Tag: Mental Health

Book Reviews

Book Review: The Anxious Generation

Author: Jonathan Haidt Published: 2024 Genres: Mental Health/Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Parenting, Psychology By: Alexandrina Star Rating: 3/5 ☆☆☆ A must-read. The Anxious Generation is a book focused on an audience of parents. But, although that is true it was incredibly insightful as an adolescent which this is the main age group the book focuses on. The book has made me personally aware of certain habits that affect me, and … Continue reading Book Review: The Anxious Generation

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Book Review: When Elephants Fly

Author: Nan Fischer  Published: 2018 Genres: Contemporary fiction, Coming-of-age, Mental Health/Illness, Realistic fiction, YA By: Zara J Star Rating: 4/5 stars I was recommended When Elephants Fly by a friend when we were in psychologically class talking about mental illnesses.  It is a young adult novel which will have you staying up late to find out what happens on the next page. The story is about a girl … Continue reading Book Review: When Elephants Fly

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Library Displays

Māpuna Library’s: Mental Health Awareness Week 2022!

Our latest display was to support Mental Health Awareness Week. We have a range of great titles that include non-fiction, self-help type books, to biographies and fiction with a mental health focus. Thank you to some wonderful student librarians who helped to design and put up this display. If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health visit: https://mhaw.nz/ for more information … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: Mental Health Awareness Week 2022!

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Book Reviews

Book Review: This Impossible Light

Author: Lily Myers   Published: 2017 Genres: Poetry, Contemporary, Mental Health, YA By: Ashlin Lily Myers’s novel This Impossible Light is an abstract glimpse into Ivy’s life as she experiences a chain of changes in her life, not all of which are for the better.  This book is beautiful, eloquent and insightful. Ivy is seeing changes in her appearance as she develops a more womanly figure; changes in the relationship she has with … Continue reading Book Review: This Impossible Light

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Book Review: A Thousand Perfect Notes

Author: C.G. Drews   Published: 2018 Genres: YA, Contemporary, Mental Health By: Billy Have you ever wondered about what it’s like to be a child of someone famous? Well, for Beck it’s hell. Beck is the son of a famous pianist, Ida Keverich. But because she had a stroke, damaging nerves in her hands, she cannot play the piano and forces Beck to play the piano constantly to continue his mother’s … Continue reading Book Review: A Thousand Perfect Notes

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Book Review: Words on Bathroom Walls

Author: Julia Walton    Published: 2017 Genres: YA and Contemporary By: Ella Julia Walton captures a unique angle on Schizophrenia starring Adam, a teen boy who has Schizophrenia. Through diary entries to his therapist and a new drug trial this book shows Adam struggling and accepting his illness.  When he starts his new school, he meets Maya, and he will do anything to stop his illness being known. This captivating read is a brilliant example of finding the comedy in tragedy, self-acceptance, first love, and the strange … Continue reading Book Review: Words on Bathroom Walls

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