Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love and Friendship

by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen

A latest edition to the teen Chicken Soup series focuses on aspects of friendship and love, presenting inspirational readings under such chapters as "Breaking Up," "Tough Times," "Growing Up," and "Acts of Kindness." Simultaneous. 300,000 first printing.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Inspirational, Short Stories, Romance, Childrens, Middle Grade

300 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 2002

About the author

Jack Canfield is an American motivational speaker and author. He is best known as the co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, which currently has over 124 titles and 100 million copies in print in over 47 languages. According to USA Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997.

Canfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.

Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. The stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.

In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.

Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.

Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, "The Secret," and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.

Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.

Reviews

[Helena · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love, friendship, and heartbreak are the highlights of the teenage life. Each has different version of stories. For love, it is how two souls usually meet and how things are going steady. Some tales lead to marriage. Others just released themselves from the corset of their own secrets. For friendship, it is how two bestfriends meet and got along and how they survived the cracks in their friendship. Heartbreak, usually about getting back to the independent world and losing a "part" of self. Trying to move on from bitterness about first heartbreak. As what Thomas Foster said, we have one story to tell with a multitude of varying perspectives. That was not how he actually said it, that was how I interpreted it. It rings true since the patterns woven in the story brings familiarity.

No matter how repetitive things get, we all get to experience the same emotions all over again. Some stories brought out tears in my eyes. I did not have the giddy feeling about the first love, because that occurred years ago based on personal account. I guess I could say I was void of all emotions relating to first love. Since I have been there and I have done that.

Even though my emotional strings were not completely tugged with melodious and sorrowful tunes, I enjoyed reading all their stories. The experience of reading all their accounts justified the saying that everyone has their own story to tell and these are only among a few.

[aliyah ‎عَلِيَّة · Rating 4 out of 5]

i remember this book being very guiding and informative during my middle school days

[♥ The Book Snob ♥ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such beautiful and captivating stories and poems, oh, my, my!

Some poems made we yearn for my best friend's hug, I miss her so much.. she is miles away.. :'( Some made me laugh, and cry..
These stories will stay with me forever.

Have done a wonderful job, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Kimberly Kirberger! :))



♥ XOXO ♥

[Shivani Mehrotra]

An awesome repertoire of elegantly described short stories to push your confidence to a very high level and keep you motivated through turbulent times.

[Daniel Data · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book was depressing to read. A reminder of simpler times when I was a teenager myself. Felt weird to read this while in my 30s. Now I am wondering if there is a chicken soup for my midlife crisis?

[Jazmine Batchelor Bubbles · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book I read is called "Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love & Friendship", by Jack Canfield & Mark Hansen. The book contains many short stories on friendships & young love. The book caught my eye because I love books that gives you advice. The book gives me advice because I learn from the short stories about what to do & not to do.

The conflicts in the book helped me pick out the real friends from the fake friends. The littlest situtations in the book turned out to be more then just little probelms. The probelms caused a lot of good & bad things, such as becoming better friends, working out your relationships & losing friends. The book encouraged me to be a better friend and girlfriend. The book also taught me to not let little probelms get in my way.

Another reason why I liked the book was because it showed that friends aren't always friends you hang around they will always make you laugh, cry, have a shoulder to lean on, an ear to whisper gossip, and to have someone to talk to. The book had a lot of details & examples on friendship & love. They're from real teens, and they're about the mad crazy, hard and joyful things that really happened to them and their friends. I have no dislikes about this book because I can picture myself in some of the stories because the situtations seemed real to me because I been through some of the probelms.


I recommend this book to middle school & highschool students. Kids who like taking advice and who can image themselfs in that position. The way I feel about this book is very easy & simple.
I have 3 reasons why:
1. I can relate
2. I can understand
3. I can image myself
This book is great especially if your having a lot of probelms. Chicken Soup has a lot of other books if you have other problems as well. Chicken Soup has books for almost every situtation you can name.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love&Friendship
HCI Teens (first published 2002)
Jack Canfield
$6.95 Pages.400
ISBN-10:0757300227
ISBN-13: 9780757300226

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love&Friendship is a novel that includes all of teenager's story. These teenager's story are mostly the author's memoirs. In this novel all of the short stories relates to love and friendship themes.

Throughout Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love&Friendship, teenagers from age 14 to 21. Each and every short story is breath taking and you won't be able to forget it. There are many great quotes throughout the novel. For instance, A sibling may be the sole keeper of one's core identity, the only person with the key's to one's unfettered, more fundamental self. Some short stories in Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love&Friendship are The Boy at Band Camp, I finally did it, Tinfoil and a Hairband, and much more. In the back of the novel there are more information about the writers and the short story itself.

When I read the book I really enjoyed reading the novel. It gave me many inspiration to life and giving me a lot hope and confidence in myself. If you enjoy reading short stories or even like writing short stories you should read Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love&Friendship.

