Title: Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff Author: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Kimberly Kirberger
ISBN: 978-1-558-74942-9
Recommended Grade Level of Reader: 9th and Up
Publisher: HCI Teens
Media Type: Book
Copyright: 2001
Genre: Non-Fiction
Reader's Annotation: Coming-of-age tales that will help to sooth the souls of teenagers everywhere.
Plot Summary: Like the plethora of other Chicken Soup for the Soul books that have come before this, it contains a collection of stories written by different authors. In this case, teenagers are the ones sharing stories. The content includes topics relating to self acceptance, drugs and alcohol, relationships, and peer pressure, among other social issues. The young adult contributors help to convey the message that other teenagers, facing many of the issues discussed in Tough Stuff, are not alone.
Evaluation: (B) With a wide variety of social issues, teenagers will surely be able to relate to or learn from experiences and insights shared by their peers. Canfield, Hansen, and Kirberger select a handful of articulate and expressive teenagers to compose the pages within this book. It is the honesty and sincerity of some of the young contributors makes this edition of Chicken Soup for the Soul appealing.
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