The struggle to be strong :
The struggle to be strong : true stories by teens about overcoming tough times /
edited by Al Desetta, M.A., for Youth Communication, Sybil Wolin, Ph.D.
- Updated Edition.
- 175 pages ; 23 cm
Revised edition of The struggle to be strong, 2000.
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
"In first-person narratives, teen writers discuss overcoming obstacles in their lives, including new stories about social media and gender identity. Readers learn seven resiliencies needed to survive and thrive. Sections after stories offer opportunities for personal reflection and discussion. A corresponding leader's guide providing lesson plans is available"--
CAS Bachelor of Science in Psychology
In English
9781631984600
2019013641
Teenagers--Social conditions--United States--Case studies--Juvenile literature.
Resilience (Personality trait) in adolescence--Case studies--Juvenile literature.
Teenagers--Conduct of life--United States--Juvenile literature.
Teenagers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
HQ796 / .S874 2019
305.2350973 St89 / 2019
Revised edition of The struggle to be strong, 2000.
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
"In first-person narratives, teen writers discuss overcoming obstacles in their lives, including new stories about social media and gender identity. Readers learn seven resiliencies needed to survive and thrive. Sections after stories offer opportunities for personal reflection and discussion. A corresponding leader's guide providing lesson plans is available"--
CAS Bachelor of Science in Psychology
In English
9781631984600
2019013641
Teenagers--Social conditions--United States--Case studies--Juvenile literature.
Resilience (Personality trait) in adolescence--Case studies--Juvenile literature.
Teenagers--Conduct of life--United States--Juvenile literature.
Teenagers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
HQ796 / .S874 2019
305.2350973 St89 / 2019
