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Has anyone (or anyone's teens) read: Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations ?
It is written by twin brothers who are also the sons of the guy that wrote I Kissed Dating Goodbye.
The teenage book is supposed to be excellent! Any comments or thoughts?
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I have it in my cart at amazon and would love to hear a review from someone here!
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I didn't finish it, but I liked the first half. I need to find the book and finish it, there are concepts in there I would like my teens to read.
The first half is short on practical application and ideas, I am hoping there is more of that in the second half.
It does have an anti-Catholic reference towards the monastic life in the beginning of the book. (The authors clearly do not understand the value of sacrifice in religious life.)
Sorry I can't help more. I'll see if I can finish it this week.
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I read it when my daughter checked it out of the library to read. I liked it -- an easy read, slightly more "junior" in tone than the Dating book.
My daughter's review is here if you want to read a Catholic girl's perspective on the book.
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Joshua Harris cannot possibly be old enough to have sons old enough to write books. 
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Cay Gibson wrote:
Joshua Harris cannot possibly be old enough to have sons old enough to write books. |
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Joshua Harris is the older brother of the twins who wrote this book 
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A good friend of mine has read it and thought it was very interesting. She was recently talking about it and mentioned they also have this website - Rebelution - which I had heard of before (frequent winner of the homeschool blog award for teens) but I had never made the coonnection until then.
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mellyrose wrote:
Cay Gibson wrote:
Joshua Harris cannot possibly be old enough to have sons old enough to write books. |
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ooops, sorry ... 
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