Twelve Is Too Old

By: Peggy Mann

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Synopsis: Growing up can be a frightening experience, and Jody is confronted with the full force of her fear as her twelfth birthday approaches. To Jody, being twelve years old means having to cope with such questions as what crowd to hang around with and what to do about smoking pot. Things seem particularly bleak to Jody because everyone around her--from her older sister, Linda, to her divorced mother to her best friend, Corinne--has different answers to her questions or is oblivious to her problems entirely. Although she knows she can't stay eleven, Jody just doesn't want to face the alternative. So she doesn't, until one terrifying night when she's forced to, and discovers that' she can cope with being twelve--and with a lot more. Twelve Is Too Old is an authentic picture of today’s world as kids know it and live it--a world in some ways, completely unknown to, or ignored by, their parents. Therefore) this is not only a moving and fast-moving book, with humor, insight and genuine emotion. It is an important book as well.