After almost a decade of teaching high school, I've come across at least a dozen girls with eating disorders. But no matter how many I meet or which experts I consult, I've never understood why these ...

"I’m worried about you. I’m scared that you’re getting sick," a friend texted me, what seemed like a lifetime ago. After my first major breakup, my chronic depression was at its worst. I lost weight, ...

As promised in today's Post-Standard, here's more from my interview with Central New York author Laurie Halse Anderson, which she squeezed in before leaving on her national book tour to promote her ...

When I picked up the book “Wintergirls” I wasn’t sure I wanted to delve into the head of an anorexic eighteen-year-old girl who frequently cuts herself. But, as I read the first pages of this novel, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Laurie Halse Anderson's latest novel will rattle any reader's bones. Published in 2009, "Wintergirls" encapsulates the struggle of millions of teenagers. It is a promise-song of hope for those ...

Nonfiction books are not the only books that impart information. Many times the best teaching books are works of fiction. After all, for thousands of years humans have used fiction to share knowledge ...

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