Happy Youth. Sequel. The Heartbeat of Adolescent Growth

Author: Yang Si
Translator: Xiang Juan
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Ph.D. in Philosophy, Ph.D. in Education, Pulitzer Prize Winner, meticulously crafted a super bestseller! This is a sequel to The Happy Kid, featuring over 200 stories written by teenagers. If you haven’t yet read the bestseller across America, The Happy Kid, you might ask, “What is a happy kid?” A happy kid is a delicious small fruit that can make people’s taste buds perceive all foods—no matter how sour (even as sour as lemons)—as sweet. People can also be each other’s happy kids. When teenagers help each other alleviate emotional sadness and pain, share the joys and happiness of life, they become each other’s happy kids. Teenagers need happy kids, and they also need to be happy kids to others.
From acne to pillars of support, from first kisses to breakups, from making friends to helping friends face parents’ divorce, from entering middle school to finding life’s resting place, teenagers share their experiences and discuss how to make their turbulent, pressure-filled adolescence more exciting. These stories, drawn from their personal experiences, recount their emotional journeys during growth and capture all the ups and downs of their years. The author hopes that teenagers can benefit from their own stories, strive to be each other’s happy kids, and live actively and healthily.