Reading Well is an initiative recently launched by a UK library service to recommend books to support the mental health of young people impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The launch coincided with World Mental Health Day on 10 October 2022.
A call out on social media for Australian ‘Reading Well’ recommendations tagged #LoveOzYA and #LoveOzMG came up with a fabulous list that might be of interest to Victorian public library staff.
The End of the World is Bigger than Love by Davina Bell
The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks
Girl Saves Boy by Steph Bowe
Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
The Goodbye Year by Emily Gale
August and Jones by Pip Harry
Because Of You by Pip Harry
The Little Wave by Pip Harry
Unnecessary Drama by Nina Kenwood
Spirit Talker by Rebecca Laffar-Smith
Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over by Miranda Luby
The Secret Library of Hummingbird House by Julianne Negri
Solitaire by Alice Oseman
All The Things We Never Said by Yasmin Rahman
Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
This Is How We Change the Ending by Vikki Wakefield
Sick Bay by Nova Weetman
Henry Hamlet’s Heart by Rhiannon Wilde
Where You Left Us by Rhiannon Wilde
How to Spell Catastrophe by Fiona Wood
Feel free to share further suggestions in the comment box below.