Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul

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This first batch of Chicken Soup for Teens consists of 101 stories every teenager can relate to and learn from -- without feeling criticized or judged. This edition contains important lessons on the nature of friendship and love, the importance of belief in the future, and the value of respect for oneself and others, and much more.
Paperback, 353 pages
Published May 14th 1997 by Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Nancy
Oct 30, 2008 Nancy added it  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: teenagers
The name of this book is called Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning (Paperback) by Kirberger Kimberly. This book is jammed with many stories written by real life people who had actually experienced what they have written in this book. An example of a story that in this book would be about a girl who had her heart broken because her boyfriend decided that they best way for them was to end the relationship. She said that she hated it and that she hated how she...more
Eliza
"Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul" was a beautiful compilation of short stories that I think every teenager can relate to, all the time. I'm almost positive that fifty years from now, if a teenager picked up this book, they'd instantly be able to relate to it.

With that said, Chicken Soup wasn't always brilliantly written, but the thought was there. I wasn't expecting it to be out-of-this-world, because of course, it was written by teenagers for teenagers. The stories inside it were just, wow.

I...more
Kehyonah Graves
Being the first one in the trilogy, it was good and very touching. It gave me the felling that I was not alone in feeling the "teenage" feelings I was feeling.
Madison Gill
This book is a life lesson book. There a bunch of stories on girls, about their lives. It deals with romance, friends, school, and much more. These books are made up of a bunch of short storis that will make you laugh, along with learn.
This book has about 300 pages. There are many more different topics, for teens, and more. Even if you don't like to read you could just read one 3 page story a night. These books are so much fun!
One of my favorite stories is one were a boy kisses a girl on her te...more
Rebecca
If the soul was ever in need of comfort or soothing (which chicken soup supposedly is) then I feel very sorry for the person who goes straight to this book to find it. Another collection of stories etc from 'real people' about 'life lessons' and 'issues'. There is a very mainstream conservative twinge in these books. You never hear stories of people who stopped believing in God or who are from non Judeo Christian religions, are gay, or who committed crimes in their youth or who dropped out of sc...more
Gabriela
Name of book: Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
Author: Jack Canfield
Pages: 353
Genre: non fiction
Reading Level:
Exposition: The book is about different teenage stories and of what some teenagers have gone through. And of what other teens have gone through so they are true stories that you can learn about. The good thing about this books is that they help you relate to the story without being afraid of being judge basically you are learning from experience of others. This is the exposition of the b...more
Karen Almaraz
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, 1997, 353 pp., $ 24.00
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger 1558744630

Everybody makes mistakes: A book review of Chicken soup for the Teenage Soul

Now wouldn't you like a book in which that the stories seem so similar to the life you are living now? Well this book has a bunch of short stories in which not only will the stories seem familiar; they can be things you are experiencing now.

The book, Chicken Soup for...more
Julianna Martinez
Book Report Guidelines – Good Reads
Name of book: It Was the Year
Author: Ariel Chu
Pages: Short Story
Genre: Fiction
Reading Level of book:

Exposition (4-6 sentences)
The main character sees that everyone has changed. Friendship goes away. The memories are still there and they are going to stay.

Conflict: (4-6 sentences)
She thinks she is not cool enough to be with her best friend. Her friend started ignoring her. Her friend thinks that she doesn’t get it. She says she has no idea what her life is lik...more
Alexa
Life Lessons: Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul

Have you ever lost someone you loved? The book Chicken Soup For The Teenage soul wont let you go through that sad melancholy journey alone. Chicken Soup has 101 stories of lessons learned, of everyday obstacles and on love. I assure you anyone cant relate to.

Chicken Soup, a series of wonderful stories, written by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Kimberly Kirberger. “Always Return Your Phone Calls,” a story based on friendship. This short sto...more
Star
I don't have much to say about this book. It was alright, it dealt with minor issues that teenagers are forced to overcome throughout those seven years that they are teenagers. It was a bit disappointing that the issues addressed within the book revolved around such minor problems.

