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The Classic Survival Guide for the Middle School Years, Now Updated

Too Old for This, Too Young for That! Your Survival Guide for the Middle School Years (Updated 2nd Edition) written by Harriet S. Mosatche, Ph.D., and Karen Unger, M.A., is a classic guide that reassures tweens ages 10–14 that the confusing, weird, and sometimes gross things they experience during the “middle” years are not only normal, they’re happening to everyone else, too.

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Featured Title

RTI Success: Proven Tools and Strategies for Schools and Classrooms
by Elizabeth Whitten, Ph.D., Kelli J. Esteves, Ed.D., and Alice Woodrow, Ed.D.

RTI Success is an all-in-one resource that provides information on the innovative Response to Intervention (RTI) model as well as step-by-step administrator guidelines and practical teacher tools for implementation. Despite ongoing federal initiatives meant to increase the profile and prevalence of RTI in the nation’s schools, many educators continue to have questions about the framework. Written by three experienced practitioners in the field, the book provides the how-to information that educators have been asking for.

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What People Are Saying...

“After reading this book, I feel very empowered. Philippe Cousteau says it simply and powerfully: ‘Everything you do makes a difference.’”—Justine Seligson, “Just-Teens Travel” columnist
 

“Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change is the perfect example of the saying, ‘A brave heart is a powerful weapon’ (Rudy Garcia-Tolson).” —Midwest Book Review

Author Spotlight

Elizabeth Verdick

Elizabeth Verdick has been writing books since 1997, the year her daughter was born. Her two children, now ages 13 and 8, are the inspiration for nearly everything she writes. Before becoming an author, Elizabeth edited books for children and parents. These days she writes books for toddlers to teens, and everything in between. She is the award-winning author of Free Spirit’s Best Behavior™ series and Laugh and Learn™ series. Her newest series, the Toddler Tools™ series, helps young children and their parents cope with those tough times and transitions that happen every day.

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Advisory Board Members Wanted

Free Spirit seeks grades preK–12 teachers, administrators, librarians, counselors, and social workers to join its advisory board. In order to make our books and other products even more beneficial for children and teens, the advisory board will provide valuable feedback on things like content, text, and art and help us identify what educators need to support the kids they serve.

Free Spirit also seeks young people, grades 6 and up, to join its teen advisory council. In order to keep our books and other products current and relevant, the advisory council provides valuable feedback on such things as the design, art, and content of our resources for young people.