#42

Chicken Soup for the Teenager Soul on Love and Friendship

Authors: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Kimberly Kirberger

Summary: A compilation of stories from people about experiences during their teen years that discuss love, break-ups, friendship, and tough times. 

Any favorite stories: There was one called What's on the Inside by Eleanor Lukin where she talks about a guy she has a crush on who decides to kiss her without her consent and blurts out to everyone that he'll never play Truth or Dare again. In other words, his friends dared him to kiss Eleanor. It shows that just because a guy is handsome doesn't mean that his personality is equally lovely. Teenage boys can be quite cruel. 

Personal thoughts about the book in general: It was amazing reading about all these young people who have gone through tough times that they feel nobody else would understand. Although I'm past the teenager stage, I still like reading stories about them. Maybe I never fully grew up, who knows? But does it really matter? The book is great and that's what counts. 

Rating on a scale of 1 to 10: I'm going to say 8 because when I checked this book out from the library, I discovered that A LOT of the pages were missing, so I couldn't read each and every one story. 

-Jessi :)