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Susanna Siegelbaum Gives Up Guys
Published in Paperback by Scholastic (December, 1992)
Author: June Foley
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Susanna Siegelbaum decides to give up guys.
Susanna has been dating for as long as she can remember and has gone out with more guys than she can count. One night she finally realizes that she has never had a real romance. She then decides to give up guys. She makes a bet with her best friend, Annie Cassidy, that she won't go out with, flirt with, or kiss any guys for three months. When her parents start to wonder, Susanna hires a boy to pretend to be her boyfriend. Susanna is positive that she's going to win the bet, until the last second

Sweetie How Much Should You Give Up to Keep That Relationship, I Can Answer That
Published in Paperback by 1stBooks Library (April, 2002)
Author: Debra J. Palardy
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This book is about why victims continue to go back
It shocked me at how many people in an abusive relationship respond the same way. You know they are suffering. They know the relationship is toxic and still go back again and again.


When I read this book, I finally understood these victims.

If a person reads this book before they start to date, they will never find themselves trapped in an abusive relationship, because they will recognize what kind of relationship they are in before their partner thinks of them as property and get out in time.

If a person reads this book while in the middle of a relationship, they will know just why they keep going back and going back and going back, and will feel so much comfort in the whole process of leaving. They will know what was going to happen from one minute to the next during the break up and when it happens instead of being terrified they will be reassured that they were right where they should be at that time and if they stayed the course they will be free.

If a person has left and was being stalked, they can continue on their quest to stay away from their abusive partner and find comfort in all the feelings that were previously scaring them to death. Some of those feelings are the feelings of missing their abusive partner feeling lonely and thinking that maybe if they went back things would turn out differently. They will be confident too that they will never find themselves in that situation again with someone else either, because they will finally understand the whole abusive situation start to finish.

This book can help the forgotten victims too, meaning the people who feel powerless and have lost loved ones, because their loved ones were now trapped in isolation, with their abusers. They could get their power back and their loved ones by getting this book to them. Even if they have to get it to some secret spot that that their loved ones were still allowed to go. They would at least know that once they read this book, they would be getting their loved ones back.

This book is sure to change the climate of abusive relationships forever.

You Give Me the Sun: Biblical Prayers by Teenagers
Published in Paperback by St Marys Pr (April, 2000)
Author: Carl Koch
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Great Prayer Book for Teens
This book was given to me as a gift, and I have to say it has been an indispensible resource in my prayer life. I am a teenager and these prayers, having been written by teens like myself, are easy for me to relate to. I recommend this book of biblical prayers to anyone looking to give their teenager a gift they will relate to and will also enhance their spiritual life.

The Tiger's Child: The Story of a Gifted, Troubled Child and the Teacher Who Refused to Give Up on Her
Published in Hardcover by Scribner (March, 1995)
Author: Torey L. Hayden
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A very good sequel
In "One Child" we met Sheila, age 6, who needed a lot of help after being abused for years. Torey Hayden spent five months helping Sheila, whom she discovered to have an IQ of 180. With Torey's excellent work, Sheila was able to go onto regular grade three the next year in the care of a friend of Torey's. In this book, Torey talks about meeting Sheila again after seven years, meeting her at age thirteen. It is a surprising, thoughtful, emotional story, and I highly recommend it as well as its prequel.

Sobering & Honest
Having read One Child over and over and over again starting at the age of ten, I was euphoric to come upon The Tiger's Child in a bookstore 15 years later. I had wondered about Sheila my whole life, worked for several years in a preschool in great part due to that astonishing tale. I believe all the magic that was in the first book, because that is the truth about the reality of children. The Tiger's Child was somehow more sad, even if in much subtler & less horrifying ways than the first book. Sheila had left her childhood, and Torey L. Hayden (who was just 24 in the first book!) was not in a position to help her to quite the extent that she had been able to in the earlier years. Torey L. Hayden writes very honestly and does not attempt to soften any of the difficulties in this later period. Her work as a teacher is remarkable & awe-inspiring... I just wish that somehow the world had continued to provide for Sheila as much as Torey had been able to in One Child. I ache that the extraordinary, brilliant light that was Sheila was not left with as purely a happpy ending as the first book leads us to believe is possible...but I strongly recommend reading both stories.

