Heartstopper: Volume 4

Reach for this book when your teenager is navigating the intensity of first love while simultaneously struggling with their mental health or a potential eating disorder. It is an essential resource for parents whose children are learning that love cannot fix illness, but support can make recovery possible. The story follows Nick and Charlie as their relationship deepens during a school trip and the summer holidays. While the romance is central, this volume focuses heavily on Charlie's journey with anorexia and OCD. It offers a compassionate, realistic roadmap for how to support a partner or friend through a health crisis without losing oneself in the process. It is best suited for older middle schoolers and high schoolers due to its honest depiction of self-harm and disordered eating. Parents will appreciate the healthy modeling of communication, therapy, and the involved, supportive roles of the adults in the boys' lives.