Our Voices, Our Visions

by John Meyer and Stephanie H. Meyer

Written entirely by teens, TeenInk uniquely captures the essence of what it means to be a teenager. This collection of prose and poetry represents the honest, forthright and compelling moments that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558748164
• ISBN13: 9781558748163
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: HCI Teens
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

Great Book!

This book was very inspirational and creative~ It's a book for teenagers written by teenagers~ I'm a big fan of books like this one and I finished it in less than 2 days. It's a must read if you like Chicken Soup or Teen Love. The stories were honest, truthful, and eye opening. Teenagers writing true stories about experiences they've been through. There's also great works of fiction in this book as well. This is the first in a series of four Teen Ink Books (with more to come in the future.)Teenagers will love this book, taking advice and stories to heart. Parents will love this book to get a deeper look at real teenagers and maybe better understand just what all we teenagers do go through~You can't loose with this book! Even if you only read a few of the short stories, they'll stick with you~ Even if you're not an avid reader, take a chance on reading this book! I'm sure you'll understand and enjoy it!

Teen Ink: Our Voices, Our Visions

This book has some amazing and inspiring stories, all written by teenagers. There are some moments to which everybody can relate, like a first crush or the death of a family member; Other stories are unique and exciting (one teen writes about being held captive at gunpoint in his family home). The book is easy to read, written by a variety of teens in their natural voices. I think it is wonderful that teenagers have this opportunity to express themselves through writing and artwork. This is a must read for every adolescent, or anybody who needs to be reminded what their teenage years were like.

Teens speak to other Teens

I may be a little biased because I wrote one of the stories, but this book is amazing. Finally a book that lets teens share their stories with other teens. I wish something like this had been around when I was a teen. My story was written eight years ago when I thought I was the only one feeling the way I did. This book lets teens know that they are not alone and there are others that are out there feeling the same way. I really loved reading all the different stories, some made me laugh, some made me sniffle but all made me feel I was not alone thru those painful years.

Compelling true stories by teens for teens

This absorbing collection of teenage tales is gripping and emotional.There's no adult filter to distance the reader from writers who haveexperienced pain, loss, love, and all the challenges of contemporaryteenage experience. Teens will read the book cover-to-cover at onesitting because they won't be able to put it down. I recommend it toparents and teachers as a mightily effective way to recapture a visionof the world from a teen perspective. The visceral moments aresometimes scary, often sad, and always revealing.The one hundredselections culled from hundreds of thousands of submissions to TeenInkmagazine during the last decade are powerful and well written. Thisbook will make me a better parent.

An impressive collection of teen writing

When I finally got my copy of TeenInk: our voices, our visions I sat down on the couch and dove in to this compilation of nonfiction, poetry and fiction. I didn't get up again until I read the last page. Wow! Every story rang true; this is an unprecedented collection of teen voices. With chapters on friends, fitting in, love, challenges, family, heroes, loss and memories, the book touches every aspect of teen life. IT'S NOT GOOPY! Some stories are very touching, even emotional, but nothing is sugar-coated. This is mature, intelligent writing from young people who have both a firm grasp on life and are, sometimes, just hanging on. Buy it, read it, read it again... My Christmas shopping will be easy this year.