Doable: The Girls' Guide to Accomplishing Just About Anything

Gr 7 Up—Author and life coach Reber brings her impressive mentoring expertise to tween and teen girls. The step-by-step self-help guide shows readers how to maximize their potential by setting—and achieving—realistic goals. Through a no-nonsense instruction and do-it-yourself coaching advice, Reber presents a well-thought-out plan for all readers to personalize and execute. Logically ordered, the book opens with an overview of the eight steps in Reber's doable philosophy: define your do, detail the little tasks, defend against obstacles, develop support systems, determine what success looks like, do the work, deal with setbacks, and deliver the goods. Each successive chapter expands on one of the steps and includes concrete instructions and questions for readers to ask themselves in shaded coaching boxes. Success stories (a teen who created her own fashion blog, an author who overcame procrastination to publish her first novel at age 19) are sprinkled throughout. The book addresses lofty successes and everyday victories, providing examples and insight for those wishing to achieve any goal, no matter how small. Reber instructs without preaching, and her suggestions are precise and comprehensible. It's unclear why this useful title is limited to girls. With a little editing, the book could easily have been gender neutral. Highly recommended.—Cindy Wall, Southington Library & Museum, CT