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How to be a Good Kid in a Rotten Apple World (Sample)

In her newest release, How to be a Good Kid in a Rotten Apple World, Carole Marsh Longmeyer fearlessly tackles challenging topics, while offering an optimistic guide on how to be a good kid in today’s trip-you-up world.

In her newest release, How to be a Good Kid in a Rotten Apple World, Carole Marsh Longmeyer fearlessly tackles challenging topics, while offering an optimistic guide on how to be a good kid in today’s trip-you-up world.

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<strong>How</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> a <strong>Good</strong> <strong>Kid</strong> <strong>in</strong> a <strong>Rotten</strong> <strong>Apple</strong> <strong>World</strong><br />

gett<strong>in</strong>g an education <strong>be</strong>h<strong>in</strong>d bars. Who<br />

serve their time (often a long, long time)<br />

<strong>be</strong><strong>in</strong>g as model a jail citizen as they<br />

can <strong>be</strong>. Often, they really do learn skills,<br />

morals, values, and end up <strong>be</strong>com<strong>in</strong>g<br />

the person they either always wanted<br />

<strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong>, or never even suspected that<br />

they could <strong>be</strong>. But don’t make it that<br />

hard on yourself. Count your bless<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

(such as they may <strong>be</strong>) each day. And<br />

if one of them is that you are not <strong>in</strong><br />

jail or prison, well, that’s a good start!<br />

No Rules<br />

Let’s get someth<strong>in</strong>g straight:<br />

• You can <strong>be</strong> pretty and <strong>be</strong> bad.<br />

• You can <strong>be</strong> poor and <strong>be</strong> good.

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