Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul

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Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul

• By Alicia McKenzie

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Characters

• Mom
• Younger son
• Older son

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The Story

• The older son goes out one night with his friends
  and his mom gets a visit from the police in the
  early morning telling her that he has been killed
  in a car accident.

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How this applies to my topic

• The mom obviously loves her son and when she
  finds out that he has been killed, she is
  completely devastated. The mom and the younger
  son grieve about the loss of the older brother.
  All that they can do is wish that he was still
  alive and he was there to tell them that
  everything would be alright.

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Characters

• A young girl
• Her best friend

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The Story

• The young girl is upset because her best friend
  starts to hang out with some new friends. She
  decides one day to commit suicide. As she is
  holding a gun in her hand, her best friend calls
  her house and leaves a message for the girl
  asking to hang out later that afternoon. The girl
  then decides not to commit suicide.

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How this applies to my topic

• The girl loves her best friend and feels
  neglected because she has new friends. When the
  girls best friend calls her and says that she
  wants to hang out with her, she remembers that
  someone loves her and she shouldnt end her life
  if someone really cares about her.

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Characters

• Young girl in high school
• Young boy in high school

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The Story

• A young girl and boy meet in high school and
  start dating. They date for a number of years and
  then eventually break up. Years later the couple
  saw each other randomly when they were out with
  friends one night and started dating again. They
  eventually got married and are completely in love
  with each other still.

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How this applies to my topic

• The two young people fell in love in high school,
  then split up for a number of years. When they
  met up again, their flame from years earlier was
  rekindled and they got married and fell into love
  all over again.