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All kids are born with the capacity to become resilient — the ability to handle life’s ups and downs- but they need help along the way. Check out our list of recommended chapter books to help build resilience in high schoolers.
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gainsworth
The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe by Allyson Braithwaite Condie
Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir by Tyler Feder
Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
Activist: A Story of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Shooting by Lauren Hogg
Call Me American: The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant by Abdi Nor Iftin
Dread Nation: Rise Up by Justina Ireland
We Are Not Broken by George M. Johnson
Living Beyond Borders: Growing Up Mexican in America edited by Margarita Longoria
Collateral Damage: The Mental Health Effects of the Pandemic by Carla Mooney
Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds
Scars Like Wings by Erin Stewart