Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Developing Student Leaders
Ray Johnston · 1992
63/100
👎 Skip It
An earnest, faith-forward guide from a veteran youth minister with real practical structure to it, but it's been out of print since 1992 and I couldn't find independent reviews to confirm how well it holds up today. Good for church leadership circles who know what they're getting, but dated enough that I'm not stamping it a top pick.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: explicit Christian/faith-based framing — feature not concern for this audience. We still scored it 63; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness62
Craft & writing58
Originality55
Evidence & accuracy55
Hype vs delivers60
Age-fit70
Human-eye read58
Penny’s verdict63
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