The Step-Tween Survival Guide: How to Deal with Life in a Stepfamily

by Lisa Cohn, Steve Marks (Illustrator), Debbie Glasser

Life as a preteen (a.k.a. “tween”) can be challenging. Life as a stepkid can be equally tough. Put them together, and it can be like climbing Mount Everest…daily. Step-tweens are not only caught between childhood and teenhood—they’re also often caught between two parents, two families, and two homes. This book lets them know they are not alone, helps them identify and express their feelings, and teaches them how to effectively communicate their wants and needs. The engaging format includes lively illustrations, quizzes, advice from other stepkids, “survival tools” to use when the going gets rough, and suggestions for what to do when nothing else seems to be working. With The Step-Tween Survival Guide , tweens will gain the skills and inspiration to both survive and thrive in a stepfamily.

128 pages, Paperback

First published June 15, 2008

About the author

Lisa Cohn and her teen daughter, Lea, have appeared on the Today Show, SiriusXM Radio, in Disney's Babble.com, in The Oregonian and other media outlets. They were featured in Voice of America for their third book, "Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts." The article focused on the character of Vera, an immigrant grandma from Ukraine based on Michael's surrogate grandma.

Watch the first "Bash and Lucy" book trailer:
https://youtu.be/pEfY1wKpqYI

The first two "Bash and Lucy" books received Mom's Choice Silver Awards. Lisa’s other books have won awards from Parenting Publications of America, Voice of Youth Advocates and ForeWord Book of the Year.

Lisa Cohn is an award-winning author and writer. Her co-author, book-loving Lea Cohn, was the focus of a Today Show segment when she was five. In addition to co-authoring the books, she is a reader in the Bash and Lucy audiobooks and created the cover design concept for "Bash and Lucy Say, 'Love, Love, Bark'" and the monster illustrations in "Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts."

Visit BashAndLucyBooks.com to learn more.