Beating the odds
Subtitle: stories of unexpected achievers
By: by Janet Bode ; drawings by Stan Mack.
Contributors: Mack, Stanley, ill.
Publisher: F. Watts
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
Subjects: Success in adolescence -- Case studies; Self-actualization (Psychology) in adolescence -- Case studies; Self-perception in adolescence -- Case studies; Success; Self-actualization (Psychology); Self-perception
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. 124-126) and index.