Search - Help Yourself for Teens : Real-Life Advice for Real-Life Challenges

Sharing stories of his own adolescent struggles - fighting for his life against his alcoholic mother and enduring outrageous abuse at the hands of bullies and false friends - Pelzer imparts advice to help young people rise above theri 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 imortance of decisions, and finally, never giving up on oneself. Through it all, Pelzer never lets his readers forget that they alone have control over the outcomes of their lives.