Satisfying and Heart-Warming
When I first heard about TIGER'S CHILD, I knew that I had to read it to find out what had happened to Sheila. I was not disappointed. I found that Sheila had carried a great deal of anger around with her all these years toward Torey for "showing her the good life and then deserting her just like her mother had." This rather dumb-founded Torey, because she was just doing what all teachers do at the end of a school year--saying good-bye to her students and moving on. Torey had to work very hard in this book to build up a trust level again. Sheila was not going to make this easy. However, the ending was satisfying; and we are left knowing that Sheila will be all right. I don't know how Torey makes her writing such compelling reading. I could not put the book down--even when I needed to look at scenery on a vacation. I recommend this book to anyone who needs a heart-warming read.

From Birth to Backing: Give Your Young Horse a Head Start in Life by Using the Appropriate Body Language, from the Initial 'Join-Up' Right Through to Early Ridden Work
Published in Hardcover by Trafalgar Square (May, 1998)
Authors: Richard Maxwell and Johanna Sharples
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Wonderful!!
This is the best foal and horse training book ever written! When I first bought it, it didn't look interesting but when I read it, I couldn't put it down!. Now that I'm buying a foal, and am going to be there when it's born, I'M PREPARED! A must have for all who are going to have foals!

from birth to backing a confidence building book
I purcased this book yesterday and i am aready done reading it! I cannot wait to read it again.
From birth to backing is with out doubt a horse training bible, there is very intelligent methods to go by from biting to rearing and halter brakeing to trail riding. I can't wait to start teaching my 5 month old belgin draft. At first I was afriad of her , she is already taller than me ( I'm 4'11") but now i feel that i am knowledgable enough to handle any situation. I really wanted to start off on a great start so i searched for the right book , I am very glad i bought this one!!

Excellent , a real "how to"
At first i was slightly put off by the review that was entitled "not worth a penny" as it was the most recent, however i carried on and read all other reviews and how glad i am. It was fantastic, a real bible, my horse and i have benefited hugely from the information given. I can only think that "Not worth a penny" was having a bad day.

i can't wait to read richards new book, unlock your horses talents.

Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo
Published in Mass Market Paperback by Simon Pulse (27 February, 2001)
Author: Kenn Harper
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At last returning to print, Give Me My Father's Body is the thought-provoking tale of Minik, a young Inuit boy brought to New York by Robert Peary around the turn of the 20th century. Told simply and interspersed with personal letters and newspaper clippings, the book examines Minik's life both as a cross-cultural meeting place and a deeply personal search for a place to call "home." Photographs throughout of Minik give a glimpse into the incredible differences between the multiple worlds he inhabited, and how impossible it must have been to live in these worlds successfully. The title derives from one of Minik's more harrowing experiences--finding his father's bones displayed in a natural-history museum as a "curiosity"--and his attempts to retrieve the bones for a more respectful burial. Author Kenn Harper, while including many facts and articles about Arctic exploration, refrains from sharing opinions about the various explorers or their methods, choosing to share this story--and his years of research--plainly. From the death of Minik's birth father to the financial ruin of his American foster family, the events of Minik's childhood seem like one disaster after another, and his adulthood--the successful return to Greenland, followed by disappointment and a subsequent return to New York--is an unhappy struggle to find some kind of personal fulfillment. Questions of racial and cultural differences make an inescapable larger framework for Minik's life, and the emotions brought forward in answering those questions make reading this book a powerful experience. --Jill Lightner
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I've read much better
Storyline is very intriguing, but the writing is a bit droll. It is also longer than necessary.

Revisiting Our Culture Toward 'the Natives'
I first bought the self-published edition of Kenn Harper's "Give Me My Father's Body" after meeting him at an upstate New York museum. Later I was able to bring him to an international conference at the Byrd Polar Research Center where he discussed the inter-relationship between the Polar Eskimo and Cook, Peary and other white explorers of the late 19th and early 20th century.

His well-deserved mainline publishing of the second edition gains the recognition his work did not receive a decade or more ago. It is a tragic yet revealing story of our turn-of-the-century imperial culture expressed by Americanb treatment of all "native" peoples, and extended in this case to the northernmost inhabitants.

The real story here besides the individual dimension of Minik and his extended true and adopted family is the chauvinistic arrogance of the museum community and its agents "in the field" during this period. One of these was Robert E. Peary, who brought Minik and his fellow tribesmen to New York, all of who except Minik were abandoned in a damp basement room at the American Museum of Natural History, succumbing of tuberculosis.

The title refers to Minik's plea to obtain his father's skeleton, which had been "mounted and preserved at the Museum" following its dissection at Bellevue Hospital. The contemptable action of the Miseum in staging a fake burial is something that the Nazis and Soviets woulkd perfect later in the century.

