Befriend Your Brain: A Young Person's Guide to Dealing with Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers

Befriend Your Brain: A Young Person's Guide to Dealing with Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and TriggersDo you freak out at small things? Do you yell at people when you don't mean to? Do you cry or get scared and you aren't sure why? Does it feel like your feelings control you? All of these feelings are a normal part of life for everybody, but sometimes they're just too much and it seems like you're the only one on the planet that feels them. Our brains are doing their best to help us out, but sometimes we get hurt instead. And sometimes we hurt people

Two weeks have passed since Nana's funeral

the enchanting capacity of the imagination

Seniors rule the school

racial justice educator

such as friendship

and now they’re ready for the next big milestone: their first week at sleepaway camp

Antiracism

and beautiful middle-grade fantasy about embracing who you really are

Olive doesn’t believe in ghosts

Now we’re dressed

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Empathy Building: Fosters understanding of the impact of discrimination and the value of standing up for friends