This collection offers a poetic and heartbreaking guide to the trials and tribulations of todays teenagersa must-read for every teenager and their parents.

Shimmering with poignancy, Elizabeth Pipkos poems evoke the joy and trials of adolescence. This is a book to be savored slowly. Readers can connect in a very personal and emotional way to the images her words paint.

- Kitty Pilgrim, award-winning journalist and writer