15 Self Care and Healing Books for Teens

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As the whole world - including education and the publishing industry - grapples with how best to serve teens through mental health concerns, we teachers are often doing our best to help students find books that they can identify with and that they can see themselves in - or conversely, books to give them hope out of their current situations.

I recently asked several English teachers to share fiction OR nonfiction titles about mental health, self-care, and/or healing that are appropriate for a secondary classroom, and here are the results.

Click on the hyperlink of the person recommending the book to read her book review.

#1: The Remarkable Journey of Charlie Price

Recommended by @secondarysara. Link to Amazon.

#2: Every Last Word 

Recommended by @basicallykrisanna. Link to Amazon.

#3: Turtle Under Ice

Recommended by @elaeveryday. Link to Amazon.

#4: The Power of Habit

Recommended by @elaclassroom. Link to Amazon.

#5: Optimists Die First

Recommended by @addiewilliams_tpt. Link to Amazon. 

#6: Hold Still

Recommended by @theliterarymaven. Link to Amazon. 

#7: The Manual to Middle School AND The Girls' Guide to Conquering Middle School

Recommended by @literarysherri. Link to Amazon (Manual and Girls' Guide)

#8: Starfish

Recommended by @mrsspanglerinthemiddle. Link to Amazon. 

#9: Goodbye Days

Recommended by @hansonhallway. Link to Amazon. 

#10: Shout

Recommended by @kasey_kiehl. Link to Amazon. 

#11: All the Bright Places

Recommended by @mmwithmelissa. Link to Amazon. 

#12: I am Malala

Recommended by @mrsorman. Link to Amazon. 

#13: Girl, Wash Your Face

Recommended by @bespokeelaclassroom. Link to Amazon. 

#14: Just Mercy

Recommended by @missfairchildsmuggles. Link to Amazon. 

#15: All the Broken Pieces

Recommended by @englishteacherbookrecs. Link to Amazon. 

Do you have additional recommendations?

Tell us in the comments!