The issue of treating aboriginal tribes as but chattel to the particular expedition that comes into contact with them was prominent with Peary, who saw the Polar Eskimo as but exploration inventory along with the dogs and sledges. This extended to his contempt for their welfare, having removed the three Cape York meteorites in 1894 and 1897 despte the fact that they constituted the Eskimo's only source of weapons and implements.

While this undertaking might have been to shift public attention from Peary's expedition failures--most of his biographere speculate upon this--another might have been sheer greed. Peary took the meteorites from Greenland, a country with a loose sovereignty to Denmark, without even asking the tribe which depended upon them as a source for metal. He "presented": them to his wife, who in turn "sold" them to the wife of Morris K. Jessup, the president of the Am,erican Museum and also of the Peary Arctic Club, who in turn "donated" them to the Museum. The Peary's realized $50,000, a nice sum in the 1890s, and the procedure was classic period textbook for wills and trusts.

Harper also relates that Minik contributed something of value about the controversy bertween Peary and his onetime exploration surgeon Frederick A. Cook, over their respective claims of having reached the North Pole. Minik knew both of their expedition companions from the Polar Eskimo tribe, saying that Peary's account was held in doubt while "Cook made a great trip north." More telling was the tribe's assessment of both men: "Peary is hated for his cruelty...(while) Cook is loved by all." Yet like the native American, their opinions counted little when it came to "the white man's business."

Intriguing...... sad
Kenn Harper has managed to bring together an amazing story through detailed research. Minik, the Polar Eskimo child, was brought to the US by Robert Peary and essentially placed on display. The story of his disconnected life is full of pathos and sorrow. Yet Harper weaves the story with life.

Peary's behaviors were simply egotistic and reprehensible. He treated the Eskimos as his property. He placed their lives in harms' way by bringing them to a culture and location that assaulted their senses and immune systems. Minik was the price paid for that deed.

I did get bogged down in names from time to time, especially as Harper recounted the financial misdealings of Wallace, who had taken responsibility for Minik. But overall, the story is entertaining and enlightening. It speaks to the ethnocentrism of Peary's generation and to the isolation of the Polar Eskimos. It took me a long time to read and absorb this book but it was rewarding in the end... to see and feel a culture so far away.

Give a Boy a Gun
Published in Mass Market Paperback by Simon Pulse (01 April, 2002)
Author: Todd Strasser
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High school sophomores Gary Searle and Brendan Lawlor have had enough. Day in and day out, for more than two years, they have been harassed, beaten up, and cursed out by most of the jocks at Middleton High--especially by football player Sam Flach. Armed with guns they've stolen from a neighbor's collection, Gary and Brendan storm a school dance, booby trap all the doors with homemade bombs, and prepare to turn their high school caste system upside down with a violent show of force. When it's all over, Sam Flach is alive (but without any hope of a future football career), Gary has killed himself, and Brendan is in a coma, after being beaten almost to death by other students who managed to disarm him. Could this tragedy have been prevented? Who, if anyone, is to blame?

Consisting of short, related statements from students, parents, school administrators, and even the troubled shooters themselves, Give a Boy a Gun attempts to give a voice to the countless sides of the school violence issue. Is this novel disturbing and at times difficult to read? Yes, of course it is. But it is also an articulate, well-rounded cross section of the many viewpoints on gun control, peer bullying, and the high school social order since the traumatic events that took place in Littleton, Colorado. While Strasser readily acknowledges that there are no easy solutions to the problem of school violence, this powerful book will be a useful tool for parents and teachers alike in exploring this issue and finding some ways of resolving the tragic escalation of teen violence. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert

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Give a boy a Gun
Give a boy gun is about two boys in high school(Brendan and Gary) who get made fun of. There is a thin line between "popular" and not "popular" in this towns high school. Although the book is fiction it seems like a well put together account of a true event. They try to learn all they can about bombs and guns they get their guns from a neighbor across the street. This book is a good look at how cruel some people can be and how it can be paid back to them. It is put in point of view format and goes from one character to another in emails,quotes and diary entries. A good choice if one wants a dose of reality. I'd recommend it to all.

A deep, powerful, and amazing must-read for all adolescents
In the entertaining, all-too-real novel Give a Boy a Gun, Todd Strasser depicts how the lives of numerous members of society can all change in one devastating moment. Gary and Brandon, two troubled young outcasts emotionally affected by both the students and teachers at their high school, finally decide that they've had enough. Armed with semi-automatic guns stolen from a neighbor, about fifty loads of ammunition, and homemade pipe bombs, the friends sabotage their school dance to " get back at those who made their lives miserable." Not only does this book show how insanely out of control guns are, it also urges the reader to reevaluate the way they treat others. I feel that Give a Boy a Gun should be placed on the reading list of every single school throughout the nation. It could really make a difference.

