This is a great book to use in higher education and for teen youth programs. It embodies the essence of experiential learning from the perspective of the author's lived encounters. Young adults should be encouraged to read this book in mentor style programs because I believe as the author has noted that, "Perhaps someone reading about his life at a particular time in theirs might find themselves within his experience. Sometimes the best teachers in your life can make an appearance and have the power to change behaviors from many direction and in many forms within an individuals' social system (pp. 97-98).