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Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
Alex Harris, Brett Harris
Multnomah Books, 2008
dizzydax
I loved this book! These two incredible teen authors break the mold of the "typical teenager" and share their wonderful advice to other teens on how to prove the "lazy teenager" stereotype wrong.
A MUST READ FOR ALL TEENS (AND SOME ADULTS TOO!)
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Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager, ...
Anthony E. Wolf
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002
Right on target!
I found this book to be of great value in improving communication with my 9th grade daughter. I wish I had read it sooner!
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Hurry Down Sunshine
Michael Greenberg
Other Press, 2008
stunning book
I was gripped by this extraordinary book from the first page. With the totally unexpected, bolt-from-the-blue force of divine calamity striking one of the characters in a greek tragedy, the author's fifteen year old daughter was suddenly 'struck mad'in the summer of ...
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Goldengrove: A Novel
Francine Prose
Harper, 2008
Beautiful Writing, but............
Goldengrove begins at a lake with two sisters, Nico and Margaret out in a row boat. The first few pages give the reader some foreshadowing with what is about to happen. The older sister Margaret who is high school age, dives into the lake and drowns. Nico, age 13 is ...
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
MTV, 1999
Freakin' Awesome
This book is amazing. It's full of weird things, comedy, and of course some serious stuff. It has changed people's life but it my not change yours. I would recommend this to people 14 yrs. old and up. Also, anyone who has felt alone, scared, or just hasn't been able to ...
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007
Courtesy of Teens Read Too
I'll admit -- I put off reading THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN for well over a year, in favor of more "exciting" books. Boy, what a mistake I made!
Told from the perspective of thirteen-year-old Arnold Spirit, an intelligent, observant, sarcastic ...
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
Collins Living, 1999
Best ideas for dealing with difficult situations
I thought this book would apply only for older children, but I've found several techniques that already apply and WORK with my 2 1/2 year old child. I love the way the book is organized and I love how it really gives many specific examples of how to apply the methods ...
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Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys
Dan Kindlon, Michael Thompson
Ballantine Books, 2000
Must read... and you won't be able to put it down!
This is the best book I've seen about raising boys. My husband and I both have read every single page -- it's the first parenting book we've ever really read together, and we've talked about all of it. My husband felt like he was reading about all the secret ...
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Untamed: A House of Night Novel (House of Night Novels)
PC Cast, Kristin Cast
St. Martin's Griffin, 2008
A must read series!
I am really loving The House of Night series! Untamed was such a page turner and the ending was truly intense. I cant wait to read the next book in this series.
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Graceling
Kristin Cashore
Harcourt Children's Books, 2008
Great...If you can ignore the HUGE anti marriage elements
Graceling is a well written book by first time author Kristin ashore. She is remarkably talented in her telling of the story. The book definitely demands your attention and qualifies as un-put-downable. For the plot and writing, I give it the full five stars. And here, ...
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The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of ...
Madeline Levine
Harper Paperbacks, 2008
excellent
this is a fabulous book. the love of money over people and the disregard for substantive values are destroying our society. this book sheds a great deal of light on the ways that we are hurting our children and ourselves. it is extremely well-written and intelligent. ...
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The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton
Puffin, 1997
one of my favorite books of all time
For me, this is one of those books that you can read over and over and over, and even though you know the ending, you still can't put it down and you wish that maybe this time, there'll be a different ending.
I won't bother writing a detailed review about this book ...
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The Outsiders
SE Hinton
Puffin, 2006
the outsiders
the book arrived in excellant time and the compostion of the print was great. Have AMD and it is hard to read some of the print in the booksthese days but this was fine.
Enjoyed the story and the talk with the author
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Go Ask Alice
Anonymous
Simon Pulse, 2005
Go Ask Alice
I loved this book. The emotion that the protagonist conveys throughout the book is clearly relatable from generation to generation. I recommend this book for every teenager out there.
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Parenting Teens With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition)
Foster W. Cline, Jim Fay
Pinon Press, 2006
Love comes naturally, Logic not so much
This book was recommended by my family counselor. A lot of the concepts are exactly what I would have used in my parenting if not for the bully ex-husband constantly telling me I was wrong. I'm now in a position to start parenting in a way that my son can relate to ...
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