"Award winning poet looks at a wide range of mental health issues"
This is Robertson’s second collect of poetry - her work on You Are Not Alone has received funding from Arts Council England’s ‘Developing Your Creative Practice’ programme.
The poetry covers many styles and topics – all connected to well-being and mental health. Divided into five sections each section containing diverse poems on a loosely similar theme – though all the poems are very varied and cover everything from what the mind is like to OCD type activities, from belonging to hope, happiness to allowing people space. Such a varied collection will be dipped into repeatedly, as well as being read from cover to cover.
This is the sort of book that should be available in every secondary school and classroom – as so many young adults now are experiencing such a downturn in mental health issues – to know someone is out there who understands and who can help you express these thoughts will benefit many.
This is a collection I can see me delving into regularly – the poetry is striking, beautiful and full of grace.
In her second book of poems for young people, Shauna Darling Robertson takes an in-depth look at mental health and wellbeing.
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In her second book of poems for young people, Shauna Darling Robertson takes an in-depth look at mental health and wellbeing. Just like our physical health, our mental health can fluctuate over the course of our lives, or even from day to day. The poems in this collection explore a variety of topics, from how it can feel to live with various mental health conditions, to what it’s like dealing with with the everyday pressures and challenges faced by teenagers and young adults. Do your emotions feel like mosquitoes ?one minute and breakbeats the next?
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed You Are Not Alone and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
You Are Not Alone features in the following genres: Featured Books for 13+ readers, Featured Books for Young Adults, Recommendations, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Poetry Books for Children, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s / Teenage poetry, anthologies, annuals
Paperback. £8.09, down from the £8.99 cover price. In Stock.
You Are Not Alone was written by Shauna Darling Robertson and published by Troika Books
You Are Not Alone has 125 pages
£8.09, reduced from £8.99. In Stock.
