I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure
Autor Larry Smith, Rachel Fershleiseren Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2009 – vârsta de la 13 ani
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From cancer to creativity, prom dates to promiscuity, and breaking hearts to breaking laws, the memoirs in this collection reveal that often the youngest writers have the most fascinating stories to tell.
One life. Six words. What's yours?
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ISBN-10: 0061726842
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 127 x 181 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.12 kg
Editura: HARPERCOLLINS;
Colecția Harperteen
Locul publicării:New York, NY, United States
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True tales of love, loss, good friends, and bad hair days filledNot Quite What I Was Planning, theNew York Timesbestselling first book in the Six-Word Memoir series—and an international phenomenon. Some of the most compelling were by teens, so now SMITH Magazine has compiled a book written entirely by these bold, brash truth-tellers. From cancer to creativity, prom dates to promiscuity, and breaking hearts to breaking laws, the memoirs in this collection reveal that often the youngest writers have the most fascinating stories to tell.
Met online; love before first sight.
Hair's pink to piss you off.
I fulfilled my awkwardness quota today.
I'm seventeen, engaged, and not pregnant.
My mom had my boyfriend deported.
Late for school every single day.
According to Facebook, we broke up.
Notă biografică
LARRY SMITH is an adjunct associate professor of economics at the University of Waterloo and a recipient of the University of Waterloo's Distinguished Teacher Award. During his longstanding tenure, Smith has taught and counselled more than 23,000 students on the subject of their careers, representing more than 10 percent of UW's alumni. Smith has worked with more than 500 teams of student entrepreneurs, advising them as they have created companies of significant size and success across industries as broad-reaching as communications, software, robotics, entertainment, design and real estate. Smith is also president of Essential Economics Corporation, an economic consulting practice that serves a wide range of public and private clients. ?Why You Will Fail to have a Great Career,? his TEDx Talk based on his experience counselling students, has been viewed by over six million people.
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