This latest serving from the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul series explores the topics nearest and dearest to teen hearts: love and friendship. The adolescent years are challenging-teens' relationships with their family and friends are constantly being redefined and they face tough choices about people they want to emulate and peers they want to hang out with. New friendships begin as others fall by the wayside. Love interests come and go as quickly as the styles they wear. Moms and dads are ogres one day, best buddies the next. Teens need all the help they can get navigating the perils and joys of these relationships. 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 Breaking Up; Friendship; Tough Times; Family and Love; Growing Up; Acts of Kindness. Teen readers will recognize their own experiences in these stories and will learn valuable lessons about the true meaning of love and friendship. They'll discover that their own feelings are normal and that they are not alone. Love and Friendship will encourage teens to examine their relationships and make the most of the time they spend with family and friends.