That sense of humor that helped so much with my own adventures in parenting and experiences raising three boys. When I first read this book my eldest was not at that age yet, but I was grateful for the heads up. Reading it now just makes me grateful that I survived having three teenage boys. I know EXACTLY what Elly was going through! Thank you Lynn! ( )

The fact that this book is that rarity with a 5 star overall rating, shows that Lynn Johnston and the comic strip For Better or For Worst have a lot of fans. I'm certainly one of them. This book, a 10th anniversary collection includes not only bunches of the strips up to that time, but its history and a good bit of its creator's. A bittersweet treasure today, August 31, 2008 when the storyline ends. The Pattersons have certainly been great neighbors. God speed, Lynn Johnston! ( )

This is it--the big, 10th Anniversary extravaganza. Not only do you get a year's worth of For Better or For Worse strips; not only do you get an extra collection of favorite Sunday strips (in full color!); but you also get an illustrated essay chronicling the life of Lynn Johnston and the genesis of For Better or For Worse. ... Um, it's really more interesting than it sounds. Okay, maybe you need to be a cartoonist groupie or something. Well, I am, sort of, so I enjoyed it. So have my kids, as is evidenced by all of the pages which have broken free of the binding. Ah, well. When my siblings and I moved out of the house, my parents celebrated by buying new furniture and doing some remodeling. When our kids move out, I think I'm going to replace all the books they've worn out and maybe add a few more bookshelves. But I digress. In this collection, the Patterson kids have yet to move out. Michael is only turning thirteen, after all. In this collection, he seems to take center stage in the strip as we're treated to his first romance and all the social games of junior high school. Ah, thank God I don't have to go though that again...
--J. ( )

A tenth-anniversary collection of sorts; the first part is an autobiography of Lynn Johnston, followed by dozens of color Sunday strips. The second half continues the regular continuity from the last book., Liz and Michael go to summer camp, where Michael (12) meets Martha, his first girlfriend. The family goes to the cousins' farm for Christmas vacation. ( )