Beating the odds
Subtitle: stories of unexpected achievers
By: Janet Bode ; drawings by Stan Mack.
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Thorndike, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: Success in adolescence -- Case studies; Self-actualization (Psychology) in adolescence -- Case studies; Self-perception in adolescence -- Case studies; Large type books; Success; Self-actualization (Psychology); Self-perception; Large type books
Description: Profiles a series of young people who overcame seemingly impossible odds--drugs, poverty, sexual abuse--and not only survived but became successes in their own right.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-165).