Yes, break-ups are hard, I never said that they were minor for the individual, but in the greater scheme of things, a relationship is not going to change a teenager's life forever.
They'll get over it, whether it takes...more
Amber
Chicken soup is a really good book because it gives you great advise and its a book that will make you happy and sad. This book really makes you care and feel good or bad for the people in the book. This book is really good because its not like any other book you dont have to read cover to cover you can skip storys or read them all but the storys are really good.
This book is a text to world book. I say this becasue this book is from teenagers/adults (who remeber storys or there teenage years)...more
4nataly
Chicken soup for the soul was a great adventure. It took my imagination on a fun roller coaster ride. It took me back to sad times as well as happy times. Some of the stories related to my life and others made me appreciate my life. At times It was very emotional, exiting, sad, and happy. The three things that stood out to me the most were the various authors, its styled chapters and last but last least the many morals I learned from the book. Chicken soup for the soul is 101 different stories o...more
Karla
This book is a great book for any teenager to read. This book consists of a variety of true stories about teenagers, by teenagers, or in some cases, by adults writing in about an experience they had as a teenager. I like how this book was divided into sections such as friendship, relationships, tough stuff, and family. This book also includes some poems and some stories have websites you can visit for help or different organizations. A lot of these stories are inspiring and some of them make you...more
Emily Tonge
This book is a bunch of inspiring stories. It can help teenagers with some of the struggles they go through. It has many fantastic poems and stories that cover many different issues that teenagers go through. There are stories about how to deal with losing best friends, break ups, families issues, and many other things.
There book has not been made into a movie. But if there was a movie it would be great for kids who are having trouble. It could help teenagers and their parents. It would be goo...more
Sarah L
To begin with this book was filled with 100 plus small stories about love, life, and learning about oneself and others. In this book specifically there were many stories on making a difference. A few other topics were relationships, family, and learning. Although I really enjoyed reading about people who tried to make a difference.
Also I certainly liked reading this book, because it inspired me a little bit to try and make a difference in those around me. It was neat to read about how and why...more
Lindsey

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul was an interesting book. Many of the stories featured in the book were inspiring. One example is the story about the boy whose leg had to be amputated after a horrible car accident. He had to learn to play sports with a prosthetic leg. His story inspired me because I cannot imagine what he went through. I do not think I would ever be able to almost immediately return to normal activities if I lost my leg.

Another story I found inspiring was the story about a gir...more
Julie Pfeiffer
This book contains 101 stories for teenagers about:
Relationships
Friendship
Family
Love and Kindness
Learning
Tough Stuff
Making a Difference
Going For It
The introduction of the book explains that the books can be read straight through or can be used as a guide book, depending on what issue the reader is going through.
I liked this book because the majority of stories and poems are written by teenagers that have dealt with these situations. A few stories are written by adults that remember what it was...more
Nezzo
Когато изровиш книга от най-забравеното място в училищната библиотека, забутана дори зад шала на библиотекарката, хванала два пръста прах и нещастно губеща се сред имена като Нора Робъртс и Даниел Стийл и други известни имена на малки и нещастни любовни романи, се чувстваш щастлив.
Просто е важно да търсиш. И ако само желанието да търсиш и откриваш те води, то тогава със сигурност ще намериш това, което търси теб. Ако в онзи ден не се бях разровила по рафтовете с надеждата да открия нещо различно...more
Milagros Geldres
i really like ready the short stories & different experiences as a teenager things i can relate to .i love it so far
Review :"Chicken Soup For the teenage soul , is a book written by Jack Canfield .Jack's message goes out to all teenager growing up in life and real life situation & stories that can make your learn on what teenagers might grow through at early ages as teens.
The auhthor main points throught out the book empisize on real life situations, it shows teenagers that go through m...more
dummydums
People usually think that teenagers are overrated, and they are honestly spoilt and rude and boisterious and have no problems at all but have a great need to invent drama in their lives. However, a teenager knows that this is the part where he starts to grow and mature, and starts to get ideas and wants to become someone. I went through that phase, and it was one of the toughest phases in my life. However, during that phase, I was introduced to the Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul series, and h...more
Stephanie
Stephanie Jones
Short Stories

