This book is great! I'm a social worker who has done a lot of work with adolescents, and I found the author's analysis to be dead-on target.The book made for fascinating reading from beginning to end. I was especially intrigued by the author's cross-cultural comparison of the socialization (or lack thereof) of adolescents into their adult community.I highly recommend this book for anyone who cares about adolescents, especially those adolescents who feel most alienated from society.