West Routt Library District

A collection of short stories, anecdotes, poems, and cartoons which present a positive outlook on life for teenagers.

Filled with love, laughter, and unforgettable stories, this book captures the joyous and bittersweet nature of life itself. Jenna reflects on the single year in which she and her family lost Barbara and George H. W. Bush, and Jenna Welch, and reveals how the family navigated this difficult period with grace, faith, and nostalgic humor, uplifted by their grandparents’ sage advice and incomparable spirits. By remembering the past, cherishing the present,...

"From the #1 New York Times and international bestselling authors of An Invisible Thread comes a heartwarming and inspiring book about the incredible impact that acts of kindness from strangers can have on the world around us. One day in 1986, Laura Schroff, a busy ad sales executive, passed an eleven-year-old boy panhandling on the street. She stopped and offered to take him to McDonald's for lunch. Twenty years later, at Laura's fiftieth birthday...

A collection of 101 true stories from real people about realizing the blessings in their lives after they have lived through adversity, whether financial, job-related, health-related, natural disasters, or the death of loved ones. The stories are about their fortitude, their gratitude for the lives they still have, and the silver linings they have found amidst their troubles and challenges.

"With stories by: Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, Dolly Parton, Bessie Delaney, Linda Ellerbee, Kathie Lee Gifford, and many more."

"National Book Award nominee Beth Kephart's new book is a midlife meditation on aging, identity, and memory set against the backdrop of Chanticleer garden in Pennsylvania. Kephart writes about questions we all ask ourselves. How do we remember who we used to be? How do we imagine who we will become? Have we lived our lives as we set out to? What legacies do we wish to leave behind? The book spans a two-year cycle, and each chapter is accompanied by...

"A follow-up to the popular Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change, this inspiring sequel spans the globe again with true accounts of ordinary kids showing extraordinary character. Thirty short inspirational stories are divided into six character traits (courage, creativity, kindness, persistence, resilience, and responsibility) and feature kids facing adversity from bullying in an American middle school to surviving persecution in the war-torn streets...

"Selected by [the staff at] The Moth, and adapted to the page to preserve the raw energy of stories told live, onstage, and without notes, [this book] features voices familiar and new [who] share times when, in the face of seemingly impossible situations, they found moments of beauty, wonder, and clarity that shed light on their lives and helped them find a path forward"--Publisher marketing.

"With stories by Peter Fonda, Martha Beck, Leo Buscaglia, Hunter S. Fulghum, Gary Lautens, and many more."