How to Survive Anything: Shark Attack, Lightning, Embarrassing Parents, Pop Quizzes, and Other Perilous Situations -- Rachel Buchholz, Paperback

Let's face it. With school pressures, social pressures, parental pressures...the teenage years are tough. Your best friend is with you one day, dating your crush the next. But it could be worse! You could be face-to-face with an angry grizzly, or chest-deep in quicksand. Never fear, National Geographic has the solution! In this hilariously informative take on surviving the trials of middle school and the jungles of South America, we combine our expertise on nature and adventure with the fun-and-learning approach of our Nat Geo style...and voila, the perfect advice to conquer any obstacle, whether it threatens life or social status or both. Edgy, young, authoritative, and amusingly illustrated, this title will grab the attention of young teens and gift-buyers alike.

Author: Rachel Buchholz
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
Published: 04/12/2011
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 9.03h x 6.15w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9781426307744
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 07/01/2011 pg. 112
Reference and Research Bk News 10/01/2011 pg. 55

About the Author
Rachel Buchholz is the executive editor of National Geographic Kids and National Geographic Little Kids magazines in Washington, DC. In her more than 15 years of editing, she has found some of the world's most amazing stories about animals. She is the author of the Children's Choice-nominated book How to Survive Anything: Shark Attack, Lightning, Embarrassing Parents, Pop Quizzes, and Other Perilous Situations and a former editor at Boys' Life magazine in Dallas.