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Kids > Raising Resilience Young Adult Book Recommendations


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. 

The 7 Habits of High­ly Effec­tive Teens by Sean Covey

The Blood Years by Elana K. Arnold

Break the Fall by Jen­nifer Iacopelli

Break This House by Can­dice Iloh

Con­crete Kids by Amyra León

Dear Justyce by Nic Stone

The Drag­on’s Promise by Eliz­a­beth Lim

Find­ing Audrey by Sophie Kinsella

Fri­day I’m in Love by Cam­ryn Garrett

How to Make Friends With the Dark by Kath­leen Glasgow

I Kick and I Fly by Ruchi­ra Gupta

Rebel Daugh­ter by Lori Banov Kaufmann

The Resilient Teen: 10 Key Skills to Bounce Back from Set­backs & Turn Stress Into Suc­cess by Sheela Raja

Sanc­tu­ary by Pao­la Men­doza & Abby Sher

The Strug­gle to be Strong: True Sto­ries by Teens About Over­com­ing Tough Times edit­ed by Al Deset­ta & Sybil Wolin

This is My Amer­i­ca by Kim Johnson

See even more Rais­ing Resilience Young Adult Book Rec­om­men­da­tions in our catalog.