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I purchased this for a special teen in my life who has had to go to public school and face all of that. I am not a teen anymore, but a decade ago, I was. I never went to a public school, or delt with teenage dating, drugs, suicide, sneaking around, or all of that drama. I read it before I gave it to her, and I think I learned some things that enter into the "average teen's" life. I hope she enjoys it, and learns, laughs and grows as I did.
The only thing that I would like to see more in this book is poetry. The day I read that story I went home and gave him a big hug and I told him that I loved him. The stories with love, hope and forgiveness really hit home for me. This book was a wonderful and uplifting read. All in all I thought it was a good book. The thing that really got me was one of the stories that had a little brother that had cancer and it made me think of my little brother and what would my life be like without him.
I just think that this book will make so many people's lives so much brighter after having read it.
You would like this book if you love the feeling of being thankful of what you have.
I love to read about people's problems and how they overcome them.
A lot of the passages will be in the back of my mind for a long time.
The parts with thoughtful words and deep thoughts always make me think.
It makes me think to be kinder to people and to be happy that people are how they are and no one should try to change them.
That some people are there to help and some people are there to be helped by people.
I just think that it is good to know that someone might be going through the same problems with boys, parents, school, drugs and tons more things that make your head spin every day, and things that you feel like there is no way out of that situation.
My daughter started reading this book at age 12, and has had it for 2 years. She still loves to go back and read selections of love, hope, courage. Give your teenager something worth reading. :)
I bought this book as a gift for my 16yr old niece. The very next day, she told me how much she loved the book. She even cried reading it. I think it's nice to find reading materials that can move the minds and feelings of teenagers.
I skimmed through the book before I gave it to my granddaughter who just turned 13. I thought it had some well written stories that a teenager can relate to and a lot of food for thought. She was so happy to get it, since she had the one for pre-teens also and really liked it.
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