High: Everything You Want to Know About Drugs, Alcohol, and Addiction - Hardcover

Sheff, David; Sheff, Nic

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0544644344 ISBN 13: 9780544644342

Publisher: Clarion Books, 2019

Synopsis

Just Say Know! With drug education for children more important than ever, this nonfiction book draws on the experiences of the NY Times bestselling father/son team of David and Nic Sheff to provide all the information teens and tweens need to know about drugs, alcohol, and addiction.

From David Sheff, author of Beautiful Boy (2008), and Nic Sheff, author of Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines (2008), comes the ultimate resource for learning about the realities of drugs and alcohol for middle grade readers.
     This book tells it as it is, with testimonials from peers who have been there and families who have lived through the addiction of a loved one, along with the cold, hard facts about what drugs and alcohol do to our bodies. From how to navigate peer pressure to outlets for stress to the potential consequences for experimenting, Nic and David Sheff lay out the facts so that middle grade readers can educate themselves.

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About the Author

David Sheff is the author of several books, including the #1 New York Times best-selling memoir Beautiful Boy. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Wired, and many other publications. His ongoing research and reporting on the science of addiction earned him a place on Time magazine's list of the World's Most Influential People. Sheff and his family live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Visit David at DavidSheff.com, and on Twitter @david_sheff.

Nic Sheff is the author of Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines (2008), We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction (2011), and the young adult novel Schizo (2014). He is a contributor to TheFix.com, and recently wrote an episode of Netflix hit show 13 Reasons Why. He lives in Beverly Hills. Visit Nic on Twitter @nic_sheff.

From School Library Journal

Gr 9 Up-The authors (a father and son) have each written multiple compelling memoirs about Nic's struggle with addiction. In this latest, they apply their firsthand knowledge to an informative overview of teen drug use, including brief information about the types of narcotics young people are likely to encounter, and advice on how to deal with addiction in oneself or others. However, the Sheffs rely too heavily on personal experiences, even in the fact-based portions of the book. For example, the section that focuses on the teenage brain skips compelling scientific facts and instead relies on anecdotes. Another failing is in the unfocused nature of the book. In trying to cover everything, nothing gets explored in full. This is especially evident in the second section, which covers some drug types in depth while only devoting one or two paragraphs to others. Mental health and its relationship with addiction is put at the forefront of the discussion, and Nic's personal experiences lend credence to the sections on recovery and the effects of addiction. That said, these themes are much more comprehensively explored in the authors' other memoirs on the topic. VERDICT An additional purchase for libraries where works by the Sheffs are popular.-Heather Waddell, Abbot Public Library, Marblehead, MAα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0544644344
• ISBN 13: 9780544644342
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272