title: My Teenage Werewolf: A Mother, a Daughter, a Journey Through the Thicket of Adolescence
author:  Lauren Kessler 
description: Kessler, the author of five narrative nonfiction books, explores the mother/daughter relationship at a particularly vulnerable pointthe cusp of her daughter's entry into adolescence. At 12, Lizzie is often at odds with her author mom, who describes her chilly relationship with her own mother. Not wanting to repeat a distant and dissatisfying relationship with her offspring, Kessler decides to dive into her daughter's world. She embeds herself in middle school, following Lizzie from class to class, probing her peer relationships, online pastimes and cyberfriends, athletic and summer camp life. She also immerses herself in current literature on the mother/daughter relationship and interviews a number of experts, including a female shaman/teen educator and a mental health counselor who plays on a roller derby team. While Lizzie goes along with her mother's role as a cultural anthropologist, she is often prone to hostility and random acts of meanness. But as Kessler digs deeper and begins to recognize her daughter's need for power over her own life and choices, this mother/daughter relationship ripens with compassion and mutual understanding. The author (also the mother of two boys) downplays the conflicts between mothers and teen males, convinced that the steps to the mother/daughter tango are far more complicated. Mothers of girls in particular will be alternately amused, horrified, and entertained as they view the turmoil and triumphs of adolescence from Kessler's insightful perspective. <i>(Aug.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: Werewolves of St. Neuri
  Rekindling With The Wild
  Abigail Raines
  
  Table of Contents
  Title Page
  Chapter One
  Chapter Two
  Chapter Three
  Chapter Four
  Chapter Five
  Chapter Six
  Chapter Seven
  Chapter Eight
  Chapter Nine
  Chapter Ten
  Chapter Eleven
  Chapter Twelve
  Epilogue
  
  Chapter One
  “Should I have written everything down? Maybe it would be easier to remember if I wrote it down.”
  Lily fretted as she crossed the park with her daughter.
  “Mom,” Tara sounded as though she was trying to hide her frustration. “I go to dad’s every
  summer. Nothing bad ever happens. This has been going on since I was six. I’m now sixteen. Do you
  know what that means? Ten years of doing this. The world is still spinning. The seasons still come
  and go. It’ll be fine.”
  Lily stopped briefly for a moment, taking in her daughter. They looked similar, with the same red
  hair, green eyes, and pale skin. But Tara had her father’s nose and lips and his dry sense of humor.
  Even now, with her backpack slung over her shoulder and suit