[Rayvyn Helderman · Rating 5 out of 5]

So I'm the type of person who loves romantic stories and when I found this book on my book shelf i was hesitant to read it because i didn't think it was going to grab my interest. So i sat down and opened it up. The first story "The boy at band camp" By: Molly Gaebler. It was a good story and throughout the whole book I was so attached that i wouldn't go to sleep cause i wanted to keep reading this book is so good that i honestly will read it more than once. I hope the next reader enjoys as much as i did!

[Meenakshi Sharma · Rating 4 out of 5]

i loved thid book. as the name suggests it is based on teenage experiences and every teenager must read this book. the quotes, stories,poems are heart-touching. i liked the way in which the writer describes the person they liked or had a crush... at some points you find yourself smiling like a stupid over the incidents mentioned (because you are actually thinking about that situation in your life). in this book my favorite parts are falling in love, friendship and tough times... the first 2 categories are very cute and based on friendship and first love while in tough times we come across the difficulties faced as a teenager.. every teenager must read this book... looking forward to more CHICKEN SOUPS... :)

[Katherine Kouklinou · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is incredible!
Plenty of its stories as well as its poems have left a mark in my heart and they will continue to do so for... forever!

I am very happy i got to read it.. Every single story is so unique and beautiful, so insirational and true...

I want to thank all of the teenagers who shared their stories with as and helped us that above all, life is worth living, but you've got to do it with love!!!

I would reccomend this book to everyone, to the young ang old and especially to teenagers who are struggling to find who they really are...

[Amanda · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't like this book. I don't know why I just didn't. Not my genre I guess.

My cousin really likes these books so I figured I'd give them a try. I didn't like THIS one. There might be one of these type of books I might like but for now this one is a one star and I don't reccommened it to anyone.

[Kamee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was really fun to read. I really like books that are about life and things that you have or will go through. I also liked the poems in this book, I'm a big poet fan and I write as well. So if you like books about life and may need advice to help you through it I would suggest the Chicken soup for the soul books.

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

What i like about this book so far is that it doesn't only have stories but it also includes poems that talk about love and how beautiful it is( I think that's one of the things that I like the most) there was this story of a girl and boy best friends and they liked each other and never told one another, at the en they do end up together(spoiler alert)

[Ivy-Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

There was some very powerful stories in this. Some put me in tears and some made me laugh. Others I actually understood their situation and I felt like they got me. I recommend this book to all. It's really good.

[Jasmyne · Rating 3 out of 5]

At first I liked this book but as I got farther into it, I started to get bored. Some of the stories are nice and heartwarming but some of them are just plain out boring. The authors need to have more imagery. Why read a book if there isn't any imagery? It's pointless.

[Jessica Slavensky · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read a lot of Chicken Soup Books throughout my teen years. Now that I’m 27, and have kids of my own, I find myself reading them more & sharing the stories and books with my family.

These short stories & poems are so captivating & relatable, I love that when you purchase one of hear books, it helps a charity. This one on love & relationships should be available to all high school students around the world - I love that Kim has started a program just for this. I know these books have helped me get through some tough times, and it would be amazing if kids & teens could have these readily available to read.. it could really change a lot of young lives.

No matter how old you may be, these sort stories & poems are very relatable & hit close to home for a lot of us. I highly recommend giving them a try, there are sooo many categories to choose from: love & relationships, teen, women, messages from heaven, cancer survivor, pet lover, kids... the list goes on.

[Zellian · Rating 3 out of 5]

When it comes to books like these, where different writers come together with their contributions you always have to be a bit wary.

Just because you like the first three stories or poems doesn't mean you're going to like all 47 that are in it, this is something you would always have to consider when it comes to any Chicken Soup books.

Because they span across so many topics now, with different authors and different ages and backgrounds you never truly know what you're going to get. Sometimes you just don't like a whole book due to the topic, other times it's one of the best Chicken Soup books you've read in a long time.

I truly believe these are great books though, even if out of ten that I read I only like two. I would highly recommend them to anyone.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my favorite stories in this book is called What's on the Inside by Eleanor Lukin where she talks about a guy she has a crush on who decides to kiss her without her consent and blurts out to everyone that he'll never play Truth or Dare again. In other words, his friends dared him to kiss Eleanor. It shows that just because a guy is handsome doesn't mean that his personality is equally lovely. Teenage boys can be quite cruel.

I really thought it was amazing reading about all these young people who have gone through tough times that they feel nobody else would understand. Although I'm past the teenager stage, I still like reading stories about them. Maybe I never fully grew up, who knows? But does it really matter? The book is great and that's what counts.

[Sophia D · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book. The collection of short stories made it easy to read a story in between classes or blocks. I did find some stories unrealistic, however. For example, the one love story about the guy meeting the girl in the airport and then they started dating and they are still extremely in love. Not to rain on his parade, but I feel like this could never succeed irl.

