This book is part of a book series called Puffin Teenage Fiction .

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Penguin Books Ltd .

John Farman attended Harrow Art School followed by the Royal College of Art. After completing his Masters degree he worked in the advertising industry until his departure to become a full-time writer and illustrator. He is the author of several children's books, including The Very Bloody History of Britain (without the boring bits), The Very Bloody History of London, C. R. A. P. (A Collection of Rotten Adult Principles) and Jesus: The Teenage Years. He lives in London.

This book has the following chapters: Home(work) and away - coping with school and parents; to be or not to be tidy? - learning to live with tidiness; you are what you wear, are you? - why parents hate your appearence; if music be the food of love - why so bloody loud?; up all hours - when to be, or not to be, home; late to bed - late to rise - parents versus teenagers, the longest game in the world; the root of all evil - money, who needs it?; the bad things of life - smoking, drinking aqnd taking drugs; new bits in the new places - the trials and tribulations of growing up physically; into the lions' den - meeting the parents; sex for the first time - how, why, when and who with; an alien in the house - a new mummy or daddy; poor old parents - what's life like for them in the naughty 90s; A to Z of things your parents are always going on about.