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Help Yourself for Teens: Real-Life Advice for Real-Life Challenges

by Dave Pelzer

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New Age. Self-Improvement. Sociology. Young Adult Nonfiction. HTML:As featured on Oprah

Dave Pelzer, author of the acclaimed, best-selling books A Man Named Dave and Help Yourself, continues his tireless crusade against despair with Help Yourself for Teens, an uplifting new book written specifically for young adults.

Sharing stories of his own adolescent strugglesâ??fighting for his life against his alcoholic mother and enduring outrageous oppression at the hands of bullies and false friendsâ??Pelzer imparts advice to help young people rise above their circumstances and achieve greatness. He offers teenagers practical solutions for overcoming their own hardships, focusing on three areas: facing current and past problems; realizing the importance of decisions; and finally, never giving up on oneself. Through it all, Pelzer never lets his readers forget that they alone have control over the outcomes of their lives.

Pelzerâ??s uplifting and practical advice strives to tackle issues ranging from physical and sexual abuse to identifying spousal disagreement. Part self-help book and part inspirational memoir, Help Yourself for Teens is an empowering and uplifting guide to growing up in an often difficult wo… (more)

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Dave Peltzer’s Help Yourself for Teens is a useful and touching self-help book for young adults. The book begins by setting the stage: To deal with the future, you must first deal with the past. Part II of the book deals with helping teens understand that the choices they make are in fact their choices and that they must choose wisely and avoid hatred at all costs. Part III is about commitment and setting goals. A great strength of this book is that it is written directly to the teenage reader in the second person “you.” Many of my own students would feel like the author is speaking directly to them and therefore take the advice more seriously. The advice given is legitimate. A drawback of the book is that the language used is not accessible to all students. Second language learners would struggle with the vocabulary and concepts presented in the text. I would recommend this book for check out in the school library and in a teacher’s classroom library collection. It can be recommended to students on an as-needed basis. I have a few students I will recommend the book to this week. ( )
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New Age. Self-Improvement. Sociology. Young Adult Nonfiction. HTML:As featured on Oprah

Dave Pelzer, author of the acclaimed, best-selling books A Man Named Dave and Help Yourself, continues his tireless crusade against despair with Help Yourself for Teens, an uplifting new book written specifically for young adults.

Sharing stories of his own adolescent strugglesâ??fighting for his life against his alcoholic mother and enduring outrageous oppression at the hands of bullies and false friendsâ??Pelzer imparts advice to help young people rise above their circumstances and achieve greatness. He offers teenagers practical solutions for overcoming their own hardships, focusing on three areas: facing current and past problems; realizing the importance of decisions; and finally, never giving up on oneself. Through it all, Pelzer never lets his readers forget that they alone have control over the outcomes of their lives.

Pelzerâ??s uplifting and practical advice strives to tackle issues ranging from physical and sexual abuse to identifying spousal disagreement. Part self-help book and part inspirational memoir, Help Yourself for Teens is an empowering and uplifting guide to growing up in an often difficult wo

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