A shocking work of fiction
When I started reading the book, I was amazed to discover that it was not a non fiction book. The style and wording of the author makes the book extremely plausible, and the fact that it is based on true occurences adds to that. In "Give a Boy a Gun", Todd Strasser tells the story of two boys who hold their school hostage during a dance. The reason: revenge on the football players and teachers. The book is written from the view points of friends and family, school staff, e-mails between the gunmen and chatroom conversations between the gunmen and their friends. At the bottom of most every page are facts about violence and shootings. At the back of the book is a section about violent shootings and occurences that happened while the book was being written, and another brief section of certin school shootings.

Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow
Published in Paperback by Free Press (05 January, 1998)
Author: Judith Viorst
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Not Revolutionary, Original, or Complicated, But Very Good
This book is mainly about perspective and coping. The general idea is that not only are losses unavoidable in life, they are also necessary. Every decision involves loss (i.e., when you choose A over B, you lose the the chance to also choose B), and every loss involves learning and growth. When we lose someone or something important to us, we have the opportunity to discover strengths within ourselves. Viorst is not glib about these losses, however, and does not dismiss the pain involved. The pain is part of the growth and self-discovery. This theme is a first cousin to "Anything that doesn't kill me, makes me stronger." The book also has some interesting ideas about how losses are key elements to human development across the entire lifespan. It is a bit sobering to read, but is very worthwhile.

The best psychotherapy you can get from a book !
I wish I had read this book years ago - it would have saved me so much money, time & grief. In this book, Judith Viorst holds your hand as you navigate all the painfull places you have avoided before - losses, anxieties, dreams, expectations, fears, aging & death. In the process we gain an understanding of what has happened in our lives & in the lives of those we love & hate. She then teaches us how we can transcend those feelings, losses & fears to reach new levels in our growth - to become separate, responsible, reflective & connected people. We learn that there is life after loss, & if we learn how to look, we can see that real life can be infinitely sweeter than the expectations, dependencies, illusions & loves we have had to let go along the way.

Very inspiring!
This book allows us to understand that letting go of some things is part of a maturation process in life. Though many people commonly feel like letting go is like giving up and being a loser, we also know that the most important lessons in life are learned from our losses. This author sheds some light on the important difference between these two things by providing us with interesting examples from her experiences. I think this book is excellent for people who are at the brink of letting go of something important to them. It gives them an extra bit of inspiration to let go and move on with their lives. For people who are not near this stage, this book may not make much sense simply because they are not yet emotionally ready for the next step. Another book that is excellent in explaining the emotional process of letting go and how that relates to personal development is "The Ever-Transcending Spirit" by Toru Sato. It explains these seemingly complex things in such a simple way that it is absolutely stunning!

Fire Up Your Communication Skills: Get People to Listen, Understand, and Give You What You Want!
Published in Paperback by Code 3 Pub (October, 1997)
Authors: Captain Bob and Captain Bob Smith
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Fragamented Pieces, Nothing New and Too Much Chitchat.
Too much chitchat. A lot of stories, no depth. It may be OK for people to manage personal relationships but not for communication in business.

The "NUGGETS" are worth the price
Captain Bob hit the nail on the head with this book. He presents some great insights into the differences between men and women and how to be an effective communicator. Some of his examples of communication failure hit close to home for me. Although written by a career Firefighter, this book can be read by anyone looking to improve their communication skills and/or relationships. Some of these insights will improve your relationships not only professionally, but personnaly also. Captain Bob's "Nuggets" of information are priceless. Learn the "Nuggets" and you will be better for it! Easy to read, humorous, entertaining . . . you can't go wrong!

Fire Up Your Communication Skills by "Captain Bob"
This was a great book. I do not normally like to read, but I read this one in three days. It was simple reading; and being a family science major I found a great interest in the truth behind Captain Bob's words. I have studied the realtionships within a marriage and find that the "Love Bank" was a title for something I was already trying to fill. My only problem was that I wasn't allowing my mate to know what he needed to do to fill my love bank. It really opened the lines of communication and allowed me to prioritize the greatest needs in my life. Which were simple. My husband just didn't know what they were. I however knew what his were. I found within myself that I needed to be more open in expressing my desires and enjoy being pampered. I realized that I needed to think about myself once in a while and not be so unselfish that I loose myself in pleasing him. In turn, I think this has allowed me to reduce my stress level. I can share my feelings and allow him to know what I am thinking, without feeling guilty for what I say. Thank You, Captain Bob, for this book it has given me many laughs and tears.

