Emmy Award-winning ABC News chief national correspondent and Nightline coanchor, Byron Pitts shares the heartbreaking and inspiring stories of six young people who overcame impossible circumstances with extraordinary perseverance.

Abuse.
Bullying.
War.
Drug Addiction.
Mental Illness.
Violence.

None of these should be realities for anyone, much less a young person. But for some it is the only reality they have ever known. In these dark circumstances, six teens needed someone to "be the one" for them--the hero to help them back into the light. For Tania, Mason, Pappy, Michaela, Ryan, and Tyton, that hero was themselves. Through stirring interviews and his award-winning storytelling, Byron Pitts brings the struggles and triumphs of these everyday heroes to teens just like them, encouraging all of us to be the source of inspiration in our own lives and to appreciate the lives of others around us.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 05/16/2017
ISBN: 9781442483828
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2017
School Library Journal 04/01/2017 pg. 171
Booklist 04/15/2017 pg. 40
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 502758 / Be the One: Six True Stories of Teens Overcoming Hardship with Hope
Reading Level: 5.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 3