I thought this book was great for tweens and teens - sensible and reassuring with a good growth mindset focus.

My thoughts are this book is one of those books a teenager would read a few pages of and then disregard. It was useful to a point. But I felt it could have been summarised into a booklet and its chapter headings didn't really require extensive elaboration.

I: Understanding Resilience
II: Build your support network. This was an insightful chapter and I thought it was a particularly good guide for young people in general- not all adults can be trusted! And your confidante must be a loyal one.
III: Build your skills
IV: Build your positive coping stategies: This was one of the better chapters. A valuable topic which educates and encourages healthy activities to improve general wellbeing as well as mental resilience.
V: Build your courage
VI: Build your future

This book is worth turning to when you feel all your options are closed off and could inspire a different lifestyle mindset. Resilience is also something we can all aim to build especially as a defence against burn out or unrealistically high aspirations and the lure of today's standards of perfectionism.

In a world increasingly pressurised and distant from that which many adults grew up in, this book is a perfect approach for teenagers to build coping strategies to make them mentally stronger for the modern world. As you would expect from a book by Nicola Morgan, Be Resilient, is filled with a common sense approach to recognising personal traits and building a framework with which to bolster self empowerment. Laid out in a clear framework with relevant examples to help teenagers understand the concepts explored, Be Resilient provides a route for individuals to take without being dogmatic. The language and tone is perhaps geared more towards the lower age range of the teenage years, but the ease of reading should encourage all to digest and act upon the advice proffered.

Nicola Morgan does it again with a compelling and engaging guide perfectly pitched guide addressing such an important issue. A must for every school library.

A great read and I would like to give a copy of this to my daughter. Would you be able to put onto kindle or a hard copy?Teenagers/young adults have a lot going on now with social media not to mention lockdown and covid 19. This book is an essential read for all youngsters.