This latest serving from the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul series explores the topics nearest and dearest to your hearts: love and friendship. The adolescent years are challenging-our relationships with our family and friends are constantly being redefined and we start facing tough choices about the people we want to emulate and who we want to hang out with. New friendships begin as others fall by the wayside. Love interests come and go as quickly as the styles we wear. Moms and dads are ogres one day, best buddies the next.

Like other volumes in the Teenage Soul series, teen contributors share their thoughts and feelings on the issues that matter most to them. The stories in Love & Friendship candidly depict teens' feelings about breakups, forgiveness, love and kindness, their closest relationships and many other topics, from the happiest moments of their lives to the darkest days they struggle to put behind them. Chapter titles include: Falling in Love; Breaking Up; Friendship; Tough Times; Family and Love; Growing Up; Acts of Kindness.

You'll recognize their own experiences in these stories and learn valuable lessons about the true meaning of love and friendship. You'll discover that your own feelings are normal and that you're not alone. Love & Friendship will encourage you to examine your relationships and make the most of the time you spend with family and friends.