{"product_id":"our-last-best-shot-isbn-9781573228756","title":"Our Last Best Shot","description":"\u003cb\u003eOur Last Best Shot\u003c\/b\u003e presents the personal stories of twelve girls and boys from across America. Their stories, and Laura Sessions Stepp's extensive research, provide real insight for parents trying to raise well-adjusted children in this difficult age. Filled with wisdom and common sense, based on cutting-edge research, and featuring an invaluable resource list, this is a book that parents and educators cannot afford to be without.Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Knowing Who They Are\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Am I Competent? (Eric's Story)\u003cbr\u003e2. Am I Loved?  Am I Loving? (Chandler's Story)\u003cbr\u003e3. Am I Normal? (Shannon's Story)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: The Company They Keep\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e4. Hangin' with the Crowd (Libby's Story)\u003cbr\u003e5. The Loner (Chip's Story)\u003cbr\u003e6. Best Friends (Angela's Story)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Learning In and Out of School\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e7. Low Expectations (Rodney's Story)\u003cbr\u003e8. Learning Values and Being Valued (Jessica's Story)\u003cbr\u003e9. Outside the Box (Jack's Story)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four: The Right Connections\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e10. Mom's Friend (Michelle's Story)\u003cbr\u003e11. Connections Severed, Connections Made (Mario's Story)\u003cbr\u003e12. The Power of One-Plus (Alana's Story)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue: School Year 1999-2000\u003cbr\u003eFrom My Home to Yours: Some Concluding Thoughts\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Resources on Adolescence\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003eLaura Sessions Stepp is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who specializes in covering teenagers and young adults for the Style section of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in such publications as \u003ci\u003eParent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChild\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorking Mother\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, and Harvard’s \u003ci\u003eNieman Reports\u003c\/i\u003e. She has twice been a resident scholar at the National Academy of Sciences, has served as a member of the U.S. Surgeon General’s Healthy People 2000 panel on adolescence and chairs the board of advisors of the Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families at the University of Maryland. Stepp, who has three grown children, lives outside Washington, D.C., with her husband.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303872057573,"sku":"NP9781573228756","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781573228756.jpg?v=1767734328","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/our-last-best-shot-isbn-9781573228756","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}