Chicken Soup for the Soul: Preteens Talk: Inspiration and Support for Preteens from Kids Just Like Them

by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark

Overview

Preteens will appreciate these 101 stories of inspiration and support from kids just like them.

Preteens Talk and share their stories with you. Being a preteen is harder than it looks. School is more intense, your body is changing, friends and parents seem different, you deal with crushes and cliques...
You are not alone. Read true stories written by other preteens just like you on:

• feeling insecure
• peer pressure and cliques
• divorce and loss
• best friends
• embarrassing moments
• crushes
• school and after-school

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781935096009
Publisher:	Chicken Soup for the Soul
Publication date:	07/29/2008
Series:	Chicken Soup for the Soul Series
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Jack Canfield is co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, which includes forty New York Times bestsellers, and coauthor of The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. He is a leader in the field of personal transformation and peak performance and is currently CEO of the Canfield Training Group and Founder and Chairman of the Board of The Foundation for Self-Esteem. An internationally renowned corporate trainer and keynote speaker, he lives in Santa Barbara, California.

Mark Victor Hansen is a co-founder of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Amy Newmark is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Hometown:

Santa Barbara, California

Date of Birth:

August 19, 1944

Place of Birth:

Fort Worth, Texas

Education:

B.A. in History, Harvard University, 1966; M.A.T. Program, University of Chicago, 1968; M.Ed., U. of Massachusetts, 1973

Website:

http://www.jackcanfield.com

Table of Contents

A Special Foreword   Jack Canfield   Mark Victor Hansen     xi
Friends for Life
Thanks, Y'All!   Michelle Strauss     1
Stubbly Dooright   Marty Becker, D.V.M.   Teresa Becker     5
Best Friends   Whitney M. Baldwin     9
Right in Front of Me   Heather Comeau     10
One Is Silver and the Other Is Gold   Karen Waldman     13
Friends at First Sight   Stephanie Caffall     17
A Friendship Never Broken   Nikki Kremer     20
Big at Heart   Mark Schulle$das told by Bunny Schulle     23
Melts in Your Heart, Not in Your Hand   Jennifer Stevens     26
Love Lives On   Laurie Hartman     29
A Friend Will...   Nicole Johnson     33
So Embarrassed!
Strapped for Cash   Robin Sokol     37
Paybacks   Mel Ann Coley     41
The Moment I Knew I'd Never Be Cool   D. Marie O'Keefe     44
Tasting the Moment   Andrea Adair     48
What's on the Inside   Eleanor Luken     51
The Mysterious Book Bag   Laura Andrade     54
A Perfect Fit   Kathy Lynn Harris     58
Confessions of a Four Eyes   Gwen Rockwood     63
Family Matters
Perfect, I'm Not   Julia Wasson Render     69
My Brother, Ben   Donata Allison     72
Our Christmas Secret   Lori Menning     74
My Little Brother   Christine Walsh     77
I Love You, Lindsey   Lindsey Rawson     80
Pale Dawn of a New Day   Katherine Ackerman     82
Best Friend   Bethany Gail Hicks     85
Tippy   Christine Armstrong     88
The Bigger Man   C. S. Dweck     91
This Old Chair   Christa Holder Ocker     96
Heartbreak and Growing Up
Broken Heart   Ashleigh Dumas     103
The First Day of Middle School   Patty Hansen     106
Ready or Not   Morri Spang     110
Not My Boyfriend   Carol Miller     114
Rediscovery   Raegan Baker     117
Suffocating   Marion Distante     120
Moving On   Ellen Werle     122
A Life Once Lived   Brandi Bacon      125
Jimmy, Jimmy   Karen Lombard     128
Who Said There's No Crying in Softball?   Amy Severns     131
One Single Egg   Cheryl L. Goede     133
The Popularity Game
Revenge of the Fifth Grade Girls   Carolyn Magner Mason     141
Compassion for a Bully   Melanie Pastor     144
Clueless   Mridu Khullar     147
For Michelle   Satya Pennington     150
Tears in the Bathroom Stall   Cheryl Kremer     153
So Which Will It Be? Us-or Her?   Anne Broyles     156
Backfire!   Lou Kassem     159
Call Me   Cynthia M. Hamond     163
The Cool Girls   Mel Caro     166
Danny's Courage   Penny S. Harmon     169
A Cheer of Triumph   Kim Rogers     172
Everyday Superheroes
You'll Be Good for Him   Eugene Gagliano     179
The Hidden Treasure   Debbie King$das told by Ashley King     181
A Bully's Transformation in Room 7   Kristin Krycia     183
Two Tickets to the Big Game   J. Styron Madsen     187
Annie Wiggle-Do   Kathleen M. Muldoon     191
Derek   Karina E. Seto     194
Bobby Lee   Daphne M. Orenshein     197
Teasing Tami   Michael T. Powers     200
A Little Coaching   Noah Edelson     202
Tough Stuff
The Day My Life Ended   Sammie Luther     209
Get Over It and Go On   Christina Zucal     212
Kelsey   Shane Ruwe     215
Getting Better   Tiffany Jacques     220
The Big Slip   Scott Allen     224
Heaven Sent   Beverley Mitchell     228
My Problem   Allen Smith     233
The Perfect Figure   Nikki Yargar     235
Forever Stay in My Heart   Jillian Eide     237
BFF   Courtney VanDyne     238
Celebrate the Good Days   Leslie Beck     242
Life's Little Lessons
Never Put Rocks in Your Mouth   Shirley Barone Craddock     249
There Is Always Someone Less Fortunate   Amy Mallinder-Morgan     251
Like Me   Emily Perl Kingsley     254
The Unusual Package   Barbara King     257
In Every Thought   Leslie Miller     260
A Valentine for Grandma   Joseph Walker     263
Cry When You Are Sad   Jonathan Piccirillo     266
Lucky   Molly McAfee     269
Think Before You Act   Lauren Wheeler     271
Ramon   Emma Fraser     273
The Reason for Living   Lauren Elizabeth Holden     276
Not-So-Random Acts of Kindness
Just the Two of Us   Miriam Bard     281
Nice Catch!   Doris Canner     285
A Friend's Secret   Bethany Rogers     288
The Note   Patty Hansen     292
Tag   Erin Gandia     295
The Fall and Rise of a Star   Patty Zeitlin     300
Scott   David Ferino     304
Mother's Christmas Stocking   Amberley Howe     306
The Christmas Care Bear   Molly Walden     309
Kindness Is More Powerful   Janalea Jeppson     311
The Act of Love   Kathy Kemmer Pyron     315
Making a Difference
To a Different Drummer   Lennox Lewis     321
Just Do It   Son Truong Nguye      325
Taking a Stand   Irene Dunlap     327
For the Best   April Townsend     331
Pyramid Surprise   Holly Cupala     333
Raising a Star   Laura Sobchik     336
More Than I Had Dreamed Of   Lin Rajan     340
The Little Girl Who Dared to Wish   Alan D. Shultz     343
More Chicken Soup for Teenagers     347
Who is Jack Canfield?     355
Who is Mark Victor Hansen?     357
Who is Amy Newmark?     359
Acknowledgments     363