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    Be the One: Six True Stories of Teens Overcoming Hardship with Hope
    Be the One: Six True Stories of Teens Overcoming Hardship with Hope
    Be the One: Six True Stories of Teens Overcoming Hardship with Hope
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    Be the One: Six True Stories of Teens Overcoming Hardship with Hope

    By Byron Pitts

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
    Release dateMay 16, 2017
    ISBN9781442483842
    Be the One: Six True Stories of Teens Overcoming Hardship with Hope
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    Byron Pitts

    Byron Pitts was named a contributor to 60 Minutes and chief national correspondent for CBS News in January 2009. Pitts was one of CBS News' lead reporters during the 9/11 attacks and won a national Emmy Award for his coverage. As an embedded reporter covering the Iraq War, he was recognized for his work under fire within minutes of the fall of the Saddam statue. Other major stories covered by Pitts include the Chicago train wreck in 1999, for which he received a national Emmy Award, Hurricane Katrina, the war in Afghanistan, the military buildup in Kuwait, the Elian Gonzalez story, the Florida Presidential recount, and the refugee crisis in Kosovo. He won recognition as NABJ Journalist of the Year Award in 2002 for his coverage of the 9/11 attacks. He is also the recipient of four Associated Press Awards and six regional Emmy Awards. Pitts graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a B.A. in journalism and speech communication. He lives with his wife in Montclair, N.J.

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