Amazon.com description: Product Description: Extraordinary Teens will inspire any young adult with its tales of teenagers achieving great success, with personal stories from many well-known young professional athletes, business entrepreneurs, motivational speakers, actors, writers, and filmmakers.

Personal stories combined with photos and specific advice from the contributors.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Extraordinary Teens inspires teens with stories from the young people they admire. These extraordinary teens, mostly celebrities, share their troubles and triumphs, as well as what they do to continue to achieve.  More than fifty celebrity contributors, including a special story from Sean Covey, author of Seven Habits for Highly Effective Teens.

 

In the book is:

Desiree Amadeo, environmental activist and MIT engineering student

Eric Babbitt, two-time cancer survivor and athlete

Chris Barrett, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and author

Olivia Bennett, artist

David D. Burstein, filmmaker and activist

Kari Byron, Artist, thrill-seeker, and pro MythBuster

Ryan Cabrera, singer, songwriter, and artist

Julie Marie Carrier, Miss Virginia USA, speaker, and author

Jon Chu, film director

Kendall Ciesemier, philanthropist

Cameron Clapp, triple amputee, famous athlete

Shivani Dixit, humanitarian

Jason Ryan Dorsey, author, speaker, and mentor

Amanda Dunbar, world-class artist

Chelsea Eubank, entrepreneur and clothing designer

Timothy Ferriss, world record holder, kickboxing champion, and #1 New York Times bestselling author

Dustin Godnick, entrepreneur, author, and speaker

Dr. Farrah Gray, entrepreneur, author, and speaker

Kent Healy, author, entrepreneur, and speaker

Joshua Heinzl, entrepreneur, toy store owner, philanthropist, and motivational speaker

Andrew Hewitt, author, speaker, visionary for education reform

Tyler Hinman, crossword puzzle champion and puzzlemaker

Joel Kent Holland, III, journalist, producer, and entrepreneur

Chauncey Cymoné Holloman, entrepreneur, designer, speaker

Cameron Johnson, author, speaker, and entrepreneur

Roy Juarez, Jr., speaker, entrepreneur, and humanitarian

Anna Kournikova, international tennis pro and model

Jasmine Lawrence, entrepreneur

Margaret Lewis, humanitarian and aspiring documentary photographer

Grant Lin, national scholar and student leader

Gabrielle Linnell, freelance writer

Kyle Maynard, author, speaker, and champion wrestler

Danica McKellar, actress, author, and math-whiz

Lin Miao, Internet entrepreneur

Nathan Nguyen, entrepreneur

Jason O’Neill, entrepreneur

William Oliver, author, trainer, and entrepreneur