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Author Harris, Alex, 1988- author.

Title Do hard things : a teenage rebellion against low expectations / Alex & Brett Harris.

Publication Info. Colorado Springs, CO : Multnomah Books, 2017
©2013

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 Avon Free Public Library - Teen  TEEN 248.8 HARRIS    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Teen  YA 248.8 HARRIS    Check Shelf
Description xx, 294 pages ; 21 cm
Note "New! Real stories from young people who took up the challenge"--Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-287).
Contents Foreword / Chuck Norris -- Introduction to the five-year edition: Looking back, looking ahead -- Most people don't: A different kind of teen book -- The birth of a big idea: Rumblings of a rebelution -- The myth of adolescence: Exposing the low expectations that are robbing our generation -- A better way: Reclaiming the teen years as the launching pad of life -- That first, scary step: How to do hard things that take you outside your comfort zone -- Raising the bar: How to do hard things that go beyond what's expected or required -- The power of collaboration: How to do hard things that are too big for you to do alone -- Small hard things: How to do hard things that don't pay off immediately -- Taking a stand: How to do hard things that go against the crowd -- Generation rising: Creating a counterculture from scratch (and a dash of salt) -- A thousand young heroes: Stories of new beginnings, impossible challenges and the teens who are living them -- World, meet your rebelutionaries: Transforming your mission from a decision into a destiny -- Afterword -- Appendix A: Do hard things, the gospel, and you -- Appendix B: Questions (and stories) to get you started -- Appendix C: 100 hard things -- Appendix D: Conversation guide.
Summary Two Christian teenage writers challenge their peers to create a brighter future, combating the idea of adolescence as a vacation from responsibility and providing humorous personal anecdotes, practical examples, and stories of real-life "rebelutionaries" in action.
Audience Ages 13-17.
Subject Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Juvenile literature.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in adolescence -- Juvenile literature.
Expectation (Psychology) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Juvenile literature.
Adolescent psychology -- Juvenile literature.
Self-actualization -- Religious aspects.
Self-actualization
Expectation -- Religious aspects.
Adolescent psychology. (OCoLC)fst00797018
Expectation (Psychology) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. (OCoLC)fst00918335
Self-actualization (Psychology) in adolescence. (OCoLC)fst01111497
Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. (OCoLC)fst01111489
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Religion / Christian / Family & Relationships.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Religion / Christian / Inspirational.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Social Topics / Values & Virtues.
Genre/Form Literature. (OCoLC)fst01921716
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author Harris, Brett, 1988- author.
ISBN 9781601428295 (paperback)
1601428294 (paperback)
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