Chicken Soup for High School

The next book we’re giving away for our Grand Opening Party is a Chicken Soup book for a little bit older of an audience – the high school student. Being the mother of a high school student, we both read this book – Chicken Soup for the Soul Teens Talk: High School.

This book is much like the Middle School version from yesterday’s post, but it deals with issues that are more common to the high school age student. Some of the similar topics are being happy with yourself, teenage love, family issues, and embarrassing moments, but then there are the categories that are more focused towards the 15 to 18 year old such as love gone bad, going for it, tough stuff, and moving on.

I thought the best way to summarize this book was with an excerpt from the forward,

“These are the best days of your life!” Has anyone ever said that to you about high school? They said it to us.

We grew up watching movies and TV shows and reading books that made high school out to be such a fantasy. Great-looking prom dates! Football games with friends! Cars! Freedom!

No one ever mentioned that we might wake up the morning of the prom with a pimple the size of Mount Everest protruding from the tip of our nose, or that we would have to study like crazy, or that our parents would still tell us what to do. They also failed to tell us that the football team might continuously lose, or that the driver’s license doesn’t get placed in your hand until you pass the dreaded driver’s test. But even though high school has its blemishes, ti’s guaranteed to be a special time.

This book has inspiring stories to help make the tougher times of high school manageable and doesn’t let them prevent high school from being a special time.

I read this book more thoroughly than the Middle School edition as not only do I have that 17 year old in my house, but I also teach 9th through 12th grade.  This book is heading straight to my classroom shelf now that both Becka and I have read it because I really would like to see as many of my students as possible to read at least portions of this book.

And now, it’s your turn to win a copy of Chicken Soup for the Soul Teens Talk: High School. This would make a great gift for any teen you know about to go to high school or already there.  Don’t have one of these teens in your life? I can guarantee your local high school library would love to have this donated to their collection. So enter now for your chance to have your very own copy.

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We’ll do an entry similar to yesterday’s – tell me a story of a memorable experience from high school that you think would be fitting of a Chicken Soup book.

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1. Chicken Soup for Middle School – ENDED
2. Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Resolution
3. This Is The Day by Nancy White Carlstrom – ENDED
4. Preacher Creature Strikes on Sunday – ENDED
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