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I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure
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I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure Paperback - 2009

by Larry Smith; Rachel Fershleiser

True tales of love, loss, good friends, and bad hair days filled "Not Quite What I Was Planning," the bestselling first book in the Six-Word Memoir series. Some of the best were written by teens, so the editors decided to create a collection of memoirs written entirely by those bold, brash truth-tellers.


From the publisher

"This is a book with nearly 800 authors (all aged thirteen to nineteen) and 800 characters (all real, as far as we know) and 800 stories (which can be read in any order). What every story has in common is that each was written about the author's own life, and that each is the exact same length: six words."

From the rear cover

One life. Six words. What's yours?

True tales of love, loss, good friends, and bad hair days filled Not Quite What I Was Planning, the New York Times bestselling first book in the Six-Word Memoir series--and an international phenomenon. Some of the most compelling were by teens, so now SMITH Magazine has compiled a book written entirely by these bold, brash truth-tellers. From cancer to creativity, prom dates to promiscuity, and breaking hearts to breaking laws, the memoirs in this collection reveal that often the youngest writers have the most fascinating stories to tell.

Met online; love before first sight.

Hair's pink to piss you off.

I fulfilled my awkwardness quota today.

I'm seventeen, engaged, and not pregnant.

My mom had my boyfriend deported.

Late for school every single day.

According to Facebook, we broke up.

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  • Title I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure
  • Author Larry Smith; Rachel Fershleiser
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harperteen
  • Date 2009-09
  • Features Index
  • ISBN 9780061726842 / 0061726842
  • Weight 0.26 lbs (0.12 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.9 x 4.9 x 0.5 in (17.53 x 12.45 x 1.27 cm)
  • Ages 13 to UP years
  • Grade levels 8 - UP
  • Themes
    • Catalog Heading: High Interest/Low Vocabulary
    • Curriculum Strand: High Interest/Low Vocabulary
    • Topical: Coming of Age
  • Library of Congress subjects Teenagers, Teenagers' writings
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009014584
  • Dewey Decimal Code 808.066

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Citations

  • Booklist, 07/01/2009, Page 49
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 12/01/2009, Page 0
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 07/15/2009, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/12/2009, Page 52
  • School Library Journal, 08/01/2009, Page 120
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 08/01/2009, Page 0
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