Gossip: Deal With It Before Word Gets Around is one of the titles in the Deal With It Series created to assist adolescents with everyday conflicts in their lives and promotes peaceful resolution. This title examines how students can deal with the negative influences of gossip whether they are the gossiper, the subject of the gossip, or the witness. Gossip is defined with easy to understand examples presented in comic format, a quiz, letters to a Conflict Counsellor, do's and don'ts, and tips on how to deal with these issues. Suggested activities to prevent gossip situations are provided as well as a resource guide for follow-up activities. This is a valuable student resource for dealing with the issue of gossip at the classroom level. The cartoon illustrations are effective and inclusive showing male and female students from a variety of cultural and religious groups. A Teacher Guide is available at