Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves

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· Brilliance Audio · Narrated by Julia Whelan and MacLeod Andrews
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Growing pains are an essential part of teenage life, for better and for worse. Some “mistakes” turn into positive, life-changing experiences, and some apparent triumphs seem, in retrospect, like low points. Some first kisses leave you feeling on top of the world, and others can make you want to hide under a rock. In Dear Teen Me, your favorite YA authors — including Lauren Oliver, Ellen Hopkins, Tom Angleberger, and Carrie Jones — revisit critical moments from their young lives and offer advice and guidance to their teenage selves. Listen to find out...

• Who had a really bad first kiss?
• Who found her true love at 18?
• Who wishes she’d had more fun in high school instead of studying so hard?
• And who skipped prom to go to a Grateful Dead concert, only to wind up stranded and alone?

The letters cover a wide range of topics, including physical abuse, body issues, bullying, friendship, love, and enough insecurities to fill an auditorium. Some authors focus on a hilarious mistake or one especially big day, others offer words of hope for desperate times. So whether you’re a theater kid, a band geek, a bad boy, a good girl, a loner, a stoner, a nerd, or a jock, you’ll find friends — and a lot of familiar faces — in Dear Teen Me.

Growing pains are an essential part of teenage life, for better and for worse. Some “mistakes” turn into positive, life-changing experiences, and some apparent triumphs seem, in retrospect, like low points. Some first kisses leave you feeling on top of the world, and others can make you want to h...

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Miranda Kenneally is an American author, who grew up in a small town in Tennessee. She enjoys writing young adult literature. She is best known for her young adult fiction series Hundred Oaks which includes, Catching Jordan, Stealing Parker, Things I Can't Forget, Racing Savannah, Breathe, Annie, Breathe, Jesse's Girl, Defending Taylor, and Coming Up for Air. She is the author of a nonfiction book for young adults entitled, Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves. Phil Gigante has narrated over 70 audiobooks including Audie Award winner The Dark Highlander, Savage Season, and The Defector. He is also an actor, director and producer with over 20 years experience in theatre, film, television, and radio. Based in Chicago for many years, he is currently the artistic director of Gigantic Productions and Little Giant Children's Theatre.
Miranda Kenneally is an American author, who grew up in a small town in Tennessee. She enjoys writing young adult literature. She is best known for her young adult fiction series Hundred Oaks which includes, Catching Jordan, Stealing Parker, Things I Can't Forget, Racing Savannah, Breathe, Annie,...

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