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Browse our recommended books to help you discuss the big issues with your child.

All The Things That Could Go Wrong

Stewart Foster - 2017

Dan is angry. Nothing has been the same since his big brother left, and he’s taking it out on the nearest and weakest target: Alex. Alex is struggling. His severe OCD makes it hard for him to leave the house, especially when Dan and his gang are waiting for him at school. Then the boys’ mums arrange for them to meet up and finish building the raft that Dan started with his brother. Two enemies stuck together for the whole of the school holidays – what could possibly go wrong?

Banish Your Body Image Thief

Kate Collins-Donelly - 2014

The body image thief is a sneaky character - if you're not careful, he'll steal away all your positive feelings about your body from your 'Body Image Vault', leaving only the negative ones behind. How can you banish him? Fortify your vault with positive self-beliefs so he can't break in!

Body Brilliant: A Teenage Guide to a Positive Body Image

Nicola Morgan - 2019

This book addresses the body issues that nearly everyone worries about at some point in their lives and gives practical and mindful solutions to work through worries, using real-life examples, quotes and anecdotes from young adults interviewed especially for this book.

Healthy Mind, Happy You

Emily MacDonagh - 2024

This reassuring, fact-packed book for girls and boys is all about how to maintain good mental health while growing up. Dr Emily MacDonagh, practising NHS doctor, talks about anxiety and mental health in a simple and friendly way.

Hey Kiddo

Jarrett Krosoczka - 2018

In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery - Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is.

In Your Orbit

Lise Villadsen - 2023

Growing up, Astrid's big sister Cecilie was her whole world. But when Cecilie's anxiety threatens to swallow her whole, their dynamic shifts. Now Astrid must be the big sister and put her own life on hold to be by Cecilie's side. Will she still have room for her best friend Jonas and the handsome Greenlandic boy who's determined to steal her heart?

It's All In Your Head

Rae Earl - 2017

From anxiety and eating disorders to OCD and psychosis, this book will help break down taboos surrounding mental health conditions (which directly affect 1 in 4 of us each year - you are NOT alone) and help you come out the other side happier and healthier.

It's Not Okay to Feel Blue (And Other Lies)

Scarlett Curtis - 2020

This year, it's blue. We are living in the middle of a mental health epidemic and we have a choice - we can be floored by it - or we can start to make a difference. Here are the extraordinary people making that difference - a collection of words from those who have suffered through the worst, and know what it's like to fight to feel better.

Jemima Small Versus the Universe

Tamsin Winter - 2019

Jemima Small finds it hard to measure up. Especially because she's the very opposite of her name. And being forced to join a healthy eating group at school means no one will let her forget that. But if there's one big thing she has going for her it's her attitude - and she's determined to prove that Jemima Small is a Big Deal.

Junk

Melvin Burgess - 2021

Gemma runs away from home to join her boyfriend Tar in London. Soon they find themselves hooked on heroin and Gemma is forced into prostitution to pay for the drug.