Teens Ask Deepak: All the Right Questions
Grade 8 Up–Chopra describes this title as a guide to spirit as seen through the eyes of teenagers.… It is divided into five chapters: How Spirit Works, Success, Well-Being, Relationships, and God. The questions were gleaned from public appearances, the Internet, and the author's experiences with his two children. The basic advice is sound: to examine one's inner self, to think before speaking or acting, and not to do things that one will find embarrassing later. While most of the material is likely to resonate with parents, some of it may not. For example, Chopra says that teens 16 and older should be able to experiment with drugs and alcohol, and that after one drink or one pill...the vast majority of kids will walk away of their own accord. Parents and other adults are also sometimes made to seem uninformed. The book's organization, not just by chapters and subheadings, but also by the use of repetition, transitions, and other language conventions, is exceptional. Checklists, self-surveys, sidebars, and adages abound, and cartoon illustrations appear throughout. The author simply identifies himself as a doctor, and there are no sources cited for statistics.–Marilyn Fairbanks, Azure IRC, Brockton High School, MACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.