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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 purchased this for a special teen in my life who has had to go to public school and face all of that. I hope she enjoys it, and learns, laughs and grows as I did. 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 just think that this book will make so many people's lives so much brighter after having read it. This book was a wonderful and uplifting read. The stories with love, hope and forgiveness really hit home for me.
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. All in all I thought it was a good book. I love to read about people's problems and how they overcome them. The parts with thoughtful words and deep thoughts always make me think.
You would like this book if you love the feeling of being thankful of what you have. The day I read that story I went home and gave him a big hug and I told him that I loved him. A lot of the passages will be in the back of my mind for a long time. 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.
That some people are there to help and some people are there to be helped by people. The only thing that I would like to see more in this book is poetry. 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.
:) Give your teenager something worth reading. 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.
I think it's nice to find reading materials that can move the minds and feelings of teenagers. She even cried reading it. 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 was so happy to get it, since she had the one for pre-teens also and really liked it. 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.
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