This Shy Guides series entry (4 titles) describes the biology of shyness and offers suggestions for easing or overcoming social fears. It makes the distinction between someone who's shy or unsocial versus someone who has a chronic social anxiety disorder (SAD), and then explains why some people react in certain ways in uncomfortable social situations and details how the body's systems respond to that fear. It discusses whether shyness is genetic, environmental, or both and highlights famous people who suffer from social anxiety. Despite the text's short length, there's enough information to reassure shy tweens or middle-schoolers that they are OK just the way they are. But if they're interested in becoming a little more social, this book offers tools and steps to help them successfully accomplish that goal.