From 1996-2000, thirty minority teenagers (African American, Chinese American, Puerto Rican American, and Dominican American) were interviewed every year for four years to investigate how their experiences in high school shaped their social relationships. Contents of this book include: (1) Rethinking High School as a Relational Journey; (2) Immigrant Dream and/or Educational Delusion?; (3) "It's a Bad School Because of the Kids"; (4) Longitudinal Case Studies of Friendship Patterns: Isidora, Reginald Mei Ling, and Lena; (5) Racial and Ethnic Discrimination among Peer Groups; (6) The Trappings of School Choice in a Neighborhood School; and (6) Conclusion: Politicizing Peer Relationships.