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Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Personal awareness: safety matters
The go-to mental health guide for kids from expert Anna Williamson
- therapist, Childline counsellor and ambassador for Mind and The
Prince's Trust. Exam stress? Friendship issues? Panic attacks? How
Not to Lose It will help you be the boss of all of this, and more.
It's not just your body that should be fit and healthy - your mind
needs to be, too! How Not to Lose It is the go-to guide for
achieving a balanced mind and strong emotional well-being. With
immediate, heart of the matter advice and a chatty yet honest tone,
Anna Williamson addresses all of the key issues affecting children
today. 'A fabulous message for young people - believe in
yourselves!' Liz Rowe, Childline TOPICS COVERED: anxiety depression
stress friendship bullying relationships and sex family life and
bereavement phobias peer pressure self-harm self-esteem and
confidence.
Thirteen-year-old Boli and his friends are deep in the middle of a
game of marbles. An older boy named Mosca has won the prized
Devil's Fire marble. His pals are jealous and want to win it away
from him. This is Izayoc, the place of tears, a small pueblo in a
tiny valley west of Mexico City where nothing much happens. It's a
typical hot Sunday morning except that on the way to church someone
discovers the severed head of Enrique Quintanilla propped on the
ledge of one of the cement planters in the plaza and everything
changes. Not apocalyptic changes, like phalanxes of men riding on
horses with stingers for tails, but subtle ones: poor neighbors
turning up with brand-new SUVs, pimpled teens with fancy girls
hanging off them. Boli's parents leave for Toluca and don't arrive
at their destination. No one will talk about it. A washed out
masked wrestler turns up one day, a man only interested in finding
his next meal. Boli hopes to inspire the luchador to set out with
him to find his parents. Phillippe Diederich was born in the
Dominican Republic and raised in Mexico City and Miami. His parents
were forced out of Haiti by the dictatorship of Papa Doc Duvalier
in 1963. As a photojournalist, Diederich has traveled extensively
through Mexico and witnessed the terrible tragedies of the Drug
Wars.
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Butter
(Paperback)
Erin Jade Lange
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R391
Discovery Miles 3 910
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A lonely obese boy everyone calls "Butter" is about to make
history. He is going to eat himself to death-live on the
Internet-and everyone is invited to watch. When he first makes the
announcement online to his classmates, Butter expects pity,
insults, and possibly sheer indifference. What he gets are morbid
cheerleaders rallying around his deadly plan. Yet as their dark
encouragement grows, it begins to feel a lot like popularity. And
that feels good. But what happens when Butter reaches his suicide
deadline? Can he live with the fallout if he doesn't go through
with his plans?
"This riveting novel will dazzle you with its suspense and twists
-- and most of all its deep emotional truths." -- Harlan Coben, #1
New York Times bestselling author of Home Emily Lonergan's best
friend died last year.And Emily hasn't stopped grieving. Lizzie
Porter was lively, loud, and fun -- Emily's better half. Emily
can't accept that she's gone.When Lizzie's parents and her sister
come back to town to visit, Emily's heartened to see them. The
Porters understand her pain. They miss Lizzie desperately,
too.Desperately enough to do something crazy.Something
unthinkable.Suddenly, Emily's life is hurtling toward a very dark
place -- and she's not sure she'll ever be able to return to what
she once knew was real.From New York Times bestselling author
Luanne Rice comes a breathless, unputdownable story of suspense,
secrets -- and the strength that love gives us to survive even the
most shocking of circumstances.
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Yara's Spring
(Hardcover)
Sharon McKay, Jamal Saeed
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R433
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Coming of age against all odds in the midst of the Arab Spring.
Growing up in East Aleppo, Yara's childhood has long been shadowed
by the coming revolution. But when the Arab Spring finally arrives
at Yara's doorstep, it is worse than even her Nana imagined:
sudden, violent, and deadly. When rescuers dig Yara out from under
the rubble that was once her family's home, she emerges to a
changed world. Her parents and Nana are gone, and her brother,
Saad, can't speak-struck silent by everything he's seen. Now, with
her friend Shireen and Shireen's charismatic brother, Ali, Yara
must try to find a way to safety. With danger around every corner,
Yara is pushed to her limits as she discovers how far she'll go for
her loved ones-and for a chance for freedom. Crafted through the
focused lens of Jamal Saeed's own experiences in Syria and brought
to life with acclaimed author Sharon E. McKay, Yara's Spring is a
story of coming of age against all odds and the many kinds of love
that bloom even in the face of war.
