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Help Yourself for Teens

  • 194 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 2005
  • 4 editions

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1 About this book

A stirring self-help book for teenagersDave Pelzer 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 struggles—fighting for his life against his alcoholic mother and enduring outrageous oppression at the hands of bullies and false friends—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 hisreaders forget that they alone have control over the outcomes of their lives. Part self-help book and part inspirational memoir, Help Yourself for Teens is anempowering and uplifting guide to growing up in an often difficult world.

Good for readers who want: psychology and self-improvement.

  • Psychology
  • Adolescent psychology
  • Self-help
  • Resilience (Personality trait)
  • Conduct of life
  • Interpersonal relations in adolescence
  • Teenagers
  • Life skills

2 About David J. Pelzer

Born 1960

David James Pelzer (born December 29, 1960) is an American author of several autobiographical and self-help books. His 1995 memoir of childhood abuse, A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive, was listed on The New York Times Best Seller list for several years, and in 5 years had sold at least 1.6 million copies.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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