As a young teenager, I remember reading the first editions of the “Chicken Soup” series. They were given to me by loved ones who wanted to make my teenage years as easy as possible. The “Chicken Soup” books were written to bring comfort (as actual chicken soup does) to different age groups and share the experiences of ordinary people to help readers to see that they are not alone in what they are dealing with. These books of short stories, along with the Bible, were...more
Jamaica
Chicken soup for the Teenage soul, is one of my all time favorite books. Chicken soup has series of books for everyone including adults, parents, teens and even dogs. I love reading books that I can relate to especially stories for my age. Throughout my teens years, I've dealt and struggled through obstacles I didn't think I would face but reading younger teens dealing with the same situation I was in, made me feel less lonely.
I've been done with this book, never updated. This book is one of my...more
Yva Ladera
When I was younger, my sister introduced me to this book. I instantly denied it due to the fact that I always thought Chicken Soup books were for saps and stay-at-home mothers. But when there was a rough patch in my home, i needed something to turn to. This was my turn-to guide.
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul is what I would call a teenagers dream for emotional support. From boys to divorce to death, this book covers it all. One story I immediately turned to was Soul Mates. A quote that got m...more
Alex
This book has various stories with different conflicts and plots. These numerous short stories are about teens and their experiences with love, friendships, family and relationships. The stories all have different teen authors. This book is unique because it has different authors and plot lines and there are so many different stories so you don’t have to read the book front to back. You can read the stories in any order you want. This book has many deep emotions with both sad and humorous stori...more
Emily Kurland
This book was about all different things on how to grow up as a teenager and how to go through things that all teenagers have to go through. They had a lot of stories on very powerful and moving things that happen in everybody’s life. Some of my favorite stories in the book where when they told about people who had all these disabilities and they were still able to do amazing things. My favorite one was when there was a blind teenager and got the record for the junior Olympics for the pole vault...more
Robyn
I'm not really much of a Chicken Soup books fan, but this had some great material in it. I didn't really care for the stories that made me cry at a time in life when there's enough drama & crying material anyway. My mom gave it to me as a Valentine gift (which I now proudly celebrate as "Singles Awareness Day"), & I passed it on to a guy going into his senior year in high school, after I graduated from high school (yes, we occasionally had an on & off dating relationship). He read "T...more
Alice Ishrat
When I read this book, I had connected to it so much. This book is about teens that are not living a normal life. I had many feelings toward this book. Depressed feelings and angry feelings. It contains multiple stories. Some of the stories that were involved in the book, are "Death and Spying, Suicide, Eating Disorders” and many more. In one of the stories, it mentions how teens these days suicide for their problems that they cannot settle. For instance love problems or family crises. There are...more
Daphne Da Silva
I really loved this book. This book taught me a lot a about things. After reading other peoples real life story and understanding their problems, I feel like that gave me the right to stand up for people like the girl did in the book, and not be afraid and hide and not be a bystander and not tell anyone whats going on (example). It gave me the right to see what other people can do and I can try doing too. I also think that this book can teach a lot of people new things in life. Some people just...more
Abrar
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بعدين قررت اني اتصفحو واشتريتو بس مو مره عجبني حسيتو مره ما يناسب مجتمعنا..
Hannah
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
By: Jack Canfield

This book is a bunch of true short stories that have happened to teenagers all across the country/world. These stories are about family, friendship, relationships, and many more. I really liked this book.

The point of this book was to inspire people and to make people happy and smile. I believe the people that wrote and submitted the stories to be put in the book to inspire people, make people smile, or make people think that their not the only...more
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Jack Canfield is an American motivational speaker and author. He is best known as the co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, which currently has over 124 titles and 100 million copies in print in over 47 languages. According to USA Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997.

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