Mental Wellbeing (Secondary School)
Are you a parent or guardian looking for books related to your child’s interests, or recommendations to help them branch out into new genres? Are you a teacher looking for books on a particular theme or topic? Look no further than our themed reading lists for a huge variety of brilliant book recommendations for children of all ages.
In challenging times, it can be tricky to find ways to support our mental wellbeing. For teenagers in particular, adolescence can bring many new experiences and emotions. Reading can often be a fantastic way to find comfort and guidance during our most difficult times as a relatable story can often help us to feel less alone and remind us that there is always hope. Aimed at secondary school students, the Mental Wellbeing recommended reading list is a guide to stories that explore different aspects of our mental wellbeing in an approachable and relatable way.
With a mix of fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels and verse novels, there is a book for every reader’s taste covering topics from anxiety around school, relationships, mastering self-confidence and coping with difficult changes. While aimed at supporting teens and young adults to feel seen and understood, we hope that these books can also serve as a guidance for adult caregivers and educators seeking to support young people in their lives.
This is a curated list of 24 titles aimed at readers from the age of 10 up to young adults as selected by our Publications Manager and with the assistance of our reviewers under the assigned theme. It is by no means an exhaustive list and we have tried, where possible, to include a spread of genres under this theme.
Our policy is to include titles dating from five years to date in English and ten years to date in the Irish language. Any titles by an Irish author, illustrator, publisher or in the Irish language will be denoted with a shamrock.
