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I hope she enjoys it, and learns, laughs and grows as I did. 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.
The only thing that I would like to see more in this book is poetry. I just think that this book will make so many people's lives so much brighter after having read it. The day I read that story I went home and gave him a big hug and I told him that I loved him. 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. 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 stories with love, hope and forgiveness really hit home for me. 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. 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.
All in all I thought it was a good book. This book was a wonderful and uplifting read. You would like this book if you love the feeling of being thankful of what you have. The parts with thoughtful words and deep thoughts always make me think.
She still loves to go back and read selections of love, hope, courage. :) My daughter started reading this book at age 12, and has had it for 2 years. Give your teenager something worth reading.
The very next day, she told me how much she loved the book. I think it's nice to find reading materials that can move the minds and feelings of teenagers. I bought this book as a gift for my 16yr old niece. She even cried reading it.
I thought it had some well written stories that a teenager can relate to and a lot of food for thought. I skimmed through the book before I gave it to my granddaughter who just turned 13. She was so happy to get it, since she had the one for pre-teens also and really liked it.
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