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The Teenage Guide to Friends

Positive and practical strategies to help teens boost confidence and build empathy
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The Teenage Guide to Friends by Nicola Morgan is a comprehensive guide aimed at helping young adults navigate the complexities of friendships. It offers insights into building strong, healthy relationships, understanding social dynamics, and handling challenges such as peer pressure and conflict. The author provides practical advice and reassurance to support teenagers in fostering meaningful connections.
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This insightful guide may appeal to you if you've ever wondered about the complexities of teenage friendships. It's an engaging read that offers practical advice and reassurance for navigating social dynamics, understanding peer emotions, and developing strong, supportive relationships. With its relatable examples and expert insights, this book is perfect for anyone interested in fostering healthy friendships during the teenage years.

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The Teenage Guide to Friends

A comprehensive guide to teenage friendships, by award-winning author and well-being expert Nicola Morgan. Essential reading for teenagers and the adults who care about them.

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A comprehensive guide to teenage friendships, by award-winning author and well-being expert Nicola Morgan. Essential reading for teenagers and the adults who care about them.

Nicola Morgan is an established expert on the teenage brain and adolescent stress, known for her engaging, clear style. She is author of the internationally renowned Blame My Brain: The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed (shortlisted for the Aventis prize for science) and The Teenage Guide to Stress (winner of the School Library Association Award 2015, with both the judges’ and readers’ awards).

Now, The Teenage Guide to Friends—written for teenagers but essential for adults who want to understand—tackles the all-important subject of teen friendships. Contents include a section on making friends, keeping friendships strong, and what happens when they break down, as well as a look at online friendships, cyber-bullying, toxic friendships and frenemies, and empathy.

There is also a section on personality types—introverts and extroverts—and quizzes to help you discover what sort of person you are, how you relate to others, and how to deal with difficult situations.

Complete with a list of helpful resources in the back.

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Nicola Morgan's The Teenage Guide to Friends is highly praised for its enlightening and practical advice tailored for readers aged 12 and up. The book is recommended as an essential resource in school libraries. It offers valuable insights into understanding oneself to improve empathy and maintain friendships, featuring helpful quizzes and guidance on being a good friend.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781406369779

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 May 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Walker Books Ltd

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 200g

Pages: 224

About the Author

Nicola Morgan has written nearly a hundred books. Her fiction titles for young people include Sleepwalking, winner of the 2005 Scottish Arts Council Children's Book of the Year Award, and her most recent novel, Wasted, won the Scottish Children's Book Award and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Nicola has also written a number of popular home learning series including I Can Learn, Mega English and Thomas the Tank Engine Maths. Nicola often speaks in schools and at conferences all over the world about issues concerning teenagers, such as stress and well-being. She is a former Chair of the Society of Authors in Scotland and an Ambassador for Dyslexia Scotland. Nicola lives in Harringworth, Northamptonshire. Visit Nicola's website at www.nicolamorgan.com.

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