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I had heard of enneagrams but basically nothing about them before this book, I was actually surprised at how religious the book was, and it was not at all what I expected but was a pleasant surprise. I think it was enlightening to me and would be excellent and really accessible to young adult readers. Ainsley walks the reader through all the Enneagram types, and then delves into the subtypes and other aspects of enneagrams and relationships. She provides all the resources to continue a study including links to videos, books lists, courses, websites, etc. It was very comprehensive but not overwhelming. I would definitely recommend this book to students in our library.

Thanks to NetGAlley for the ebook to preview.

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A huge thank you to the author, Ainsley Britain, and the publisher, Zonderkidz-Books, for giving me the chance to read and review this book.

This is a very fun, educational and helpful book for teenagers. I bet it would be an awesome addition to our liibrary.

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This book has a great, straightforward basis for teens to understand the enneagram and what it means for them, how they can use their own knowledge of themselves to foster self-growth, and help themselves deepen their understanding. In fact, I would argue that this book is great for all ages - not just teens. The only drawback to the book is that if you are not of the Christian faith, you may find the consistent (not overwhelming, but consistent) references to faith and the Christian religion to be off-putting.

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4 stars = Great! Might re-read.

This was great - I really liked the "voice" in the writing, and I loved the approach to both Career and Faith taken in the book. The chapter for my type felt spot on. My only "complaint" is that the author does suggest readers might try a test as a secondary attempt to find their numbers. This is a personal bias - I think the tests are wrong more often than they are right.

The entries and the sub-sections aren't too long or to dry/detailed, so I think this would be a great introduction to the Enneagram for teens - a good teaser that can lead those who like this into other works. Would definitely give to teens curious about the Enneagram.

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Fun and easy to understand about enneagrams. Teens who are interested in learning more about enneagrams will enjoy reading this book.

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I am obsessed with the Enneagram and thought I knew everything there was to know about them. This book, however, was such a pleasant surprise! It provided a unique perspective in relating specifically to teens. As a young adult author, I found this particularly helpful for crafting authentic teen characters. This is such a valuable resource for teens struggling with understanding themselves and their developing identity!

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This is fascinating!!

I have never heard of Enneagram's before, however I kind of recognised the diagram once I began reading.
As someone that works with young people, I'm always interested in understanding young people better and helping them to have a better understanding of themselves. This is why I wanted to read the book in the first place.
Not only did I learn more about young people, but about myself and the kind of personality troupes iI have - good and bad haha
I definitely will be reading more about enneagrams to further my deeper knowledge about myself and others.

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Actually, I am a little bit skeptical to personality test because I think it is just for fun only. But, this enneagram for teens actually pretty good to discover our personalty type and gain valuable insights into relationships, faith, and future selves. I hope I can know this earlier.

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I am so happy that there are books being published about Enneagram for teenagers. I only wish this had been available when I was growing up! A great introduction for young people who are trying to learn more about themselves and other people!

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I love most things enneagram, and I was looking forward to reading this text and seeing if it was something I could use for a fun end-of-year mini-unit with students. Ultimately, though, most of the information in the book seemed like information that can be found on the enneagram institute website (which I have used with students). I could see this being a fun gift for a preteen who loves enneagram tests and wants to talk to their friends about it. This one will not be making my classroom library, though.

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I really enjoyed this book! It was a perfect recap of all of the enneagrams in such a digestible way. Sometimes topics like this can get over complicated, but I felt this explained the perfect amount. Each example used made it feel like a conversation and not a textbook, which I believe is important when trying to relay information to teens. I would highly recommend this to all young people wanting to learn more about enneagrams, emotional regulation, and personality types and how they function in social settings. Great job!

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I really did like this book! It was definitely kind of shallow and repetitive, however I did think it provided a lot of valuable information!! My one comment was that it was definitely very surface level and it was very casual. It was great because I’ve never really done a deep dive into enneagram types, but if you were looking for a little bit more in depth info, this might not be the best book. Overall, I learned a lot and it was fun and easy to understand! I would recommend to anyone starting to learn about their enneagram!!
Pub date: July 9th, 2024

Pages: 208
Language: N/A
TW⚠️: N/A
Genre: Teen self help
Format I read: ARC
Would I recommend to others: Yes!

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Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this title!

The Enneagram for Teens is a fun book that echoes the recent interest in personality tests. I enjoyed how Britain gave a general list of traits in the beginning that could be used as a checklist to see if you identified with the number. The next thing that I found useful were the examples given for each type at the start of the chapter as it helped relate to each type. I would recommend this book to someone who is interested in learning more about their enneagram.

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I wanted to love this book, I really did! It seemed directed at "young adults who are new to the Enneagram or want to learn more" and "an approachable guide that’s perfect for beginners". It seemed fine at the start, and I was enjoying it for the first 15% of so. It looked at each enneagram type and discussed various aspects of it (ex: how to deal with someone of that type, what that type needs to hear). But at around 20%, the book started to push forth Christian ideas.

Now, there's no problem with a book discussing religion. The problem is that this book appeared to be directed at any teen who needed help figuring out their Enneagram, not a Christian teen. If I had known it was directed at a specific religion, I would not have picked up the book.
To me, this book would have been absolutely perfect, if it wasn't for that.

I suppose it might be my fault for not doing proper research before reading the book, and that's why I'm rating it 3 stars. I would recommend it to any Christian reader who is looking for thier Enneagram type.

I received an ARC copy of this book via Netgalley.

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5/5 stars!!
Honestly, I was a bit skeptical when I saw the title of this book but, I LOVED IT!!! This book went in depth on each of the 9 enneagram numbers and broke down how they each respond in love relationships, faith, friends and family, and stress. It was not too much. I think this book would be great for honestly men and women interested in understanding themselves and other more clearly.

Thank you NetGalley for the ability to read this book before the release!

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Such a great guide for teens to learn more about themselves and discover their unique personalities.

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