02/28/2020
We are very excited to introduce a
new book! Designed especially for high-risk youth!
The Laws of Life I Accidentally Learned Hitchhiking
Student Reader’s Supplementary Edition
This book introduces abstract concepts such as choice, decision making, personal boundaries, cause and effect, interpersonal consciousness and hearing one’s own inner voice.
9x6 Perfect Bound, 56 pages
ISBN: 978-0-578-64955-9
LCCN: 2020903369
Dear Friends and Educators,
Here is a new and effective resource that captures the attention of hard-to-engage youth and we are inviting you and your students to try it out at no cost.
Designed for group study, this book can become the focus of any Life Skills, English or Social Studies class, inviting lively group discussions, helpful self-reflection and perhaps most importantly, a growing sense of interpersonal consciousness.
This is a book especially created with high-risk youth in mind. It’s a short, true-life adventure story where author Wes Heimlich, now a retired social worker, artfully shares his youthful experiences hitchhiking across America while learning basic, yet often underexplored life skills (and laws of life).
The story is first presented in its entirety and then broken down into eleven topics of discussion that will have your students considering, evaluating and embracing their own growth and potential.
The Reader’s Supplement provides a synopsis of each chapter, questions for discussion and suggestions for practice and recognition of the laws. Topics include:
▪ Making independent decisions
▪ Boundaries and personal choices
▪ Listening to and controlling our inner-voice
▪ Self-image and self-belief systems
▪ Living in a system of cause and effect
▪ Deciding what is valuable
▪ Growing and changing
▪ Relationships with others
▪ The power of choice
The adventures, dilemmas, and reactions of young Wes Heimlich are sure to capture your student’s attention and provide fertile ground for both group discussion and private contemplation. See insightful responses from high-risk youth on the next page…
We are inviting you and your students to participate in our first groups. The books will be provided to you at no cost. Contact me to discuss further details.
DoubleYou Publishing https://www.wbookpublishing.com/
What students are saying about…
The Laws of Life I Accidently Learned Hitchhiking
“I liked this book because it explains in detail. It’s quick to read and very cool. I learned that sometimes there’s things that you can’t control.”
(From a review by a 17-year-old foster youth in CA THPP, name withheld)
“It was interesting/intriguing. I learned to get out of my comfort zone to achieve new challenges.”
(From a review by 16-year-old foster youth in CA THPP, name withheld)
“I liked it because it sounds like a kids book. I learned not to take things for granted.”
(From a review by a 17-year-old foster youth in CA THPP, name withheld)
“I like all the detail in the book, the words are capable for people my age to read and understand.”
(From a review by a 17-year-old foster youth in CA THPP, name withheld)
We want to know how your students respond to this new resource. Books will be delivered to you at no cost. Timely usage and thoughtful evaluation is respectfully requested.
Please contact me to talk about further details.
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