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Books About Anxiety & Worry for Ages 12–18 – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Books About Anxiety & Worry for Ages 12–18

Anxiety in adolescence can be paralyzing. Social anxiety, performance anxiety, the spiral of worst-case thinking that feels impossible to interrupt. These 1,877 books take all of it seriously and offer characters who are learning to function alongside the worry rather than waiting for it to disappear.

1,877 books

Cover of Ash's Cabin

For the teenager overwhelmed by the climate crisis and the crushing weight of high school expectations, seeking a place

Cover of How to Stop Freaking Out: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Cool When Life Feels Chaotic

How to Stop Freaking Out: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Cool When Life Feels Chaotic

For the middle-grade child who feels overwhelmed by big emotions, this humorous guide offers clinical tools and mindfuln

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The Other Felix

Felix faces school bullies by day and monsters by night until he meets a boy in his dreams who might hold the key to his

Cover of Healthy Mind, Happy You: How to Take Care of Your Mental Health

Healthy Mind, Happy You: How to Take Care of Your Mental Health

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Dr Emily MacDonagh

For the child navigating the emotional ups and downs of puberty, this guide offers expert medical advice on managing anx

Ages 9–14

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Last Meeting of the Gorilla Club

For the child who struggles to let go of old comforts or finds the social world of middle school overwhelming, this stor

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The Samantha Granger Experiment #1

For the child grappling with overwhelming what-ifs and the weight of loss, this story follows a young girl learning that

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Birdie's Bargain

Katherine Paterson

For the child navigating the heavy 'what-ifs' of a parent's military deployment or searching for answers when prayers do

Cover of Exposures: A Graphic Novel About OCD

Exposures: A Graphic Novel About OCD

For the teenager struggling with intrusive thoughts or rituals, this authentic graphic novel explores the hard but hopef

Cover of Buzzing

For the child who feels overwhelmed by intrusive thoughts and is searching for a place where they can truly be themselve

Cover of Are We All Lemmings & Snowflakes?

Are We All Lemmings & Snowflakes?

For the teenager navigating the heavy pressure of mental health struggles and the overwhelming noise of digital life.

Cover of Best Friends

Real Friends #2

For the child feeling the pressure of middle school cliques, popularity contests, and the heavy weight of social anxiety

Cover of No Easy Out

Pressure mounts on the pitcher's mound when Adam has to face his own cousin in a high-stakes championship game against a

Cover of Tell Me Everything

Tell Me Everything

For the teenager navigating the pressure of being seen and the mystery of who others truly are, this story explores the

Cover of Improve: How I Discovered Improv and Conquered Social Anxiety

Improve: How I Discovered Improv and Conquered Social Anxiety

For the teen who feels paralyzed by social situations, this graphic memoir shows how the 'yes, and' of improv comedy can

Cover of Lia and Beckett's Abracadabra

Lia and Beckett's Abracadabra

Amy Noelle Parks

For teens navigating social anxiety or feeling overwhelmed by expectations, this book offers a magical journey of self-a

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The World from Up Here

Cecilia Galante

For children navigating the heavy weight of 'what-ifs,' this story follows a girl facing her phobias to help her mother

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A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares

Krystal Sutherland

For the teen navigating intense anxiety or the weight of a family history of mental illness, this story explores facing

Cover of Ghosts, Toast, and Other Hazards

Ghosts, Toast, and Other Hazards #1

Ghosts, Toast, and Other Hazards

For the child navigating new surroundings and big 'what-ifs,' this story gently explores childhood OCD and anxiety throu

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Cold War on Maplewood Street

Gayle Rosengren

For the child who feels anxious about scary world events or news. This story offers a safe way to explore big fears thro

Cover of Moving Up: How to Ace Secondary School

Moving Up: How to Ace Secondary School

Christian Foley

A supportive collection of poems to help pre-teens navigate the giant leap from primary to secondary school, from first-

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The Stupendously Spectacular Spelling Bee #1

The Stupendously Spectacular Spelling Bee

India Wimple is incredibly shy but a genius at spelling, and now her family is rallying together to help her face the na

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For the child who feels like a 'work in progress' and needs a humorous, surreal way to process social anxiety, insecurit

Cover of Sparrow Spreads Her Wings

Sparrow Spreads Her Wings

For the child who feels like their brain is always buzzing with 'what-ifs.' A tender look at navigating fifth grade with

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Piper at the Gates of Dusk

For the teenager who feels like a background character in their own life while everyone else seems to be the hero of a d

Anxiety & Worry for Other Ages

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