It Couldn't Happen to Me: Three True Stories of Teenage Moms
It Couldn't Happen to Me: Three True Stories of Teenage Moms

Author: Beth Johnson

Publisher: Townsend Press

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 1591943531

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Johanna, Rasheedah, and Rachel: each became an unmarried mother while she was still in her teens. With the birth of her baby, each girl’s “ordinary" teen life was over. Johanna’s boyfriend acted happy when he heard she was pregnant. But as her pregnancy progressed, she saw less and less of him. Soon after the baby’s birth, he went to jail. How would she support a baby without even a high school degree? After Rasheedah’s baby was born, all she could do was cry. She didn’t know anything about babies. She didn’t even dare touch this screaming, demanding stranger. Her depression grew as her dreams of college vanished into thin air. Rachel wanted to be popular. Boys liked her. But she also wanted to save her reputation. When she discovered she was pregnant, she told a lie—one that would haunt her until her daughter was born. Johanna, Rasheedah, and Rachel are three of today’s teen moms. They have offered to share their stories so that other young girls won’t make the mistake of thinking, “It couldn’t happen to me."

Making the Most of Your Life: Eight Motivational Stories & Essays
Making the Most of Your Life: Eight Motivational Stories & Essays

Author: John Langan

Publisher: Townsend Press

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 1591943663

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How do some people accomplish so much with their lives? Is it that they’re just lucky? Or amazingly smart? Or is it that they are ordinary people who have learned to motivate themselves, even when the going gets tough?Read about real-life people who have faced real-life obstacles—maybe some of the same obstacles that stand between you and the achievement of your dreams. Despite their problems, all have found ways to motivate themselves to succeed. Here are four of the people you’ll meet in this book: Paul, who flunked out of college and into a minimum-wage job. Dawn, whose chaotic life was filled with violence, drinking, and drugs. Peggy, a college student clinging to a boyfriend who liked her best when she was failing. Grant, whose drunken accident on graduation night was an appropriate end to his high school career.

Everyday Heroes
Everyday Heroes

Author: Beth Johnson

Publisher: Townsend Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0944210287

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Profiles twenty young men and women of a variety of ethnic backgrounds whose courage and determination have helped them overcome such obstacles as poverty, racism, abuse, neglect, illness, and drugs.

The Distance Between Us
The Distance Between Us

Author: Reyna Grande

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-08-28

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1451661800

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In this inspirational and unflinchingly honest memoir, acclaimed author Reyna Grande describes her childhood torn between the United States and Mexico, and shines a light on the experiences, fears, and hopes of those who choose to make the harrowing journey across the border. Reyna Grande vividly brings to life her tumultuous early years in this “compelling...unvarnished, resonant” (BookPage) story of a childhood spent torn between two parents and two countries. As her parents make the dangerous trek across the Mexican border to “El Otro Lado” (The Other Side) in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are forced into the already overburdened household of their stern grandmother. When their mother at last returns, Reyna prepares for her own journey to “El Otro Lado” to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years, her long-absent father. Funny, heartbreaking, and lyrical, The Distance Between Us poignantly captures the confusion and contradictions of childhood, reminding us that the joys and sorrows we experience are imprinted on the heart forever, calling out to us of those places we first called home. Also available in Spanish as La distancia entre nosotros.

The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom
The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom

Author: Katherine Arnoldi

Publisher:

Published: 2016-07-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781631680342

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In a form usually reserved for superheroes conquering universes, The Amazing "True" Story of a Teenage Single Mom tells of a young, poor mom with a simple dream: She wants to go to college. To get there, she'll need superhuman stamina, impossible good luck, a few miracles and, spurred by deep down love for her child, the ability to evade monsters, overcome abuse, and choose hope, faith, and the possibilities of her great expectations. These expectations take her from the not-so-warm embrace of her family, to a factory job, and then across the country with her daughter and a man who turns out to be a great deal less than her knight in shining armor. But that is not the end of the story. It is in the telling of this fable/memoir that we see the full scope of her courage.

Innocent: Part 1 of 3: The True Story of Siblings Struggling to Survive
Innocent: Part 1 of 3: The True Story of Siblings Struggling to Survive

Author: Cathy Glass

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2019-08-22

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 0008353719

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Innocent can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts. This is PART 1 of 3 Innocent is the shocking true story of little Molly and Kit, siblings, aged 3 years and 18 months, who are brought into care as an emergency after suffering non-accidental injuries.

Sometimes I Lie
Sometimes I Lie

Author: Alice Feeney

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Published: 2018-03-13

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1250144833

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ALICE FEENEYS NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “Boldly plotted, tightly knotted—a provocative true-or-false thriller that deepens and darkens to its ink-black finale. Marvelous.” —AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?

The Real Werewives of Alaska Box Set Vol 1. Books 1-3
The Real Werewives of Alaska Box Set Vol 1. Books 1-3

Author: Kristen Strassel

Publisher: Kristen Strassel

Published:

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13:

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Join The Real Werewives for this fun and steamy season with the Alaska Bloodhounds and follow the Werewives as they find love with these wild football players. Meet the contestants: Running Wild Hi! I’m Naomi. I’m not in Alaska to meet some furry jock. I became a Real Werewife to find a platform for my travel blog. And it almost worked, too. When running back Sebastian mistakes me for a crew member at the kickoff party, neither of us can deny there’s something more. Much more. But none of my travel could ever prepare me for the adventure with this wolf shifter. Silver Fox Hi! I’m Jenna. Becoming a Real Werewife is my last resort to get the attention of veteran quarterback Landon Fox. I’m not an overzealous fan. I’m the mother of his teenage daughter. Our wild child is about to turn eighteen, and I need his help keeping her under control. But being this close to Landon again has intensified all my old feelings for the fox shifter. This time, is it for real? Catching the Vixen Hi! I’m Fiona. After I crashed an Alaska Bloodhounds bachelor auction, I got offered a contract to become a Real Werewife. But there’s one player I’ve got my eye on. Tyler Jones, the backup quarterback and my dad’s mentee. If that wasn’t enough drama, I’m about to shift for the very first time. Can this sexy lion shifter keep a fox like me safe?

Notting Hill Girl
Notting Hill Girl

Author: Denise Watson

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2010-04-13

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1481792466

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A frank and disturbing view of a child's descent into a world of drug addiction and gang violence, Notting Hill Girl is a candid exploration of a life that is reflected in every city today. A dramatic insight into what life was like for a teenage girl in one of England's most notorious neighbourhoods, Notting Hill Girl serves as a lesson to us all in what is happening in our society, and how simple choices can help people to shape their own destiny.