Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Anxiety, depression and self-harm

How do you piece yourself back together when everything falls apart?18-year-old Saoirse hates school. And so does her boyfriend. But when her boyfriend makes an irreversible decision just before final exams, Saoirse soon finds everyone blaming her - including herself.Shunned, secluded, and suffering, she struggles to find a way to reduce her anxiety. And when things go from bad to worse, Saoirse must learn to regain hope to find and foster herself again.A deeply moving and incredibly relevant YA novel about mental illness and recovery, "Things I Know" is the perfect read for fans of Selena Gomez’ "My Mind and Me"."Things I Know" was nominated for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2023.Helena Close is an Irish author from Limerick City in Ireland. Writing full-time for over 20 years, her debut YA novel "The Gone Book" was nominated for the Carnegie Medal in 2020.

8-årige Joakims far er plaget af angst og går ikke på arbejde. Joakim er også bange for mange ting. Han er bange for sin fars dårlige nerver, for de store og stærke børn i skolegården og for Sara, som fortæller skræmmende historier om hekse og mordere. Men mest af alt er han bange for natfuglene, som bor i skabet på hans værelse. Hver aften inden han skal sove, er han nødt til at låse dem inde, men sommetider lykkes det alligevel natfuglene at bryde ud af skabet. Når det sker, vågner Joakim op i rædsel og har svært ved at falde i søvn igen. Han han er træt af at være bange, så han prøver ihærdigt at arbejde med sig selv, så han ikke længere lader sig skræmme.Tormod Haugen (1945-2008) var en norsk forfatter. Han har skrevet en række børnebøger og ungdomsromaner, som ofte kredser om børns forhold til deres forældre, og hvordan det føles for et barn, når mor og far bliver skilt. En del af bøgerne inddrager fantastiske elementer fra eventyrenes verden. Den internationale børnebogsorganisation IBBY uddelte i 1990 H.C. Andersen-prisen til Haugen for hans forfatterskab.

Supporting a young person who is self-harming feels like a minefield. Why are they doing it? And Why can’t they just stop? Self-harm goes against every innate instinct of self-protection and survival, and remains a distressing and difficult issue for parents and carers. Uncovering the wide and varied reasons and ways young people self-harm, this book offers fresh insights into how to prevent, understand and respond to self-harm. With 20 years experience in the latest research, Michelle Mitchell combines interviews, expert advice and personal stories in one unique resource to provide parents and carers with the practical help and comfort they need.Michelle Mitchell is an educator, author and award-winning speaker with a passion for supporting families. Having left teaching in 2000, Mitchell founded Youth Excel, a charity supporting young people with life skills education, mentoring and psychological services. Bringing hands-on experience in the health and wellbeing sector, she is now the author of the bestselling self-help books ‘Self Harm: Why Teens Do It And What Parents Can Do To Help’ and ‘Everyday Resilience: Helping Kids Handle Friendship Drama, Academic Pressure and the Self-Doubt of Growing Up’. She lives in Brisbane, Australia with her husband and two teenagers.