Amazon.com: Dee Snider's Teenage Survival Guide: 9780385239004: Snider, Dee: Books

Cannot get over the excellent condition. Thank you very much. My daughter is going to be so happy to get this.

I read very few books growing up in the 80's but this was one of them and i remember it fondly to this day. It is an honest and thoughtfully written book. It is from Dee's perspective and experience: someone who didn't really fit in but was able to focus on his strengths and survive being an awkward kid. I still remember his story about wearing buckskin "Pat Boone" shoes and being horrified, and how empowered he felt that he could really sing. This is part biography and part advice book. This is a truly down to earth guide about staying strong in the face of adversity, finding what you really love, and embracing it.

Of all places to come from, this book was a gift to me when I was 13 years old in 1987, right before I started high school, from my beloved grandmother. She thought that it had a great deal of good advice for a teenager, and I am profoundly glad (and was, as a budding metal head, LOL) that she selected this book for me to help me through some rough patches in my life. I do agree with a previous poster, this book should have been handed out in middle schools across America. Mr. Snider's advice, and his own stories of trying to fit in and get through those painful years of teendom, really and truly did help me stay the course, do the best for myself, prevent me from making stupid, rash mistakes, etc. I held on and had hope because of Dee Snider's own account of the teenage years. I am eternally grateful to my grandmother for having the sense of humor and foresight to give me this book, and I am happy to share it with my nieces and other teenagers today, because I believe the values and advice the Mr. Snider provides in this book is truly the best.

I was truly a "wild child" at age 15, and my parents were at their wits end with me. I can't remember who gave me this book, I just remember feeling like I related to everything Dee said. I also remember thinking this guy was really cool, not some crazed druggie that I assumed all rock stars to be. For some reason I was thinking about this book tonight and how it really reached me while going through a difficult phase. I hope Dee knows his words were well received, appreciated and remembered some 33 years later.

I read this book when I was 12-13, it was published in one of the Russian teen magazines. Honestly! I don`t know if I could survive at some points of my teenage years without it.GREAT thanks to Dee Snider! My oldest boy just starts his difficult years and I will get him this book at all costs. It`s a bit pricey here, and very difficult to find. I wonder if it ever was re-edited. If not - it should.Actually, I think they HAVE to include this book in school program.It would save us parents so much trouble!