Everything you need to understand or teach Second Star to the Right by Deborah Hautzig.
Second Star to the Right is about the complex love between a parent and a child. In an age when most books for the young adult are focusing on aspects of an abused or neglected child, this book shows what happens when the love of a mother becomes too encompassing. Leslie Hiller loves her mother, but she never seems to be able to enjoy that love; instead, she always feels guilty for something...