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Jan 30, 2012

Nancy added it

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...

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Dec 27, 2011

Eliza rated it:

"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 insid More...

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Mar 18, 2009

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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.

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Jan 10, 2009

Rebecca rated it:

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...

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Nov 01, 2009

Amber rated it:

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 teen More...

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Apr 20, 2009

4nataly rated it:

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 More...

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Dec 29, 2011

Karla rated it:

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...

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May 31, 2011

Sarah rated it:

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 abou More...

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May 01, 2011

Lindsey rated it:

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 w More...

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Mar 28, 2010

Julie rated it:

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. More...

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Nov 20, 2010

Nezzo rated it:

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 раз More...

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Oct 13, 2010

Taamy rated it:

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...

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Jun 10, 2011

Jamaica rated it:

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 More...

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Jun 10, 2011

Yva rated it:

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 More...

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Feb 27, 2011

Alex rated it:

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...

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Oct 25, 2009

Alice rated it:

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. Ther More...

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Jul 12, 2010

Erin rated it:

Annotation and Comment: This is a book to place in the hands of students in all sorts of situations. Reluctant readers may find solace in the short reading selections. The short reading selections are grouped by theme and stories of real people. I have found that my students are drawn to this series and enjoy flipping to the section that speaks to them at that point in time. I enjoyed this book so much that I ordered Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul. My students are begging me to hur More...

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Feb 20, 2011

Hannah G. rated it:

I found this book so enlightening! Each story was atleast a little bit relatable to my own life and I found that it really helped me see how I could handle different situations I am either in or could soon be in differently. The stories were powerful and I felt so many different emotions as I read this book. Although a lot were heartbreaking, i found myself smiling at others! Some stories that I really enjoyed were: Losing the "Us", The Gossiper, My New Best Friend, First Love, The Dan More...

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Mar 26, 2011

audreyAudrey rated it:

sejak SMP gw udah mulai baca Chicken Soup, menurut gw ini buku bagus banget, dari buku ini, gw mendapat pembelajaran pembelajaran akan hidup, pertemanan, keluarga, pacar, smuanya deh. Melalui cerita ceritanya yang menyentuh, quotenya, puisinya, i dont know what to say. This book just perfect for me.
Adapun quote yang gw suka banget dari buku ini :

“kalau kau ingin dicintai, cintailah orang lain dan jadilah orang yang dapat dicintai”

“kau memperoleh kekuatan, keberanian, dan More...

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Apr 21, 2010

Carroll rated it:

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul:
101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning
By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Kimberly Kirberger
This book of page-or-two stories covers all the topics that concern teenagers the most: relationships, friendship, family, love and kindness, learning, making a difference, and going for it- and there’s a special section for the ‘tough stuff’-teenage drinking, death, suicide, eating disorders, etc. The stories are by teens- or, at least, by people More...

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Dec 13, 2009

Joel rated it:

This book was a very heart warming and compelling piece of literature. The book showed teenagers or anyone who reads the novel the pure essence of why to apreciate life. It showed the negative and buzzling issues and events teens may go through in their lives. It is consisted of major porblems like death and suicide and of other impacting fractures in life like family disagrements or disputes. Besides showing these negative faults , somehow it shines a light on the readers because most of the s More...

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Oct 23, 2011

Jazmine added it

The book that I choose was “Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul” by Jack Canfield, Mark V. Hansen and Kimberly Kirberger. I choose this book because I heard that “Chicken Soup” books are really interesting. Also because of the how colorful the book is. I have read other books of “Chicken Soup” and they are so interesting.

This book is great and thoughtful. Many people read this book because of what the authors say in them, well that’s my opinion. It talks about many peoples life and h More...

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Feb 10, 2012

Amber rated it:

This book is a compilation of stories written by real teens about their real life experiences. This book goes through all the aspects and challenges of being a teen from bullying to family problems to trauma. I really liked this book because it shares the experiences of what other teens went through and how they dealt with the problem, and how they came out stronger than before. I like how it covers so many parts of the teenage life. I would recommend this book to anybody whose read any of t More...

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Nov 08, 2009

Thalianny rated it:

First and formost; This book changed my life.It answed question I thought I would never get answers too. Before I read this book I thought I was a weido , because of the way I felt . But apperently not .Most teenagers feel as I do.
I liked the way the author structured this book.Its like short stories and poems . Like I call it chiken soup for the mysterious question. I wish that I had the chance to write a story and have it in the book. But maybe one day I will. Have a storry in There. I. More...

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Apr 07, 2011

Emily rated it:

The problem with the Chicken Soup collection is that after the first one or two, they start to all seem the same. The quotes dispersed between stories/poems/whatever are repeated in nearly every book. Now, as a lover of a good quote, I find myself eager for some variation. Also, with the exception of Chicken Soup For The Pet Lover's Soul, the stories become very similar, it's just basically a hundred different variations of the same book.

None of them are bad, but one or two is More...

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Apr 09, 2009

Piera added it

love this book this book is about that love is never lost is based on this boy and this girl going togeher since they were freshmans but over the summer this girl angie met some one else now as they enter senors mike the boy liked angie is alone for 3 years they shared the same friends and was very close but when they break up mike feel devestated and angy he feel he is getting caught up with her too much and playing sports is making him angry b/c he keep thinking about angie..i would recommend More...

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Sep 16, 2010

Frayelin rated it:

Thia Book is about many stories of teenagers including poems , cartoons , and many things about teenagers everywhere . This book is really fun to read because is a book everyone can realte to. I think that the thing / lesson i learned about this book was that teenage life is really hard and that everything that happens to us is because of a reason and we teenagers just have to deal with it because is just part of our lives . And i would recomend this book to any teenager thats having problems,so More...

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Oct 26, 2011

Eric added it

Everyday there are teenagers that need comfort.This book was a collection of memoirs written by different teenagers. Their memoirs are about different life lessons.Lieing,sneaky,irresponsible,My opinions about the characters are that he should of told the truth .What motivates the character is that he try to lie the through the whole story.The story is significant on our culture because it teaches us life lessons that we can use in life.The theme is important because is shows us how life has les More...

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Jan 23, 2012

Rosalee rated it:

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul is an amazing book filled with stories about teenagers lives written by the teenagers themselves! They are stories that have affected people’s lives. They are happy, sad, inspirational, powerful, and loving. They touched my life and connected with me. I think it is important that teenagers read this book. I think they would find it very inspirational to them. One of the stories that really connected with me was “Smile” this story is about how one girl flashed a More...

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Apr 12, 2009

Anajairi rated it:

I relly enjoyed reading this book because it had to do alot with teenage stuff. My Favorite short story was about a girl that was having her first kiss and kept on messing up because she got nervouse but then at the end of the short story she see's the guy again and finds out the he had a girlfriend. you can find this book in Ms.Stoddards Libary. I really liked all the New vocabulary words that were sort of difficult but i learned them i didnt really dislike anything. I really enjoyed it. I rea More...

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