Who are the Nowhere Girls? They're every girl. But they start with
just three: Grace, the preacher's daughter who unwittingly moved
into the old house of a victim whose pain adorns the walls. Bold
Rosina, whose heart has become hardened by all of the straight
girls who broke it. And misunderstood Erin, the girl who finds more
solace in science and order than she does in people. They are
brought together by the idea of changing the narrative of a girl
they had never met, Lucy Moynihan, the victim of a sexual assault
who was victimised further by people who found it easier to believe
she had cried wolf than to confront what had really happened to
her. A girl who, through the course of one evening, went from an
excited teenager who felt wanted by a boy for the first time, to
someone else entirely, with 'a voice in the darkness, giving her a
new name: Slut'. Together, they form the Nowhere Girls, and decide
to avenge the rape of a girl none of them knew.
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Girlhood
(Paperback)
Cat Clarke
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R254
R234
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Real, compulsive and intense: Cat Clarke is the queen of emotional
suspense. For fans of Jandy Nelson, Paula Hawkins, and Megan
Abbott. 'Emotive, creepy AND funny. A quality page-turner' SARAH
CROSSAN 'A new Cat Clarke novel is always something to celebrate
and Girlhood could be her best yet' JUNO DAWSON Harper has tried to
forget the past and fit in at expensive boarding school Duncraggan
Academy. Her new group of friends are tight; the kind of girls who
Harper knows have her back. But Harper can't escape the guilt of
her twin sister's Jenna's death, and her own part in it - and she
knows noone else will ever really understand. But new girl Kirsty
seems to get Harper in ways she never expected. She has lost a
sister too. Harper finally feels secure. She finally feels...loved.
As if she can grow beyond the person she was when Jenna died. Then
Kirsty's behaviour becomes more erratic. Why is her life a perfect
mirror of Harper's? And why is she so obsessed with Harper's lost
sister? Soon, Harper's closeness with Kirsty begins to threaten her
other relationships, and her own sense of identity. How can Harper
get back to the person she wants to be, and to the girls who mean
the most to her? A darkly compulsive story about love, death, and
growing up under the shadow of grief.
Anke's father is abusive to her brother and sister. But not to
her. Because, to him, she is like furniture-- not even worthy of
the worst kind of attention. Then Anke makes the school volleyball
team. She loves feeling her muscles after workouts, an ache that
reminds her she is real. Even more, Anke loves the confidence that
she gets from the sport. And as she learns to call for the ball on
the court, she finds a voice she never knew she had. For the first
time, Anke is making herself seen and heard, working toward the day
she will be able to speak up loud enough to rescue everyone at
home-- including herself.
Elephant loves seeing his friends and making new friends and he has
lots of tips for how to be a good friend for young children. The
book covers topics such as empathy, saying sorry and listening. The
Healthy Habits series for children aged 4 plus, features key
information about how to stay healthy in mind and body, simply told
and brought to life through a relatable animal guide alongside
bright and gently humorous illustrations. The books have lots of
good advice for human children and a little bit of learning about
the animal world, to keep things interesting for young animal
lovers.
A positive and proactive book that helps you understand and cope
with bullying. There's two sides to every story. In Bullying, you
will read two sides to the dilemmas, sticky situations or issues
that children sometimes have to face when dealing with others.
Bullying tackles situations including: physical bullying,
frenemies, cyberbullying, and when you might be the bully. The book
is structured to help readers see that problems might look
different depending on your perspective. This book gently
encourages children to be proactive in speaking up and asking for
help, both for themselves and others. It shows some simple ways to
positively resolve situations, deal with their emotions and maybe
even change their mind. The book includes top tips for dealing with
your emotions and conflict resolution. The A Problem Shared series
looks at tricky situations and common problems from two sides. The
books encourage the reader to not only speak out, but also to
listen to what others have to say. Some of the core values of PSHE
are empathy, mindfulness and engaging with debate and this series
puts the reader firmly in the middle, allowing them to make up
their own mind about the scenarios presented and to question their
own initial assumptions or bias. Perfect resources for students of
PSHE at Key Stage 2 aged 9+, these books are also useful as
opportunities for discussion topics in class or as role play
situations. Title in this series are: Bullying Death Mental Health
Prejudice Relationships Social Media
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Minx is Missing
(Paperback)
Linda Deane; Photographs by Jacqui Graham
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R189
R175
Discovery Miles 1 750
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