I am not adopted but I am an adoptive parent. My daughter is too young to use this book yet but I feel like it gave me a great idea of somethings that she might need support with as she gets older. I think it provides some great starting points for adopted teens to help them think about their past and their future.

This was not my favorite of the books from this series but is still a helpful resource for families transitioning to adoption. Would recommend.

Fantastic book helping teenagers and young people discover their resilience, strengthen their confidence and explore themselves. The book works miracles!

This is a workbook designed specifically for teenagers who were adopted, spent time in foster care, or are being raised by grandparents or someone other than birthparents. The author is the mom of an adopted daughter and is sensitive to all the different configurations of "family" experienced in contemporary culture.

The book includes many exercises allowing teens to get in touch with their feelings by circling one of many emotions listed in response to questions concerning self-identity, self-worth, and other adoption-related issues. These exercises were quite good and would probably work with non-adopted teens as well. Many exercises designed to help teens cope with stress and negative emotions are included in the book as well. Most of these exercises are yoga-based and offer ways to calm the mind and body.

I liked this book use many of the yoga based techniques myself. However, I seriously doubt that teens would work through this book on their own. This book might best be used in conjunction with a therapy group, youth group, or guidance counseling class to offer some structure and basis for discussion among adopted teens or teens in foster or residential care. The yoga techniques are useful, but I'm not sure those not already familiar with yoga would be able to pick up the techniques just from the text.

The content is great, but I wonder how much teens would actually use it.