Real Kids Taking the Right Risks: Plus, How You Can, Too!

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In an era when risk-taking is most often associated with dangerous behavior or poor choices, such as drugs or gangs, this inspiring book gives more than 20 first-person profiles of children who took risks, pointing out the benefits of taking a chance and facing the possibility of rejection or failure. Each story features a different type of risk and puts it in real-life perspective. B&W photos.

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Overview

In an era when risk-taking is most often associated with dangerous behavior or poor choices, such as drugs or gangs, this inspiring book gives more than 20 first-person profiles of children who took risks, pointing out the benefits of taking a chance and facing the possibility of rejection or failure. Each story features a different type of risk and puts it in real-life perspective. B&W photos.

Discusses the value of taking risks and different kinds of risk-taking, both good and bad, and offers advice on and examples of this type of behavior and how to learn from both successes and mistakes.

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Gr 6-9-Erlbach discusses different types of risks, differentiating between the negative (taking risks to be noticed or for revenge) and the positive (those that help you "sharpen your skills, gain insight, and change yourself or the world for the better"). She includes exercises to help teens evaluate an action they are considering and anticipate its consequences. A large section of the book contains first-person vignettes about a variety of young people who took risks, from Jamie, who speaks publicly about how AIDS has affected her family, to Jorge, who took a risk and joined a gang, then took another risk and left it. For each of these accounts, the author provides suggestions for finding out more information. The narratives are sure to provoke discussion about various types of behavior.-Lynn W. Zimmerman, Southeast Middle School, Greensboro, NC Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
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  • ISBN-13: 9781575420516
  • Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing, Inc.
  • Publication date: 1/28/1999
  • Pages: 136
  • Age range: 10 - 15 Years
  • Product dimensions: 6.04 (w) x 9.01 (h) x 0.35 (d)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 17, 2001

    Wow!

    I read a little book of this book and it really suprised me. I thought it was wonderful. It was sad, happy and just plain good. I plan to finish it sometime real soon. Please read it. It is really cool!

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