Wednesday, April 15, 2009

New Teen Books

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Middle School
A collection of 101 stories for middle school students written by other young teens and by adults about their experiences in middle school. All stories are true personal anecdotes covering a range of topics from funny and embarrassing moments, to teen love and friendship, to family issues and others.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Tough Times
A collection of stories written by teenagers and adults reflecting on their teenage years, offering support and inspiration in tough times. Topics range from abuse to disease to death to self-destructive behavior.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Getting in...to College
A collection of 101 stories for high schools students who are applying to college written by teens and by adults about their experiences applying to college. Stories cover everything from grade pressure, to peer pressure, to parental pressure, to SATs and ACTs, interviews and essays, filling out college applications, to waiting for the letters, dealing with good and bad news, wait lists, and alternative paths to college such as gap years.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Growing Up
Collects anecdotes from teenagers about friendship, peer pressure, self-acceptance, family life, relationships, and overcoming obstacles.

Blinded: The Story of Paul the Apostle - Steve Ross
Saul of Tarsus is good at his job. He hunts down "Flesh Eaters," members of a strange and threatening religious sect that meets in secret and worships by eating and drinking the body and blood of their Lord. What happens when Saul discovers that's he's wrong? What happens when he becomes the Apostle Paul?

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