Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning (Chicken Soup for the Soul) by Jack Canfield

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning (Chicken Soup for the Soul) Reviews

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  Rebecca

  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 school and that worked out OK (think Richard Branson).
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  Kehyonah Graves

  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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  Nancy

  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 saw him so happy with other people and when he was talking or hanging out with other girls she would assume that they went out. She would throw herself to guys and try making him jealous. But one day she just couldn't take it anymore and she decided to call him and tell him that she didnt know how to be her without him. But they never went back out. She said that she was slowly healing and she started making plans with friends and how she forgot about him over time and there were even days she wouldn't think about him. But now shes over him. This is just one of the many stories that are in this book.
  
  I would definitely recommend it to anyone at any age. But i would especially recommend it to teenagers because there are a lot of things that we can learn from them so that we feel better about ourselves and we know that we aren't the only people in this world going through this situation.
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  Reem Ghabbany

  This book was just heartwarming. I read the other books of the chicken soup and the teenage soul when I was a teenager and I stumbled upon this one a year or so ago. I couldn't resist buying it. the book is as good as I remember the others were. these real stories and experiences really inspire me.
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  Ellie

  "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 inside it were just, wow.
  
  I would highly recommend it to anyone who is feeling down, or anyone in general. You don't need to be a teenager to appreciate the brilliance of "Chicken Soup".
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  Taylar Kelly

  The book Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul is a really good book. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul is written by Jack Canfield.I really enjoyed reading this book. It was at my level, meaning it was easy to read.
  Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul is pretty much a book for teens. This book mentions family, friendships,relationships, learning, kindness,tough stuff,and make differences. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul is like a guide for life. It includes many stories that relate to teens.This book includes 101 stories of life as a teenager and how to get through situations.I have made connections thru out each chapter. It tells stories of real people who experienced problems in their teenage years. If you like to read about realistic fiction, problems and encouragement, I suggest you read this book.
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  Stephanie

  Stephanie Jones
  Short Stories
  
  As a young teenager, I remember reading the first editions of the “Chicken Soup” series. They were given to me by loved ones who wanted to make my teenage years as easy as possible. The “Chicken Soup” books were written to bring comfort (as actual chicken soup does) to different age groups and share the experiences of ordinary people to help readers to see that they are not alone in what they are dealing with. These books of short stories, along with the Bible, were my instruction manuals on how to survive being a teenager. “Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul” took me back to some of the most difficult and confusing times of my life. I laughed, I cried, and even felt grateful to be able to look back and know I survived those times. The tears, questions, heart wrenching moments, and emotional/physical changes made me the woman I am today. Thanks, “Chicken Soup”!
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  M.M. Strawberry Library & Reviews

  I got this book as a gift when I was a teenager, and remember really enjoying some of the stories in here. Looking back, and reading some of the other reviews, I do recall quite a bit o God-tslk in here. I was raised as a Christian and though I did have some questions/challenges as a teenager, I was not the firm agnostic/atheist back then that I am today.
  
  So ultimately, I am giving this book 3.5/5 stars. There's some nice stories here, but there really is a Judeo-Christian slant here, which isn't surprising given who put together this book, so a grain of salt shuld be taken by anyone considering trying out a Chicken Soup book.
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  Amber

  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 teenage years) and anybody can relate to the storys. Some people in this book have storys that may have happened to the person thats reading the book or it might make a person learn a lesson or improve there life. This storys will make anyone have any kind of feeling and make them care and be happy for all the opertunitys they have and love life more.
  I rate this book a five because you get any feeling out of this book and it drags you in and the storys are real so you know that the thing in the book is real and can happen to anyone.
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  Yva Ladera

  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 got me was, "They'll never have to worry about their parents saying 'Don’t take it so seriously, its only puppy love.'"After reading that, I was hooked. I quickly thought how much that quote impacted me. Another section of the book that had a huge impact on me was the "On Learning" section. The passage I loved was called I Try to Remember. When reading it, I remember thinking about how so many people out there are affected by their lack of self confidence. I also thought that if every person out there affect by that had a chance to read this, they'd be so touched! Just like me. To me, this passage was a new level for everyone to connect on. Finally, there was a poem in one of the back sections of the book called The Girl Next Door. What I felt while reading this section was pure terror. Well that may be a bit dramatic but I was scared. I was scared about how everything was, is, and will always be changing. Change for me was difficult and still is. But just knowing that someone else was too helped me to feel less odd.
  
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  Emily May

  
  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 sufficient.
  
