Book Information

Book ID Asin: 1939775027
Book Title: The Owner's Manual for Driving Your Adolescent Brain: A Growth Mindset and Brain Development Book for Young Teens and Their Parents
Book Author: JoAnn Deak,Terrence Deak,Freya Harrison
Book Format and Price:
Book Format Name: Kindle
Book Format Price: $8.99
Book Format Name: Paperback
Book Format Price: $16.99
Book Price: $16.99
Book Category: Books, Children's Books, Growing Up & Facts of Life and unknown
Book Rating: 54 ratings

Book Product Detail

• Best Sellers Rank: #398,124 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #247 in Children's Anatomy Books
  • #2,331 in Children's Self-Esteem Books
  • #3,693 in Children's Books on Emotions & Feelings (Books)

• Customer Reviews:
  4.1 out of 5 stars 54 ratings

Book Review

Name: M.
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Engaging and Educational!
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 8, 2013
Review: Owner's Manual for Driving Your Adolescent Brain, by JoAnn Deak, Ph.D., and Terrence Deak, Ph.D. is an informative manual explaining adolescence and the impact it has on a child growing into an adult. Although the subject covered is technical, the easy to relate to comparisons of cell body to Ipod and exercises that involve ice cream keep it fresh and age appropriate.

The manual explains in detail what adolescence is and how it affects the entire body, starting in the brain. By comparing the brain to a car, it covers brain functions, nervous system, spinal cord, and cells. It keeps the reader entertained with mind blowing inserts like, "If the cell body were as big as a baseball, then its axon would extend nearly 2416 feet! That is eight times as tall as the Statue of Liberty, twice as tall as the Eiffel Tower, and almost as tall as the tallest skyscraper on Earth." It explains empathy and the importance of social interaction as a critical growth aspect.

While this book gives the adolescent permission to be a normal teenager, it also offers healthy suggestions to fuel the brain and cope with the intensity of puberty (including temptation of alcohol and drugs). Freya Harrison's illustrations are dynamic, and balance the content with ease.

A technical yet engaging read that provides a simplified explanation to a confusing subject for many!

Name: Tstan225
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: If you have an adolescent you love...a must read!!!
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 25, 2013
Review: As a mother of four children and grandmother of 3 children, I so wish Dr. Deak's books would have been available years ago. This is the sequel to Your Fantastic Elastic Brain, and every bit as informative and inspiring for adolescent minds, ages 10-20, as her former book was for ages 1-10. If you have an adolescent you love who will soon enter adolescence or has already arrived into this challenging, ever evolving age, this book is a must! The data and illustrations are fun while using scientific research to provide facts for helping you to understand the brain's behavior and growth during this time. This is an important read for adults, but, more importantly, fun for their kids to explore. My granddaughter is still in the Fantastic Elastic stage, but she loves the first book and has used the information to understand why she was struggling with a math problem, and voila! her struggle ended! She and my other two grandchildren will be receiving their own copies of The Owner's Manual for Driving Your Adolescent Brain. Dr. Deak has joined forces with her neuropsychologist nephew, Dr. Terrence Deak, who does nothing but enhance the already amazing concepts from her own research. What a team! I highly recommend this book!

Name: Horse Happy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fun Book! Important Subject Matter for Students!
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 21, 2020
Review: This is a rich little book to help adolescents learn about what is going on with their brains at this stage of their lives. My middle schoolers are doing well with it. Nice graphics and fonts make it interesting for kiddos!

Name: Gene D.
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: 3/5
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 28, 2020
Review: Pretty much a picture book got this for summer reading during school I personally would not get it again but maybe your into that kinda thing

Name: K. Harrison
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: GEEKING OUT WITH DR. DEAK!
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 25, 2013
Review: The Drs. DEAK will knock your socks off! They not only explain WHAT is going on in the adolescent brain but WHY. This is the kind of book that should be discussed in parent book clubs, shared in the faculty lounge, and make it on every student's summer reading list!
Our elementary school students have loved Your Fantastic Elastic Brain...can't wait to hear what our middle school students have to say about The Owner's Manual. And if you haven't heard Dr. JoAnn Deak speak in person- make that your New Year's resolution.

Name: Jeanette
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: For younger Teens
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 16, 2013
Review: Firstly I should mention that the quality is such that it is virtually impossible to read on a kindle touch. It is not formatted like a standard book and comes across more like a pdf file. I was able to read it easier on the ipad.

At first glance my teenagers (18 & 16) found the tone and examples to childlike so perhaps it's better aimed at younger teens.

Sadly, due to the difficulty reading it with the existing formatting, I returned the book.

Name: sarah
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Don't buy from this book store
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 5, 2021
Review: This book was in horrible condition with writing and marker all over it. Not described accurately.

Name: Christine Mayman
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: For a younger audience
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 2, 2016
Review: Parts of this we're interesting, to be certain. But the whole thing was distractingly childish and not appealing to my 13 year old. The juvenile illustrations belie the degree of mental capacity necessary to grasp the concepts. Overall, I didn't find this book appealing. I'm going to give it to the local Youth Counseling Center, as they will certainly have an audience for it.

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