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.
Things I Know
- Format:
- MP3
- Protection:
- Digital watermark
- Published:
- March 19, 2024
- Narrator:
- Gina Burke
Delivery:
Immediately by email
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- Children’s, Teenage and Educational > Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories > Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
- Children’s, Teenage and Educational > Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics > Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem
- Children’s, Teenage and Educational > Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics > Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief
- Children’s, Teenage and Educational > Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics > Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Physical and mental health conditions > Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Mental health and mental wellbeing > Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Anxiety, depression and self-harm
- Children’s, Teenage and Educational > Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics > Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: School, education and teachers
- Interest qualifiers > Interest age / level (Content adapted or suitable for this age and above) > Interest age: from c 16 years
- Place qualifiers > Europe > Western Europe > Ireland
- Time period qualifiers > c 1500 onwards to present day > 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100 > Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050 > c 2020 to c 2029
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