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Sensitive issues of teen sexuality, coming out, homophobia, and
relationships with family and friends are explored in a dozen
articles authored by teens. Updated with new stories.
These teens have plenty of reasons to be angry: parental abuse,
street violence, peer pressure, powerlessness, and more. The
writers talk honestly about anger management for teens as they
struggle to gain control of their emotions and stop hurting others
and themselves.
There are more than 450,000 children living in foster care. The
Heart Knows Something Different collects over three dozen personal
narratives by young writers, ages 15 to 20, and provides an
insider's account of growing up in "the system." It takes us into a
world largely hidden from public view, and attests to the mix of
pain and fear, and sometimes hope, and sometimes even happiness
that the foster care experience involves.
Getting a new haircut. Surviving clothes shopping with Mom. Losing
a beloved uncle to AIDS. Hearing the band Nirvana for the first
time. These are just a few of the experiences that inspired this
book's young authors to sit down and write. In thirty-five frank
and intimate personal essays, they express their views on serious
issues like violence, racism, and teen parenting, as well as common
teen experiences like dating, getting first job, and starting
college. Their stories resonate with their desire to discover who
they are, through the written word, and to share their discoveries
with their peers.
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