Foreword
The process of growing up, of passing through the age of adolescence has, through the ages, been marked by great inner turmoil, uncertainty and tremendous pressures from family and peer group alike. Certainly, in our society today, the problems of youth appear to be more marked than ever before.
We hear constant reports of the pervasive use of drugs and alcohol in our schools. Of shoplifting and other petty crimes. Of promiscuity and dangerous VD epidemics.
Hilary Thompson and Hetty Sue Baker are two teenagers embarking on their own special journeys into adolescence. They find themselves plagued by their powerful emotions, uncertain how to handle their budding sexuality, falling rapidly in and out of love, getting angry over imagined slights and youthful misjudgments. Their friendship proves to be a stabilizing force, however, and it helps to see them through a summer wrought with more troubling and degrading events than either girl could have imagined.
TIED UP TEENAGERS-the story of two average young American girls' corning of age. A lesson to us all. A reminder, once again, that growing up is not easy.
-The Publisher