Gr 7-12-Most YAs will be put off by Evans's overtly biased, didactic tone. She refers to herself as ``babushka Evans,'' and indicates that babushkas ``...represent the only remaining moral authority in post-Soviet society.'' The 22 chapters present fictitious but fact-based stories, followed by the author's opinions, on a variety of topics. Although references ``were left out to avoid distraction,'' appended notes serve as footnotes. For example, she says, ``Look at statistics about 15-year-old girls. Now-26% engage in premarital sex. 1970-5% engaged in premarital sex. 1960-a lower percentage. 1940-fewer still.'' This information is said to come from ``recent news sources.'' The glossary defines censorship as ``government restriction of speech or dissent'' and New Age as ``a wide range of beliefs borrowed from many sources; formerly called occult.'' The author warns against ``unwise advice from adult instructors...who accept whatever decision you make about drug use and teen sex...who encourage you to act on your feelings, to express the dark side of yourself, to break with your past and to consider yourself your own best authority...'' and tells readers to ``be aware that most current therapy helps you adjust to homosexuality rather than supports you in changing that behavior.'' Teens face so much confusion already that they will hardly welcome this murky, heavy-handed presentation.-Dona Weisman, Northeast Texas Library System, Garland