Teens > Family & Relationships on page 2

After Griffin and his family move from Florida to a small town in Kansas, his life is turned upside down. When he encounters a group of kids bent on making his life even more difficult, what he needs more than anything is a friend. This story, written by a 15-year old, expresses the complexities of bullying, grief, friendship, and the notion that not everyone with a voice can speak.

Sledgehammer is a true story of survival in the midst of insanity.  This story includes laughter and love, travel and adventure.  It includes frantic 911 calls, desperate flights into the woods, breaking out of hospitals, detainment by Immigration and Naturalization Services, broken restraining orders, conversations with The Department of Homeland Security, an attempted kidnapping, a high-speed police chase, and imprisonment.   Only a few short months into my “dream marriage,” the pieces began to fall apart.  These were only the fissures under the surface.  What hit me, while pregnant with our second baby, was beyond anything in my wildest imagination.  This began a pr ...

Going through a storm can feel like you're in hell, but getting through it and making it out on the other side just makes the journey so much more worth it. Follow me as we go through heartbreak, letting go, moving on, feeling broken, healing, finding the strength from within and the will to fight to find and love yourself again.

A must read for all 8-18 years old teaching about real friendship