{"product_id":"forever-changed-how-summer-programs-and-insight-mentoring-challenge-adolescents-and-transform-lives-9781629370224","title":"Forever Changed: How Summer Programs and Insight Mentoring Challenge Adolescents and Transform Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1989  while waiting for her children to emerge from their private high school in San Francisco  Linda Mornell observed a young man hanging back from the others. She knew he was a scholarship student and thought that surely he had it made: full tuition  competitive academic school  college prospects. But his body language was telling a different story. Instantly sympathetic  Linda knew her own children  coming from public school backgrounds  also had trouble adjusting. Embarking on summer programs  especially the challenging ones  had made all the difference. Although sometimes reluctant to go  they returned home more resilient  self-assured  and better prepared to face the challenges of the school year ahead. Linda was struck by an idea. Why couldnt low-income kids also have these experiences? Not only would it expand their world but it could help them develop an internal compass that could change them forever. Today  more than 25 years later  that idea and the organization she founded  Summer Search  has transformed the lives of thousands of adolescents from seven different cities. Forever Changed is the incredible true story of courageous students who took on life-changing summer experiences to discover who they really were and what they were capable of becoming. It details the challenges and triumphs of both the students and their mentors as they navigate and interrupt paths that  for many  seemed destined for failure. For families and educators interested in adolescent development  this book documents the remarkable transformation that going for hard can bring to all young people.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276948987957,"sku":"ByrdShop_1629370223","price":66.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781629370224.jpg?v=1780567092","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/forever-changed-how-summer-programs-and-insight-mentoring-challenge-adolescents-and-transform-lives-9781629370224","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}