First Love: What Would You Give Up To Keep Yours?
Published in Paperback by BOW Press (February, 2002)
Author: Yolanda Callegari Brooks
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OK
Amani has made a vow to God to remain a virgin until she marries, but that's a hard vow to keep when she starts dating handsome basketball player Marley. Marley is also a christan, and also find it hard to remain pure until marriage. I was rooting for the couple to remain virgins doing the whole book. It was a different look with the female initiating the first sexual move. I liked the book, but felt that it was missing something, at times the story was boring for me.

Infatuation, Lust or Love?
Yolanda Brook Callegari's debut novel, First Love, is an urban contemporary Christian novel and coming-of-age story about a young girl and her first romantic relationship with the opposite sex. Amani Nicole Shepard is content with a life that revolves around school and church activities. She finds comfort in her spirituality, her strong relationship with God, knowledge of the Word and her mother, Olivia Shephard. Amani meets Marley Jamison, a star UCLA basketball player, during her senior year of high school. Marley is everything that Amani could wish for--he is intelligent, handsome, manner able, affectionate, kind and considerate. Like Amani, Marley is in love for the first time, a born-again Christian, a virgin and is committed to staying that way until he marries. As Amani and Marley fall deeper in love, Marley decides its time to trade in their celibate lifestyle and to consummate their relationship because after all they plan to marry each other after college. Amani faces a dilemma...should she give into her boyfriend's demands and just do it like everyone else...or should she continue to save herself for marriage. As Amani struggles to hold on to love and her boyfriend she does not want to lose herself in the process.

First Love is an entertaining and inspiring novel for the times in which we live. The characters and the situations they encountered were realistic, real world issues that teens and adults face everyday. Callegari-Brooks' used biblical verses throughout the storyline to show that if we meditate on the Word, God will hear our cries and answer our prayers. I also liked how Callegari-Brooks' incorporated a parent/child theme to draw adults (especially parents) into the storyline. Amani's mother, Olivia, has high hopes and expectations for her youngest daughter who is the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter. (The significance of the seventh is symbolism which stands for the completeness of the life cycle; in the biblical sense God created the world in seven days.) ... Amani finds out about her mother's past and her entire foundation is shaken. To make matters worse everything Amani believes about those closest to her-her mother, her boyfriend, her best friend-all appear to be built on sinking sand.

First Love is a story that entertains, inspires, encourages and teaches us all to put first things first. It is a Christian fiction story that examines maintaining values as a young person, as well as helping parents understand that communication, honesty and openness are key to a trusting relationship with a child and oftentimes can help prevent the same mistakes from reproducing in generation after generation. First Love is about choices and consequences. In light of the rising rate of teen pregnancies, abortions, and HIV/AIDs, First Love is a necessary read for young adults and parents today. At times, Callegari-Brooks' might appear preachy to some, but I think it is only because she is passionate and strong about her beliefs and wants others to know that they do have options.
I felt her book equipped me as a parent for when the time comes that I need to explain to my children "what thus says the Lord" about premarital sex. First Love is a wonderful debut novel about ones relationship with God, the opposite sex, parent/child, friends and loved ones, and self. I recommend this book to all Godly parents who are trying to raise a Godly child.

Yasmin
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I Surrender All
Yolanda Callegari Brooks enters the literary scene with a well written Christian novel. First Love is a coming of age novel that delves into staying "pure" until marriage and the pressures placed on a young woman.

Amani Sheppard is the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter. Seven is a perfect number in the Bible and her mother is praying that her daughter saves herself for marriage unlike her other daughters. Being in this special position in this family places intense pressure on Amani and Marley enters the picture.

Marley, the suave, debonair star college basketball player is also a young Christian young man striving to abstain from sex until marriage. Will Amani and Marley make it to marriage? Will knowledge of a family secret cause Amani to falter in her Christian journey?

First Love is the beautifully written love story of these young adults along with the story of the Sheppard women. It captures the reader in the beginning and keeps you engrossed until the surprise ending. Yolanda Brooks has done a superb job of blending Christian principles and the Bible into the storyline. I would recommend this book to any teen group to facilitate discussions on dating, teen sex and the consequences.

Reviewed by Robilyn
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