This non-fiction book provides young readers who experience anxiety with information and strategies to better support themselves in their daily teenage life, as well as into adulthood. In sharing her own experiences with anxiety, the author creates a compassionate environment that imparts no judgement or criticism on an individual’s feelings.
This gripping young adult novel explores friendship, loyalty, and the weight of secrets. The story centres on Charlie who is trying to balance the pressures of school, family expectations, and complicated friendships. Charlie’s life becomes increasingly difficult when she becomes entangled in a situation involving crime and silence that she never intended to be part of.
Inis is the magazine of Children's Books Ireland. Within these pages you will find features and articles on Irish and international children's books as well as in-depth reviews of new titles for children and teenagers. With its range of expert contributors, this is a key resource for teachers, writers, illustrators, librarians, parents/guardians and everyone interested in children's books.
At sixteen, Ezra believes he’s a lost cause. Troubled parents, an unstable upbringing and spiralling bad decisions paint a grim picture for his future. Frequently moving between foster homes since entering care as a child, his little sister Evie remains the only constant and bright spot in his life. But when something goes horribly wrong during a job to settle a debt, Ezra figures there’s just one place he can run to where social workers, cops and paramilitaries are unlikely to find him. However, crossing the Northern Irish border would mean leaving Evie behind …
Why do we accept the bully as the boss? Is biggest always best? And does a bully ever consider other people – except in terms of themself?
Since unexpectedly losing her mother, Jihad’s world has become devoid of colour. She can’t wait to graduate and move away for art school. But when her father enrols her into a prestigious school for senior year, she’s filled with dread.
Pretty, popular Grace seems surrounded with love and support and is looking forward to the neighbourhood Halloween party with her brother and her best friends. But that night a spark from a bonfire causes a terrible accident. Grace is left badly burned, with livid facial scarring, and not only her life, but that of her family and their friends, will never be the same again.
NeuroQueer is a welcoming and informative guide put together by ShoutOut, a charity that aims to improve life for LGBTQ+ people in Ireland. It highlights how neurodivergent and queer identities can and often do overlap, and demystifies common terminology associated with both.
Sixteen-year-old Azadeh attends a ‘posh’ school, but on a scholarship, her family are not rich. Azadeh makes her father drop her outside the gates of the school rather than be seen in his battered work van. At home her mother is battling mental health issues; her father is doing his best but he tends to avoids issue. Azadeh is left to battle her way through as best she can while also facing the typical challenges of teenagerhood—friendships, fashion, nights out, and first relationships.
This is a useful and highly empathetic non-fiction picturebook about death. Framed by instructions on how to use the book when grieving, it becomes a practical resource for children going through bereavement and carers guiding them through it.
