Upper School Book List

  • The Essential Guide to the New Adolescence by Ava Siegler, Ph.D.
  • Growing Up Gay: The Sorrows and Joys of Gay and Lesbian Adolescence by Rita Reed
  • Guiding the Gifted Child by James T. Webb, Ph.D., Elizabeth A. Meckstroth, M.S., and Stephanie S. Tolan, M.A.
  • The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life by Laura S. Kastner, Ph.D., and Jennifer Wyatt, Ph.D.
  • A Parent’s Guide for Suicidal and Depressed Teens by Kate Williams
  • Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., and Michael Thompson, Ph.D.
  • Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families: Building a Beautiful Family Culture in a Turbulent World by Stephen R. Covey
  • Sex and Sensibility: The Thinking Parent’s Guide to Talking Sense About Sex by Deborah M. Roffman
  • Speaking of Boys: Answers to the Most-Asked Questions about Raising Sons by Michael Thompson, Ph.D.
  • Stress and Your Child by Bettie B. Youngs, Ph.D.
  • The Trouble with Perfect: How Parents can Avoid the Overachievement Trap and Still Raise Successful Children by Elizabeth Guthrie, M.D., and Kathy Matthews
  • Your Anxious Child by John S. Dacey and Lisa B. Fiore
  • Wonderful Ways to Love a Teen…Even When it Seems Impossible by Judy Ford