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emotional resilience

Books about emotional resilience for readers of all ages.

Cover of When Happiness Had a Holiday : Supporting Children to Re-Build Positive Family Relationships

When Happiness Had a Holiday : Supporting Children to Re-Build Positive Family Relationships

Maeve McColgan

Ages 6–12family relationshipsemotional resilience

Cover of Chasing shadows

Chasing shadows

Swati Avasthi

Ages 13–18griefloss

Cover of Gruel And Unusual Punishment

Gruel And Unusual Punishment

Jim Arter

Ages 10–14family dysfunctionemotional resilience

Cover of Like a thorn

Like a thorn

Clara Vidal

Ages 10–15family dysfunctionemotional resilience

Cover of The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water

Anne Spollen, Anne Spollen

Ages 13–18family conflictemotional resilience

Cover of The shadow place

The shadow place

Carol M. Tanzman

Ages 12–16family conflictemotional resilience

Cover of My parents still love me even though they're getting divorced

My parents still love me even though they're getting divorced

Lois V. Nightingale

Ages 7–13family changeemotional resilience

Cover of Storm and Storybook Manual

Storm and Storybook Manual

Pia Jones, Sarah Pimenta

Ages 8–14emotional resiliencefamily change

Cover of Getting Through My Parent's Divorce

Getting Through My Parent's Divorce

Amy Baker, Katherine C. Andre

Ages 8–14family changeemotional resilience

Cover of When parents have problems

When parents have problems

Susan B. Miller

Ages 9–15family strugglesmental health

Cover of The ruining

The ruining

Anna Collomore

Ages 14–18psychological manipulationtrust and betrayal

Cover of The last Martin

The last Martin

Jonathan Friesen

Ages 10–15family relationshipsemotional resilience

Cover of Taking the bully by the horns

Taking the bully by the horns

Kathy Noll

Ages 7–12bullyingassertiveness

Cover of Happyface

Happyface

Stephen Emond

Ages 12–16divorceemotional resilience

Cover of The Heartbreak Messenger

The Heartbreak Messenger

Alexander Vance

Ages 10–15heartbreakloss

Cover of No love allowed

No love allowed

Kate Evangelista

Ages 14–18mental healthromance

Cover of Best friends, no matter what

Best friends, no matter what

Scott Higgs

Ages 4–8friendshipseparation

Cover of Divorce

Divorce

Kathlyn Gay

Ages 10–18family changedivorce

Cover of My sister lives on the mantelpiece

My sister lives on the mantelpiece

Annabel Pitcher

Ages 11–16grief and lossfamily relationships

Cover of When you were mine

When you were mine

Rebecca Serle

Ages 13–18first loveheartbreak

Cover of Fallout

Fallout

Ellen Hopkins

Ages 14–18family dysfunctionaddiction and recovery

Cover of 365 days of taste-berry inspiration for teens

365 days of taste-berry inspiration for teens

Bettie B. Youngs, Jennifer Leigh Youngs, Jennifer Leigh Youngs

Ages 13–18self-discoverypersonal growth

Cover of The Marbury Lens

The Marbury Lens

Andrew Smith, Andrew Smith

Ages 14–18survivaltrauma

Cover of Dogger

Dogger

Shirley Hughes, S Hughes

Ages 3–7loss and griefattachment