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Title:

The struggle to be strong : true stories by teens about overcoming tough times / edited by Al Desetta, Sybil Wolin.

Publisher:

Free Spirit Pub.,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

x, 179 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Teenagers--United States--Social conditions--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Resilience (Personality trait) in adolescence--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Teenagers--United States--Conduct of life--Juvenile literature.
Teenagers--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Conduct of life.

Other Authors:

Desetta, Al.
Wolin, Sybil.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

I don't know what the word mommy means / Youniqiue Symone -- Beauty is more than skin deep / Danielle Wilson -- Controlling my temper / Christopher A. Bogle -- The answer was me / Eliott Castro -- Color me different / Jamal K. Greene -- I was a beauty school sucker / Tonya Leslie -- My weight is no burden / Charlene Johnson -- Losing my friends to weed / Jamel A. Salter -- Out, without a doubt / Craig J. Jaffe -- I'm Black, he's Puerto Rican... so what? / Artiqua S. Steed -- All talk and no action / Elizabeth Thompson -- She's my sister (not foster) / Tamara Ballard -- Bonding through cooking / Aurora Breville -- A love too strong / Tamecka Crawford -- Learning to forgive / Christopher A. Bogle -- It takes work to flirt / Danny Gong -- My struggle with weed / Craig J. Jaffe -- College can be hell / Tamecka Crawford -- Poetry brought out the performer in me / Shaniqua Sockwell -- How I graduated / Angi Baptiste -- How writing helps me / Terry-Ann Da Costa -- Why I live in a fantasy world / Cassandra Thadal -- Walking out the anger / Tamara Ballard -- My hair is blue - but I'm not a freak! / Lenny Jones -- How to survive shopping with mom / Chris Kanarick -- A mother to my mother's children / Charlene Johnson -- No one spoke up for Irma / Ana Angelica Pines -- I'm a seventeen-year-old therapist / Quantwilla L. Johnson -- Soldier girl / Max Moran -- How I made peace with the past / Paula Byrd.

Summary:

First-person accounts of teenagers who overcame major life obstacles with insight, independence, relationships, initiative, creativity, humor, and morality.

ISBN:

9781575420806 (teacher's guide)
1575420805 (teacher's guide)
9781575420790 (pbk.)
1575420791 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)42934499

LCCN:

99056600

Locations:

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

VSSX062 -- Vinton-Shellsburg CSD (Vinton)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)