The friends ride an emotional roller coaster, working through crises amid reflections on their fabulous, but rapidly dwindling, days of childhood. Joe waffles between college and pro baseball. Then, something really confounds him. Brenda can't shake her insistence on attending her prom-or her confusion over whether or not to let someone adopt her baby. Another friend can't find a date two weeks before the prom! How can Megan help all of them?

This thrilling senior year culminates in a prom to remember - in more ways than one! Will Brenda ruin everyone's night? Is there trouble for Joe's long-time romance and friendship with Megan? And, will Megan's prayers, for those halcyon days of youth to somehow never let her go, be answered?

The friends ride an emotional roller coaster, working through crises amid reflections on their fabulous, but rapidly dwindling, days of childhood. Joe waffles between college and pro baseball. Then, something really confounds him. Brenda can't shake her insistence on attending her prom-or her confusion over whether or not to let someone adopt her baby. Another friend can't find a date two weeks before the prom! How can Megan help all of them?

This thrilling senior year culminates in a prom to remember - in more ways than one! Will Brenda ruin everyone's night? Is there trouble for Joe's long-time romance and friendship with Megan? And, will Megan's prayers, for those halcyon days of youth to somehow never let her go, be answered?

If you ever wanted to be a DIS or learn what it's like interviewing people about their sex partners, then this book is a must read.

If you ever wanted to be a DIS or learn what it's like interviewing people about their sex partners, then this book is a must read.

If you ever wanted to be a DIS or learn what it's like interviewing people about their sex partners, then this book is a must read.

This tale of teenage discovery and rebellion was too radical for publishers in the 1970’s. Based on a true story, it follows Allison and her adventurous friends as they discover strange brown gunk in the water at their usual summer swimming hole. Analyzing the stuff, they figure out who is producing it and why, and want to find a way to put a stop to it. They are led to take on the company, their own hypocritical parents who work there, and the whole town they live in. To create a world fit for them and their values, they find they have to turn the whole world upside down.

Confusion turned to Chaos is about the struggles of high school in 1968, the year Madelyn West turns sixteen. Confusion turned to Chaos tells stories of important historical events, as well as Madelyn's private high-school and home-life experiences and difficulties; including bullying, prejudice, racism, the mafia, and cliques. Madelyn encounters Bruce Springsteen and makes the acquaintance of Tony Soprano.

In the end Madelyn is able to help avert a race riot at Clear Mountain High School near Newark, NJ. Proof that one average kid, with problems, can make a difference. The theme of Confusion turned to Chaos is tolerance and acceptance. The names have been changed to protect the guilty. Like 'Crash,' Confusion turned to Chaos is meant to provoke discussions among high-school and college students and open channels of healthy communication.

Madelyn's thoughts are in italics throughout the book.

"Confusion turned to Chaos is an adventure in reading!"-L. McGinnis

The Paradise Boys live in a place which takes its name from its location, Paradise Hill, on the city's North Side. Surrounded by hostile neighbors, who call the boys criminals and retards, and on set a hill above an urban jungle called the War Streets, the Paradise Boys grapple with the confusions of life. Playing softball, going canoeing, traveling to amusement parks, the boys also take drugs, fight, and cope with parents, guilt, and their own troubled pasts. Facing an endless struggle with each other-and within themselves-the Paradise Boys fight with the world until the novel's violent and shocking conclusion.

This tale of teenage discovery and rebellion was too radical for publishers in the 1970’s. Based on a true story, it follows Allison and her adventurous friends as they discover strange brown gunk in the water at their usual summer swimming hole. Analyzing the stuff, they figure out who is producing it and why, and want to find a way to put a stop to it. They are led to take on the company, their own hypocritical parents who work there, and the whole town they live in. To create a world fit for them and their values, they find they have to turn the whole world upside down.