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Reading Well for Teens

 

Reading Well for Teens

Reading Well for teens suggests recommended reading and digital resources to help you understand your feelings and boost your confidence. Teens and health and wellbeing experts have chosen the books to help you manage your emotions and cope with difficult times.

 

The booklist is targeted at teenagers (13–18) and includes a range of reading levels and formats to support less confident readers and encourage engagement.

Healthy Minds

 

Be Resilient: How to Build a Strong Teenage Brain for Tough Times by Nicola Morgan book cover

Be Resilient: How to Build a Strong Teenage Brain for Tough Times

by Nicola Morgan

 

Be Happy Be You: The Teenage Guide to Boost Happiness and Resilience by Penny Alexander & Becky Goddard-Hill book cover

Be Happy Be You: The Teenage Guide to Boost Happiness and Resilience

by Penny Alexander & Becky Goddard-Hill

 

You Can Change the World! by Margaret Rooke, illustrated by Kara McHale book cover

You Can Change the World!

by Margaret Rooke, illustrated by Kara McHale

 

• One in a Hundred Thousand by Linni Ingemundsen book cover

One in a Hundred Thousand

by Linni Ingemundsen

 

Managing Feelings

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Workout for Teens by Paula Nagel, illustrated by Gary Bainbridge book cover

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Workout for Teens

by Paula Nagel, illustrated by Gary Bainbridge

 

My Intense Emotions Handbook by Bridie Gallagher, Sue Knowles and Hannah Bromley, illustrated by Emmeline Pidgen book cover

My Intense Emotions Handbook

by Bridie Gallagher, Sue Knowles and Hannah Bromley, illustrated by Emmeline Pidgen

 

Anxiety and Depression

 

My Anxiety Handbook by Bridie Gallagher, Sue Knowles and Phoebe McEwan, illustrated by Emmeline Pidgen book cover

My Anxiety Handbook

by Bridie Gallagher, Sue Knowles and Phoebe McEwan, illustrated by Emmeline Pidgen

 

Anxiety is Really Strange by Steve Haines, illustrated by Sophie Standing book cover

Anxiety is Really Strange

by Steve Haines, illustrated by Sophie Standing

 

Depression (A Book About) by Holly Duhig, illustrated by Danielle Webster-Jones book cover

Depression (A Book About)

by Holly Duhig, illustrated by Danielle Webster-Jones

 

Hope by Rhian Ivory book cover

Hope

by Rhian Ivory

 

Neurodiversity

Wired Differently - 30 Neurodivergent People You Should Know by Joe Wells, illustrated by Tim Stringer book cover

Wired Differently - 30 Neurodivergent People You Should Know

by Joe Wells, illustrated by Tim Stringer

 

Frankie's World by Aoife Dooley book cover

Frankie's World

by Aoife Dooley

 

Body Image

The Body Image Book for Girls: Love Yourself and Grow Up Fearless by Charlotte Markey book cover

The Body Image Book for Girls: Love Yourself and Grow Up Fearless

by Charlotte Markey

 

Being You: The Body Image Book for Boys by Charlotte Markey, Daniel Hart, Douglas Zacher book cover

Being You: The Body Image Book for Boys

by Charlotte Markey, Daniel Hart, Douglas Zacher

 

Appearance Anxiety by National and Specialist ODC, BDD and Related Disorders Service, Maudsley Hospital, JKP book cover

Appearance Anxiety

by National and Specialist ODC, BDD and Related Disorders Service, Maudsley Hospital, JKP

 

Jemima Small Versus the Universe by Tamsin Winter book cover

Jemima Small Versus the Universe

by Tamsin Winter

 

The Year I Didn't Eat by Samuel Pollen, illustrated by Sophie Beer book cover

The Year I Didn't Eat

by Samuel Pollen, illustrated by Sophie Beer

 

 

 

 

Understanding Bereavement and Loss

You Will Be Okay by Julie Stokes book cover

You Will Be Okay

by Julie Stokes

 

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness book cover

A Monster Calls

by Patrick Ness

 

When Shadows Fall by Sita Brahmachari, illustrated by Natalie Sirett book cover

When Shadows Fall by Sita Brahmachari, illustrated

by Natalie Sirett

 

 

Learning About Life

Booked by Kwame Alexander book cover

Booked

by Kwame Alexander

 

Stay a Little Longer by Bali Rai book cover

Stay a Little Longer

by Bali Rai

 

Boost Your Confidence

Social Anxiety Relief for Teens by Bridge Flynn Walker book cover

Social Anxiety Relief for Teens

by Bridge Flynn Walker

 

Surviving Online

Social Media Survival Guide by Holly Bathie, illustrated by Kate Sutton book cover

Social Media Survival Guide

by Holly Bathie, illustrated by Kate Sutton

 

 

Sexuality, Gender and Mental Health

Coming Out Stories by Emma Goswell and Sam Walker book cover

Coming Out Stories

by Emma Goswell and Sam Walker

 

Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health by Alexis Caught book cover

Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health

by Alexis Caught

 

Welcome to St Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure by Lewis Hancox book cover

Welcome to St Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure

by Lewis Hancox

 

 

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