A collection of the most important letters received from teens responding to the Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul series, this book is a powerful reflection of the feelings of generation of readers. Some letters will make readers laugh and others will make them cry; but all the letters reveal that teens share similar outlooks, experiences and feelings.

Every day you are faced with choices about friends, school, work, family obligations, and the future. It isn't always easy to know which direction to take, and if you do make a mistake, then what?

New dads, granddads, single dads and dads-to-be - this book offers them all an entertaining and inspiring collection of stories on the triumphs and trials of the amazing journey called fatherhood.

Originally published in hardcover in 2013.

This collection of inspirational stories will undoubtedly touch many hearts. Written by authors who have lost loved ones, these stories offer comfort, peace and understanding to those going through the grieving process.

Friends. You gotta have 'em, but sometimes they drive you crazy. You love 'em, but sometimes they make you mad. They'll help you through a crisis...unless they are the crisis.

Though written more than a century ago, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s beautiful sonnet rings true today for three young couples who believe in the power of love. In “Night Vision,” Brett finds a way to brighten a special girl’s lonely existence. “Bobby’s Girl” features Dana, who must choose between two brothers, both of whom she loves. “Laura’s Heart,” the third story, introduces 16-year-old Laura Carson, who is hospitalized on a regular basis because of her weak heart. But when tragedy strikes a loved one, she realizes her heart is stronger than she thought and that love lives on forever.

This latest offering in the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul series explores a host of challenges faced by today's teens. Teen contributors share their thoughts and feelings on difficult issues, ranging from poor self-image to thoughts of suicide, from family discord to coping with the loss, from peer pressure to school violence.

One-time lovers who share libertarian ideals find themselves on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain in the 1960s. They continue to seek a path to liberation and their letters record the repression and satisfactions they experience under different manifestations of the modern state. A beautiful, tender and inspiring collection. In all actuality, a collection of work from Fredy Perlman.

Terima Kasih, Thank You is a poignant, heart-wrenching anthology of letters of Gratitude written by Malaysian teens, secondary school students in a mid-rural school in Malaysian Borneo. This anthology is similar to "Chicken Soup for the Soul" but focuses on helping each teen writer (and reader) find catharsis in appreciation through personal stories along themes of love, loss, family, friendship, courage & self-respect, and admiration. Subjects in this book range from family separation, bullying, heartbreak, cultural celebration, social anxiety, passionate love, friendship drama, and more. And at the end, there is a special collection of short dramatic, bitter, earnest, sarcastic, and passionate love notes written by the same students. Throughout the year leading up to this anthology, the students of SMK Takis Papar have gone on a journey to understand the importance of gratitude for others and for themselves. Terima Kasih, Thank You, an anthology of Gratitude, is one of the few if not the only anthology that emphasizes the powerful effect Gratitude has on our emotional resolution, through personal narrative letter mediums that takes readers on a journey of appreciation and happiness. These personal narratives are dedicated to every category of relationship from family to lovers to pets to inanimate objects and everything in between. These stories stress the importance of Gratitude to help cope, find resolution, and ultimately generate real happiness. This emphasis on Gratitude will hopefully resonate globally as a message to others pre-teens, teens, and adults looking to find catharsis and emotional reconciliation. It takes great courage and hati for these teens to put their stories on paper, especially given their low proficiency in English and a lack of exposure to creative non-fiction writing, so I urge you to support these brave personal narratives. As bonus content, see love through Malaysian teenager eyes! One of the creative writing exercises SMK Takis students underwent in the process of generating the Terima Kasih, Thank You manuscript was to write original short love notes, pick up lines, and musings on relationships as shorter notes of Gratitude. Over a 1000 notes were generated by ~200 students, a selection of which appears at the end of the book. This anthology has been sponsored and funded by the U.S. Embassy of Kuala Lumpur and the Fulbright Commission of Malaysia, in partnership with the Malaysian American Commission on Educational Exchange.