Written by Dr. Mel Levine, renowned developmental-behavioral pediatrician, professor and author. For grades 5-8. Social interactions are often the most stressful aspect of adolescent life. In Jarvis Clutch—Social Spy, Dr. Mel Levine teams up with fictitious eighth-grader Jarvis Clutch to offer insight and advice on the middle school scene. Jarvis' spy notes provide a bird's eye view of the difficult social experiences that middle school students are bound to encounter. His wry perspective is alternated with commentary and wisdom from Dr. Levine, who provides an anlysis of social situations from an expert's perspective and shares the terminology that students need to understand what makes social interactions so challenging. Topics include social cognition, peer pressure, aggression, finding your niche, shyness, academic success, humor, code switching athletics and school politics.