Date Violence (Life Balance) [Paperback]

Elaine Landau (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Life Balance

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Explores all aspects of abusive relationships, including the warning signs of dating abuse, the ""cycle of violence"" that creates a pattern of abuse, and common characteristics of abusers. To help young people learn to cultivate healthy relationships, Landau also includes guidelines for dating, which emphasize good communication, equal status, and compromise.

--This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 7 Up–Facts and advice, interspersed with stories of date violence, make this book educational as well as illustrative. Landau helps those who are new to dating to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy relationships by providing understandable warning signs of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. In the "Dating 101" section, the University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension's research-based guidelines list the nonnegotiable principles of healthy dating. The cycle of domestic violence, date rape and date-rape drugs, legal issues, and getting help are covered. This book will help young people make informed decisions and more wisely navigate the emotionally charged, confusing issues associated with adolescent relationships. It expands on the help offered in John Hicks's Dating Violence (Millbrook, 1996) and Scott A. Johnson's When "I Love You" Turns Violent (New Horizon, 1993). An easy-to-read selection for self-help collections.–Sharon A. Neal, Alvernia College, Reading, PA --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

About the Author

Elaine Landau is the author of several nonfiction books for children.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Children's Press(CT) (March 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0531166139
• ISBN-13: 978-0531166130
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,508,032 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #73 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Teens > Social Issues > Dating & Intimacy > Nonfiction

More About the Author

I'm a children's book author and writing coach who loves both children and books. I've never been much of a fiction fan, I've spent my time both reading and writing nonfiction. I live in tropical Miami with my husband and son who are nonfiction lovers as well.