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Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul 21st Anniversary Edition: An Update of the 2000 Classic
The classic, bestselling title today's parents grew up with - Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul 21st Anniversary Edition has been refreshed and updated with additional, new stories to help today's preteens be the happiest, best versions of themselves.
When you read these stories about the lives of other kids your age, you’ll realize you share many experiences and emotions. You are not alone.
That is so empowering and comforting. And that’s why this collection of stories for preteens has become a classic, published for the first time in the year 2000, and now updated with brand-new stories for its 21st anniversary—ones about being a kid during the pandemic, social media and technology, and many other modern-day issues.
You’ll read more than 100 stories and poems in chapters
• Achieving Dreams
• Friendship
• Family
• Love
• Death and Dying
• Attitude and Perspective
• Overcoming Obstacles
• Choices
• Tough Stuff
• Changes
• Eclectic Wisdom
Chicken Soup for the Soul books are 100% made in the USA and each book includes stories from as diverse a group of writers as possible. Chicken Soup for the Soul solicits and publishes stories from the LGBTQ community and from people of all ethnicities, nationalities, and religions.
When you read these stories about the lives of other kids your age, you’ll realize you share many experiences and emotions. You are not alone.
That is so empowering and comforting. And that’s why this collection of stories for preteens has become a classic, published for the first time in the year 2000, and now updated with brand-new stories for its 21st anniversary—ones about being a kid during the pandemic, social media and technology, and many other modern-day issues.
You’ll read more than 100 stories and poems in chapters
• Achieving Dreams
• Friendship
• Family
• Love
• Death and Dying
• Attitude and Perspective
• Overcoming Obstacles
• Choices
• Tough Stuff
• Changes
• Eclectic Wisdom
Chicken Soup for the Soul books are 100% made in the USA and each book includes stories from as diverse a group of writers as possible. Chicken Soup for the Soul solicits and publishes stories from the LGBTQ community and from people of all ethnicities, nationalities, and religions.
336 pages, Paperback
Published August 17, 2021
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About the author
Amy Newmark
372 books178 followersAmy Newmark is the bestselling author, editor-in-chief, and publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. Since 2008, she has published 191 new Chicken Soup for the Soul titles, most of them national bestsellers in the U.S. and Canada, more than doubling the number of Chicken Soup for the Soul titles in print today.
Amy is credited with revitalizing the Chicken Soup for the Soul brand, which has been a publishing industry phenomenon since the first book came out in 1993. By compiling inspirational and aspirational true stories curated from ordinary people who have had extraordinary experiences, Amy has kept the thirty-year-old Chicken Soup for the Soul brand fresh and relevant.
Follow Amy on Twitter @amynewmark. Listen to her free podcast, The Chicken Soup for the Soul Podcast, on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, the Podcasts app on iPhone, or by using your favorite podcast app on other devices.
Amy is credited with revitalizing the Chicken Soup for the Soul brand, which has been a publishing industry phenomenon since the first book came out in 1993. By compiling inspirational and aspirational true stories curated from ordinary people who have had extraordinary experiences, Amy has kept the thirty-year-old Chicken Soup for the Soul brand fresh and relevant.
Follow Amy on Twitter @amynewmark. Listen to her free podcast, The Chicken Soup for the Soul Podcast, on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, the Podcasts app on iPhone, or by using your favorite podcast app on other devices.
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December 26, 2025
Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul is the perfect book for anyone between the ages of nine and thirteen. It's a collection of true short stories written by preteen for preteens, making this very relatable and personal. Some stories are inspirational and some are funny and some are emotional; the mix accounts for the many different phases preteens may go through. I bet that there's at least one story here that you'll find relatable.
My personal favorite stories are "The Back of David's Head," "Accepting Change," "The Act of Love," "I'll Never Forget Him," "The Snow Angel," and "How My Parents Ruined My Sixth Grade Life." I know, there are so many! And it was super hard for me to narrow it down. Although I liked these ones the very best, all of the stories were really good and fun to read.
I'll definitely check out some other Chicken Soup books in the future, and I recommend that you do, too.
My personal favorite stories are "The Back of David's Head," "Accepting Change," "The Act of Love," "I'll Never Forget Him," "The Snow Angel," and "How My Parents Ruined My Sixth Grade Life." I know, there are so many! And it was super hard for me to narrow it down. Although I liked these ones the very best, all of the stories were really good and fun to read.
I'll definitely check out some other Chicken Soup books in the future, and I recommend that you do, too.
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