Carson Clare's Trail Guide to Avoiding Death: A Collection of Cautions Designed to Help You Live Life, Do Stuff, and Possibly Make it Through Middle School

Parents call it adolescence. You know it as the Freak Show. Loserville. The Years of Whiny Posers. Growing up is hard enough already. Now, with the help of Carson Clare's Trail Guide to Avoiding Death (And Other Unpleasant Consequences), you'll learn about some of the additional idiocies, mortal dangers, and personal potholes that are waiting to trip you up as you navigate the smelly bog between elementary school playgrounds and the high school parking lot. From Aliens to Zombies, and the many Bullies, Body Shamers, Mean Kids and Sharks in between, here's what you have to look forward to. Maybe you'll get lucky and avoid them all. If so, you'll be the first!

"As everyone knows, going through middle school is a perilous journey that few survive unscathed. Luckily, there's now an amusing and friendly handbook to guide readers through the worst of it. Delightful verse and surprisingly useful tips make [Carson Clare's Trail Guide] a winner."--Kirkus Reviews