- Topics within the Life Balance series focus on maintaining positive mental health overall, rather than just dealing with problems.- Series has a fresh, sophisticated design and 2-color interior with illustrations.- Each book includes features and sidebars that highlight additional information of interest.- Features real-life stories and lively writing, as well as hard facts about the topic.National Social Studies Standards, Grades 5-8- Individual Development and Identity: IV- Identify and describe the influence of perception, attitudes, values, and beliefs on personal identity.- Describe the ways family, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and institutional affiliations contribute to personal identity.- Relate such factors as physical endowment and capabilities, learning, motivation, personality, perception, and behavior to individual development.