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Books About Resilience & Perseverance for Ages 8–11 – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Books About Resilience & Perseverance for Ages 8–11

Perseverance at chapter book age means dealing with failure that actually stings. The team you didn't make, the test you studied for and still failed, the friendship that fell apart. These 16,325 books show characters recovering from real setbacks, not just minor inconveniences.

16,325 books

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Gretchen the Bicycle Dog

Meet Gretchen, a curious dachshund who shares the charming story of her early puppyhood adventures and the family that l

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Anni Dreams of Biryani

Namita Moolani Mehra

For the child who loves to help in the kitchen but gets frustrated when a recipe doesn't turn out just right, this story

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The Caged Birds of Phnom Penh

A young Vietnamese girl carries a heart full of hope as she uses birds and wishes to seek a better future for her strugg

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Kalyna

Pam Clark

For the child feeling out of place or facing a big move, this story follows a young girl's journey to preserve her herit

Ages 9–14

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Vegetable Dreams / Huerto Soñado

A young girl's desire for a garden blossoms into a beautiful friendship with an elderly neighbor in this bilingual tale

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The Confe$$ion$ and $ecret$ of Howard J. Fingerhut

Esther Hershenhorn

Howard and his classmates dive into a hilarious and high-stakes competition to win the title of Junior Business Person o

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The Hour Series #1

The dojo is filled with the sounds of snapping uniforms and focused breathing as students move through the powerful kick

Cover of Old Wolf

For the child grappling with the ethics of their choices or feeling the weight of growing up and the responsibility that

Cover of The Lucky Wheel

Tales from Maple Ridge #2

The Lucky Wheel

For the child learning that big rewards require steady hands and a patient heart. Logan enters a woodworking contest to

Cover of Hippomobile!

Ten-year-old twins Stella and Jimmy refuse to let their home fall apart and set out on a determined mission to save thei

Cover of Dog Days

Baseball-loving Larry juggles the stress of family money troubles while stepping up to solve a local mystery.

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The Moonwind Mysteries #1

The Night Raven

For the child who possesses a keen eye for justice and seeks stories about finding strength and purpose despite difficul

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Jake's 100th Day of School

Lester L. Laminack

Jake’s excitement for the 100th day of school hits a snag, but a thoughtful principal is there to help him find his way

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Vivid photographs capture Jane Goodall's groundbreaking life and her famous work among the chimpanzees.

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Lapin Plays Possum

Sharon Arms Doucet

Cleverness takes center stage in these Creole trickster tales where the small outsmart the big using nothing but their w

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STEM Trailblazer Bios

Elon Musk: SpaceX and Tesla Motors Engineer

For the child who dreams of building the future, this biography explores how curiosity and grit turned big ideas into wo

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written and ill. by Debra Frasier

A embarrassing spelling mistake could ruin anyone's day, but a little creativity turns a vocabulary blunder into a cleve

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Punxsutawney Phyllis

Susanna Leonard Hill

For the child who notices details others miss and wants to break through 'how things have always been done' to follow th

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Cassie's Sweet Berry Pie

Karen B. Winnick

With Union soldiers approaching her home, young Cassie uses her wits to outsmart the troops and keep her family’s food s

Cover of A Nearer Moon

Melanie Crowder

Lyrical prose weaves a magical story of two sisters and the lengths one will go to save the other in a world filled with

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Walking Through Walls

For the child who struggles with patience or wanting the easy way out, this magical tale shows that true mastery require

Cover of An Owl at Sea

Susan Vande Griek

A weary owl finds an unexpected sanctuary on an oil rig after becoming lost over the vast, open ocean.

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Clever Gretchen

John Warren Stewig

Hans made a terrible deal with a mysterious stranger, but his wife Gretchen uses her sharp wits to save him from his own

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The One and Only Stuey Lewis

Jane Schoenberg

Second grade is full of big moments and small hurdles as Stuey Lewis navigates a full year of classroom adventures, frie

Resilience & Perseverance for Other Ages

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