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Summary: Really fun and spooky stories that made me think!
Review: Ever since I was really young I have been fascinated by the unexplainable. These stories were really cool to read and made me feel like I could finally understand some of the unusual things that happen in my life.
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Summary: Definitely Worth Reading!
Review: For anyone who likes reading true stories about miracles and the unexplainable, this book is for you. The stories you read leave you with a tingley feeling and the thought that this could happen to you. If your looking for a good book to read at night, this is it.
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Summary: Grandparents teenage children
Review: I am priviledged to have 10 grandchildren 8 of whom are teenagers. Being a lover of books, I always read what I send to my family. These 101 stories are so interesting and diverse that I keep a copy in my home for young visitors. I think every grandparent and school should have a copy for all to read.
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Summary: Grandparents teenage children
Review: I am priviledged to have 10 grandchildren 8 of whom are teenagers. Being a lover of books, I always read what I send to my family. These 101 stories are so interesting and diverse that I keep a copy in my home for young visitors. I think every grandparent and school should have a copy for all to read.
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Summary: The title is deceiving
Review: I bought this book with the intention of giving my teenage niece something spiritually inspiring and interesting to read. She has many questions about spirituality and eternal life, and she loves the sensation of goose bumps on her neck. I wanted to reconcile these interests into something healthy for her soul and psyche. At first this book appeared to fit the bill nicely, touting its stories of "Angels, Miracles, and Healings," but the old cliché "never judge a book by its cover" holds true! Having read a few of the stories myself, I can only conclude that this is NOT the gift to give my impressionable and daring niece. While many are first or second hand accounts with angels and miracles, several others revolve around experiments in the occult (ouija boards, witchcraft rituals, etc.) that are not meant as cautionary tales. If this book is a gift for a teen in your life, you might want to think twice about buying it.
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Summary: The title is deceiving
Review: I bought this book with the intention of giving my teenage niece something spiritually inspiring and interesting to read. She has many questions about spirituality and eternal life, and she loves the sensation of goose bumps on her neck. I wanted to reconcile these interests into something healthy for her soul and psyche. At first this book appeared to fit the bill nicely, touting its stories of "Angels, Miracles, and Healings," but the old cliché "never judge a book by its cover" holds true! Having read a few of the stories myself, I can only conclude that this is NOT the gift to give my impressionable and daring niece. While many are first or second hand accounts with angels and miracles, several others revolve around experiments in the occult (ouija boards, witchcraft rituals, etc.) that are not meant as cautionary tales. If this book is a gift for a teen in your life, you might want to think twice about buying it.
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Summary: YUCK
Review: I don't understand why people keep copying the Chicken Soup books and doing such a bad job of it. That aside, this book is so cheesey. Do yourself a favor and pass.
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Summary: Fascinating Summer Reading
Review: I'm 16 years old and I was looking for something to entertain me in my down time this summer. I happened upon this book and I couldn't put it down! All of the stories were absolutely fascinating and I would recommend this book to any teen!
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Summary: This book is an inspirational read for every one...
Review: My 70 plus neighbor and I are reading it and we find it one of the most turn page books we have read in a long time.My bath water turned cold as I read story after story...I origonally thought I would have time to read only three. The stories are written with such sincerity and genuine feelings and the endings are MADE FOR TV. Some of the endings to the stories are so amazing it is hard to guess how they turn out. Arielle's books are all wonderful family/airplane and summer reads.
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Summary: Really fun and spooky stories that made me think!
Review: My mother got me this book as a gift...and it is a truly interesting idea for a book. This book lacks the charm of the "soup" books...most of the stories are drawn out from the one sentence in which they could be summarized. It seems as though Ford, in trying to solicit stories, accepted the first 101 and did not edit or improve any submissions at all. Some of the stories, granted, are interesting, engaging, and even a bit spooky. Unfortunately, the majority seem contrived and more the fare of late-night campfire chats or urban legends than genuinely inspiring stories of the "other side". In future editions of this book (which I am sure there will be), Ford could, should, and for her own integrity as a writer, must be more selective in choosing her stories. And.. just *perhaps* she could make the parody title a tiny, tiny bit less obvious.
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