  
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  Gauri

  I was curious to read this, since there are always so many of them sitting in my teachers' bookshelves and in my school library.
  This is a collection of stories and poetry from teenage submitters and excerpts of poetry from well known authors or stories from magazines. At least half the stories or poems referred to religious beliefs, which I couldn't relate to. Other stories were very sappy or holier-than-thou. There were some simple one page stories or short poems that presented agreeable messages succinctly -- but I counted only five of them in this 300 page book.
  Not a great experience.
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  Milagros Geldres

  i really like ready the short stories & different experiences as a teenager things i can relate to .i love it so far
  Review :"Chicken Soup For the teenage soul , is a book written by Jack Canfield .Jack's message goes out to all teenager growing up in life and real life situation & stories that can make your learn on what teenagers might grow through at early ages as teens.
  The auhthor main points throught out the book empisize on real life situations, it shows teenagers that go through many obstacles which can relate to family, relationship ,love and many more themes.My opinion on how the points each have all of his work is organized into a catergory that have a theme in common.the author acknowledges the changes in age and what are some situations we are put through & the decisions we might take as a teen isn't always the correct one.Iagree with the type of writing he takes & collects stories that at time we can relate to.
  In conclusion , i believe that jack canfield reached his goal & he had my attention.the goal audience is teens ,that would be mostly be the ones interested in reading this book.This book is full of knowledge and important messages we can learn from.I think people should read this book because it is really interested to read about topics that can be interesting to us like family & love. This is the reason i would recommend this book & i rate it a ***** 5 :)
  
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  Abrar

  لمدة سنة كل مارحت المكتبه امر من قدام الكتاب واطنشو حسبتو وصفات لشربة دجاج هههههه
  بعدين قررت اني اتصفحو واشتريتو بس مو مره عجبني حسيتو مره ما يناسب مجتمعنا..
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  Emiliano

  Just had to give this time highest rating. Its a book that gives solace, and makes one understand, that one's story, is also the story of others; and that one can always overcome challenges.
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  Daleen

  I love Chicken Soup books and this one didn't disappoint me. There were so many good, funny, and awesome stories. Pick it up and read it all!
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  Emily

  I was really disappointed with this book. I picked it up because I'm interested in psychology and I thought this would be an interesting read. Also, I've had my fair share of ups and downs so I wanted something that would enlighten me with a new perspective.
  
  But the stories were all so narrow in range; they seemed to take a very conservative, closed viewpoint in that there was never any mention of drug abuse, ex-prisoners, people who had dropped out of school and had been successful, or homosexuality. Considering the modern day and age, I found this disheartening to say the least. Almost all the stories were based around students (not surprising considering the target audience) which rather narrowed down the variety.
  
  Another thing that really got to me was that the title suggests that these stories are meant to be soothing- but they just made me feel depressed; it's normally only the last two lines that are happy.
  Also, many of them are unrealistic; they seem to go on and on about how everything has a happy ending. But that's just not the case... In my opinion, it's giving teenagers the wrong idea about success.
  
  It would have been much better if the book gave a scenario and then told you how to deal with it.
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  Alice Ishrat

  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. There are so many morals in the book. One thing I learned from the book was that I should appreciate what I have, because I know it’s not going to be with me anymore. These stories are all really based on true teen lives. I definitely recommend this book to every teen, so that they can also relate to it, and learn some things out of it too!
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  Hannah G.

  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 Dance, If I Knew, Reaching out to a Stranger, The Champ, The Home Run, The Leader, and I Am Home. There are stories for every aspect of your life and I thought that was great. There are pomes, as well as stories and I enjoyed the pomes very much.
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  A.D. Crystal

  I loved this book.
  It contains a great number of truly inspirational stories about ordinary people, just like us, who, just like we aspire, follow their hearts into doing something extraordinary.
  So, heroic deeds are demystified and all of us are taken to a mental place where we can clearly see ourselves as successful, inspiring, altruists.
  Furthermore, one 'gets it' through the sequence of simple -everyday-people's stories that such qualities as courage, creativity, greatness, leadership skills are into each and every one of us. We only have to tap into them, for us to rock in our life.
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  Rachel

  I read this book wayyyyyy back when I was just hitting puberty (over 15 years ago. Yikes!!). All I remember from this book was the emotions it gave me. I laugh, cried, and wanted more! My parents ended up buying me a few more Chicken Soup books and they were all amazing. I’m sure if I reread this book my thoughts would be different. As an adult there is a large chance I will not relate to these stories like I did before. I will say that if you are a teen give this book a try. If you are an adult you might take away something different.
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  Alaa

  I can't even begin to describe how much this book helped me when I was 14, at the age when I was going through school problems. It's just stories of other teenagers and how they tackled their problems. It makes you feel less lonely and very inspired by friendship. I would recommend this to any young teenage boy/girl.
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  Casey

  
  I used to love reading these collections well before I was actually a teenager! I remember some sad stories in there, especially the one about the girl who thinks she has a new best friend but it turns out its only a mirror. Hey at least it was in rime, better than some poetry by today's standards.... but I digress.