Q: Who Is Kimberly Kirberger? Kimberly Kirberger is the president and founder of Inspiration and Motivation for Teens, Inc. (I. A. M. for Teens, Inc. ) a corporation formed exclusively to work for teens. It is her goal to see teens represented in a more positive light and it is her strong belief that teens deserve better and more positive treatment.

She spends her time reading the thousands of letters and stories sent to her by teen readers and traveling around the country speaking to high school students and parents of teens. She has appeared as a teen expert on many television and radio shows.

Kimberly says that the College Soul book has been an amazing journey. In getting close to and heating from so many teenagers she kept hearing about this very emotionally packed time that begins with application to college and extends through the four-year experience. It became clear to her that this was a time of life that was filled with many challenges and that college students could really benefit from a book like this. For her, it was simply a continuation of a commitment that she has made to teenagers to do what she can to inspire and motivate them while letting them know there are people who believe in them.

Kimberly is the coauthor of the bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul and the New York Times bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II, as well as Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Journal . She is also the co-author of the forthcoming Chicken Soup for the Parent's Soul and Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul III, and the author of Teen Love: On Relationships, a Book for Teenagers.

Kimberly started the Teen Letter Project with Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Health Communications, Inc. The Project is responsible for answering the heartfelt letters received from teenagers and also reaching out to teens in trouble and encouraging them to seek professional help.

To book Kimberly for a speaking engagement or for further information on any of her projects, please contact:

I. A. M. for Teens, Inc.

P. O. Box 936, Palisades, CA 90272 phone: 310-573-3655

fax:. 310-573-3657

e-mail for stories: stories @ teenagechickensoul. com

e-mail for letters: letters @ teenagechick

Web site: www. Teenagechickensoul. com

Answer the following questions:
1. who is a teen expert?
2. what is one book that she has written?
3. do she do speaking egagements?
4. what is the name of the organization she started?
5. what is her goal?
6. what is the shorthand way of writing the organizations name?
7. does she think students face a lot of challenges?
8. what is the name of her next book?
9. what book is geared towards teenage relationships?
10. who does kimbery work with on the teen letter project?
11. what do they read together?
12. where can stories by emailed?
13. is she reachable by fax too?
14. does she have a website?
15. what is the web address?
16. and what is her phone number?
A: 1. Kimberly Kirberger
2. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
3. yes
4. Inspiration and Motivation for Teens, Inc.
5. see teens represented in a more positive light
6. I. A. M. for Teens, Inc.
7. yes
8. Chicken Soup for the College Soul
9. Teen Love: On Relationships, a Book for Teenagers
10. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Health Communications, Inc.
11. heartfelt letters received from teenagers
12. stories @ teenagechickensoul. com
13. yes
14. yes
15. www. Teenagechickensoul. com
16. 310-573-3655
Q: I'm Lucy. I'm 14 years old. I come to China this year. Now I'm in Beijing International Middle School. I like animals . I think they're my good friends. When I go to school this morning, I meet a man with a cage . Five birds are in it . " How do you get these birds?" I ask . " I give them some food . When they come to eat it , I get them ." The man says . " They are too poor . Why do you get them ?" I ask the man . " It's very interesting !" The man says . " I need to do something ." I think . I want to help the birds . " Can I buy them ?" I ask . " Well ," he says , "Give me 50 yuan and your jacket ." I don't want to give my jacket to him because I like it very much . But for these birds I do it . The man gives me the cage. Then I let the birds fly out of the cage . I am happy to do that .

Answer the following questions:
1. How old is Lucy?
2. Where is she?
3. Where does she go to school?
4. What did she see on the way to school?
5. What was in the cage?
6. What did she do then?
7. What did she want to do ?
8. For how much?
9. Did she buy them?
10. Then what did she do?
11. Was she sad?
12. Did she want to lose her jacket?
A: 1. 14 years old.
2. China
3. Beijing International Middle School.
4. A man with a cage .
5. Five birds
6. Asked him how he got the birds.
7. Buy them.
8. 50 yuan and her jacket .
9. Yes.
10. Let the birds fly out of the cage
11. No.
12. No.
Q: A group of frogs were travelling through the woods. Two of them, Nick and Jack, fell into a deep pit . All the other frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, they told Nick and Jack that they were as good as dead. Nick and Jack ignored what the other frogs said and tried to jump up out of the pit with all of their strength. The other frogs went on telling them to stop, and that they were as good as dead. Nick listened to them and gave up. Finally, he fell down and died. Jack continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the frogs around the pit shouted at him to stop the pain and just die. Jack jumped even harder and finally got out. When he was out, the other frogs asked, "Did not you hear us?" Jack explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him all the time.

Answer the following questions:
1. what were travelling through the woods ?
2. who fell into the pit ?
3. who gathered around the pit
4. who was good as dead ?
5. why ?
6. who died ?
7. who lived ?
8. why ?
9. what did he think they were saying ?
10. was it more then 3 frogs in the group ?
A:
1. A group of frogs
2. Nick and Jack
3. All the other frogs
4. Nick and Jack
5. Because of how deep the pit was
6. Nick
7. Jack
8. He's deaf
9. Encouraging things
10. Yes