[Kendra Larson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like "feel good" stories, but a lot of it felt like I was too "old" for these problems, but really relatable.

[Stephanie Cook · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such an amazing book for teenagers and young adults. It teaches so many life lessons. Highly recommend.

[Ahlem Abderrazek Ep Ferjani · Rating 5 out of 5]

i really adore this book cause it makes you cry you laugh at the same time and seems like someone talk about his life to you so this book is very special

[lily · Rating 2 out of 5]

did an old christian man write this. i made myself continue reading but it was supposed to be relatable and definitely was not to me, but the poems were nice

[Cynthia Pasupati · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chicken Soup for the Soul never fails to warm my heart:)

[efina 🎻 · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of my favorite books when I was like 12/13. I always imagined my teen years would be like this 💃

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 | ( ‘. v .’ )-b

❤️⭐🪻✨🪻⭐❤️

In the future, I would love some more stories from guys. There were a lot of sisters + moms and girls + friends and girl + love interests but not a lot of male perspective. Maybe it is because a lot more females were sending stories in, but I still think it would make things more balanced. I also would have liked some more family-related stories. I did like the stories about first love and kiss. I thought those were very sweet.

[Kelseysterk · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is hard to write a synopsis about this book, because it does not have a general plot but its just merely a series of stories weaved together and centered around the same topic and idea. It ranges from relationships, crushes, breakups, finding yourself, and moving on. It is a very inspiring book and gives you good insight into the world of teenage relationships. It is a must read.

The stories are written by people of all ages and it really does help the reader see what relationships are like from a girls view and a guy's view. It depicts the natural growth of a relationship and always explains what an unhealthy relationship is. The topic of friendships and fighting is also included, and this helps to balance out the share of relationships and friendships.

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul has several rhetorical devices within its content. Although each story was written in a different style, and a different author, it still included the basic components of the literature devices. The tone is clear and calm, there is a lot of comparing and contrasting in this book as well. Parallel structures are present and emotive language surrounds the text. Feelings are defenitely explained thoroughly, making the book even more exciting and inspiring to read.

This book was amazing and I couldn't put it down. It was pretty much the BEES KNEES yeah you should all read it! Not only does it keep you flipping through the pages but it makes you want to change and learn and grow from all the people that have written in the book; I gained something significant from each and every story and I think that you will too!

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love & Friendship, is a book written by teenagers and compiled by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Kimberly Kirberger. At first I just wanted to read this book for fun, but then I realized that this book really helped me with my life. It told me how and when I should become friends with the right, people, and when and how to become active in a relationship. This book taught me the side-affects of a relationship going for the worst, and taught me to now let anything get in my way of my relationships, with friends or with a special somebody, if it was just a fight, over the last cookie, or what movie we should see. This book taught me how to become a better person. Reading a book that is written by teens, is a great way for me to understand what other teens are going through, and how they got through the tough times, because then I'll know when to say "No! I am going to save this relationship even if I have to risk my life for it!" or when not to say it. This book definitely showed me that whatever I do, I am not the only cause for a relationship that goes, bad, but it was both my and the other person's fault, or it wasn't any of our faults... it's just the way that God wants us to go, we can't help it. This book really helped me understand what being a true friend and girlfriend should be like, and what I am doing right and what I am doing wrong.

[Lauren · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked this book because I had been read chicken soup books in the past, and they seemed pretty good. As I started reading it I thought it was okay, but definitely not the best book I’ve read. The one thing that bothered me the most, is this book is made from a bunch of different authors putting out their stories. The book would have its ups and downs. One story would be very well written, and some of them moving, but others would just be plain old boring. Certain writers would use good detail, but others would not. I found myself skipping several stories either because the story was not something I was interested in, or because the writing was horrible. Lots of the stories I found seemed to be missing a few things, like the author hadn't finished it. I think this is because the stories were too short. The author would say one thing and then THE END would be in big bold letters. All in all, I would rate this book two out of five stars because of some of the writing and I just didn’t find it that interesting . But, I think this book could be helpful to a growing teen.

[Alexis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love romance books and I love teenage books because it always shows me what will happen in high school and what to watch out for,I chose this book because my favorite author wrote this book : Jack Canfield.In this book there are 8 main characters and they all like this one boy but they don't even now each other the boys name is Jason,but the girls are in different classes them him there were 5 popular girls who would always flirt with him and then there was a goth person and there were to geeks but the geek ended up getting him read it and find out The only thing I didn't like about the book was that it had bad words in it so I probably wouldn't recommend it to my friends because I don't think they have the same taste.Anyways I have read the series of the book but I have to say that the book that I just read is far from better than the other books I read,but I still hope there will be another book coming out from the series.