; 1 edition (November 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157542066X
• ISBN-13: 978-1575420660
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,374,477 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

When Annie Fox's first book "People Are Like Lollipops" (1971, Holiday House) was published, she wasn't old enough to legally sign the contract! By the time she turned 21, though, she decided that helping kids was going to be her life's work. After graduating from Cornell University with a degree in Human Development and Family Studies then completing her Master's in Education, computers changed her life as she began to explore ways in which technology could be used to empower kids.

In 1977, Annie and her husband David opened Marin Computer Center, the world's first public access microcomputer facility. Her work there led her to write her best selling book, "Armchair BASIC: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microcomputers and Programming in BASIC" (1983, Osborn/McGraw-Hill). After a detour into the world of screen writing, Annie returned to computers as an award-winning writer/designer of children's CD ROMs. (Putt-Putt; Madeline; Get Ready for School, Charlie Brown; and Mr. Potato Head Saves Veggie Valley are just a few of the titles on which she has worked.)

In 1996 Annie dreamed up the idea for The InSite (TheInSite.org), a place "for teens and young adults to turn their world around." She served as creator, designer, writer, and executive producer of that award-winning site. One of The InSite's most popular features was Hey Terra, a Cyberspace Dear Abby. Her book "The Teen Survival Guide to Dating & Relating: Real World Advice About Guys, Girls, Growing Up And Getting Along" (2000, 2005 Free Spirit Publishing) is based on hundreds of emails to Terra and Annie's responses to them. "Teen Survival Guide" is now available as a free PDF download from TeenSurvivalGuide.com.

Her other books include: "Too Stressed to Think? A Teen Guide to Staying Sane When Life Makes You CRAZY," co-authored with Ruth Kirschner (2005, Free Spirit Publishing) and the popular Middle School Confidential™ series (2008, 2009, 2010 Free Spirit Publishing). Always looking for new ways to use technology to reach tweens and teens, in April 2010 Annie launched Cruel's Not Cool! (CruelsNotCool.com) an anti-bullying Facebook forum. In April 2011 Annie's first app "Be Confident in Who You Are" (developed by Electric Eggplant and based on on Book 1 of the Middle School Confidential series) was released for iPad (see MiddleSchoolConfidential.com).

Through her public events for kids, tweens, teens, parents, and educators, Annie continues working toward her goal of empowering young people through increased self-awareness, emotional intelligence skills and stress-reduction strategies.

When not answering teen email, Annie enjoys yoga, meditation, baking, gardening, photography, hiking, traveling, and, most of all, being with David and the rest of the family.

Visit Annie at her website, AnnieFox.com
Follow Annie on Twitter: @Annie_Fox
Follow Annie on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Annie.Fox.author

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars teen survival guide to dating and relating: real-world advice on guys, girls, growing up and getting along, January 21, 2008

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okbookcritic - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Teen Survival Guide to Dating & Relating: Real-World Advice for Teens on Guys, Girls, Growing Up, and Getting Along (Paperback)

This book is full of useful information for teens, and presented in a manner that appeals to teens. The illustrations are helpful and specific to different situations common for teens. The advice is practical and

logical with consequences of choices clearly explained but not preachy.

The teen reader is treated with respect for his or her growing independence. I highly recommend this book for parents, grandparents, teachers, coaches, to give to their young family members, students, and friends.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can You Relate?, January 27, 2000

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Peter Merrett (London, Britain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Can You Relate?: Real-World Advice for Teens on Guys, Girls, Growing Up, and Getting Along (Paperback)

This really is a book for anyone, and given to me by a friend, I was suprised with just how much I learnt.

The book gives advice for all kinds of relationships, with real life examples from letters she has recieved and answered. Its not the cheesy "Dear Abby" (well "Dear Deidre" in Britain) that you read in the newspaper, nor does it tell you what you HAVE to do. Instead Annie helps you to listen to your inner voice and be respectful in each of your relationships, along with more common sense advice, that its perhaps easy to forget.

It has helped to highlight key areas in my current and past relationships that were problamatic, and whilst giving me the determination to improve on these, also helped confirm what I was getting right. In both ways the book has helped me with relating better to my friends and family...So thanks Annie!

Finally this is an invalueable source for you to find further help, either on the internet, by phone, or even writing to Terra herself. I hope the books a huge success, then perhaps we'll have more of Annie's insightful advice soon ?

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Much needed, much appreciated advice for teens, January 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Can You Relate?: Real-World Advice for Teens on Guys, Girls, Growing Up, and Getting Along (Paperback)

I LOVED this book! With the ease that the author "related" to the letters that she recieved from teens all around the world, I wouldn't be surprised if she was one herself. Every teen and every parent with a teen should read this book. The information in here is invaluable.