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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Growing Up: Stories about Growing Up, Meeting Challenges, and Learning from Life

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Teens share their personal stories and life lessons with you in these 101 stories about growing up, meeting challenges, and learning from life.

Being a teenager is hard but you have lots of friends in the Chicken Soup family. In this collection, we share our 101 best stories with you about growing up, meeting challenges, and learning from life.

Teens share their stories with you

384 pages, Paperback

First published July 29, 2008

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Jack Canfield

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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.

Canfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.

Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. The stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.

In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.

Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.

Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, "The Secret," and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.

Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.

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34 reviews4 followers
February 25, 2022
me en.can.to
es muy bueno
tiene unas historias q te destruyen, otras q te hacen morir de la risa
posta léanlo
voy a seguir leyendo los otrooos
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550 reviews15 followers
October 2, 2017
I think this one is my favorite amongst the series.
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209 reviews6 followers
May 30, 2024
Needed this 7 years ago when I was wallowing in the depths of teenage ennui.
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53 reviews13 followers
July 12, 2012
these books aren't even review worthy!! what can you say about a collection of peoples personal problems?? (alliteration!! woohoo) That being said i have nothing against Chicken Soup for the Soul, some of the stories are cute, however i prefer to read novels.
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43 reviews1 follower
January 8, 2011
I like chicken soup books they're amazing...
:)
And this one is my favorite ...
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18 reviews
September 22, 2012
A book that seriously inspires every soul of each teenager. Would love to give my brother a copy too; He's kind of a problematic teen.
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