The Graduation Study Guide is a workbook for the teen or adult that prefers his or her own personal copy. The Graduation is a captivating novel that has the potential of enlightening the teenage to the consequences of their behavior in a non-threatening atmosphere. Discussing the questions at the end of each chapter grants the opportunity to facilitate understanding, nurture communication and explore the difficulties in the life of the teenager as they are exposed to the societal pressures in today¿s world. For the adult reader the novel reveal the nostalgia of years gone by with an accent on values.In The Graduation, thirteen-year-old Annie O'Brien is forced to attend a private school to hone her skills at being a woman. Annie sees this as an unfair act on the part of her parents. At the academy she learns other students have been abandoned by their families. Staunch heartedly, Annie fights against the disciplinary actions of the nuns as she seeks revenge. Torn between her friends at home and the academy's values, she becomes involved with an undesirable who changes the course of her life. Left on her own she must make lifelong decisions at a very young age. The reader will empathize with the heroine as she fights a double standard, then falls in love only to be broadsided by disaster. Although the time period falls in the 1950's, this story captures the same challenges that a teen faces today with relationships, abandonment, and abuse. The Study Guide gives the parent, teenager or family member an opportunity to consider other effective options that would not widen the generation gap. Other works: Goodie RudeShoes, Series One. Billy BitterBetter, Series Two, Granny NeatFreak, The Mouse House, That Secret Part of Me, From Silly to Sinister, Books One and Two of short stories, Navigating the Potholes of Life, A Reason to Dream, The Graduation, may be purchased with or without the Study Guide and With God in Mind.Thank you for your interest in my work.