Oh, if only I were a patient person! I could wait for cookies to cool and avoid burning my tongue, I would always drive the speed limit, and I would never, ever lose my temper. Despite my best intentions, those things rarely happen. Just ask my seventh\u00a0grader. But, as I remind him, he\u2019s not very patient either. This is why we like reading together \u2014 especially when the stories we\u2019re reading teach us how to be calmer, less impulsive, and more easy-going. So, if you or your preteen find yourselves more irritable than usual, maybe one or two of the books on this list will help you find your inner Zen and keep frustration at bay.<\/p>\n
no no 9781984814500 Starfish<\/i> https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/608212\/starfish-by-lisa-fipps\/9781984814500?ref=PRH06C9ECE222&aid=randohouseinc22957-20&linkid=PRH06C9ECE222 by Lisa Fipps <\/p>\n
Changing yourself, or perhaps more accurately, learning to accept yourself as you are so you don\u2019t have to change, is a slow, sometimes painful process that requires a great deal of patience. Ellie learns this lesson the hard way, grappling with the cruelty of people around her and societal expectations of thinness as she works toward the confidence to love herself just the way she is. <\/p>\n
9780525555568 Echo Mountain<\/i> https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/597627\/echo-mountain-by-lauren-wolk\/9780525555568 by Lauren Wolk <\/p>\n
When Ellie\u2019s father suffers a terrible accident that puts him in a coma, Ellie leaves her home to traverse a mountain in search of a cure. Along the way, she learns that bodies heal slowly, and sometimes our hearts do too. <\/p>\n
9781984815316 Tornado Brain<\/i> https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/610484\/tornado-brain-by-cat-patrick\/9781984815316?ref=PRH06C9ECE222&aid=randohouseinc22957-20&linkid=PRH06C9ECE222 by Cat Patrick <\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard to be patient under the best of circumstances and even harder when you\u2019re a neurotypical 13-year-old who experiences the world differently than your friends. But as Frankie discovers, when the stakes are high enough, we can find strengths and skills in ourselves that we never knew we had. <\/p>\n
9780735231610 The Line Tender<\/i> https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/561889\/the-line-tender-by-kate-allen\/9780735231610?ref=PRH06C9ECE222&aid=randohouseinc22957-20&linkid=PRH06C9ECE222 by Kate Allen <\/p>\n
Fishing requires a unique sort of calm \u2014 an ability to sit quietly and do nothing for long periods of time, waiting for a tug on a line and the appearance of a previously hidden creature. In The Line Tender<\/i>, a young girl named Lucy will need the patience of a fisherman as she tries to finish her mother\u2019s research and mend her broken family. <\/p>\n
9780735229945 The Elephant in the Room<\/i> https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/554551\/the-elephant-in-the-room-by-holly-goldberg-sloan\/9780735229945?ref=PRH06C9ECE222&aid=randohouseinc22957-20&linkid=PRH06C9ECE222 by Holly Goldberg Sloan <\/p>\n
Sia has been separated from her mother for almost a year, kept apart by immigration laws and thousands of miles. Just when Sia thinks she can\u2019t bear being away from her mother for another day, she finds hope in an unexpected friendship with an elderly lottery winner, a young boy, and a circus elephant named Velda. <\/p>\n
9781984816436 Dress Coded<\/i> https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/612479\/dress-coded-by-carrie-firestone\/9781984816436?ref=PRH06C9ECE222&aid=randohouseinc22957-20&linkid=PRH06C9ECE222 by Carrie Firestone <\/p>\n
Fighting a fight that matters requires courage, a bit of anger, and a lot of patience. As Molly and her friends are about to find out, changing the world (or your school\u2019s dress code) doesn\u2019t happen overnight. <\/p>\n
9780593302767 Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Endless Waiting<\/i> https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/618164\/ben-yokoyama-and-the-cookie-of-endless-waiting-by-matthew-swanson-illustrated-by-robbi-behr\/9780593302767?ref=PRH06C9ECE222&aid=randohouseinc22957-20&linkid=PRH06C9ECE222 by Matthew Swanson, illustrated by Robbi Behr <\/p>\n
When Ben\u2019s fortune cookie tells him that \u201cGood things come to those who wait,\u201d he figures he doesn\u2019t have any choice but to listen. I mean, do you want to mess with a fortune cookie? Unfortunately, waiting is hard, even when you believe that good things will happen. <\/p>\n
9781984892973 Clean Getaway<\/i> https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/605269\/clean-getaway-by-nic-stone\/9781984892973?ref=PRH06C9ECE222&aid=randohouseinc22957-20&linkid=PRH06C9ECE222 by Nic Stone <\/p>\n
An unplanned road trip with his grandmother is the perfect opportunity for 11-year-old Scoob to escape home for a while. But what Scoob thinks is a simple drive through Alabama soon leaves him wondering what secrets his grandmother is hiding and how her life connects to the civil rights movement and the challenging history of the American South. <\/p>\n
9780525645672 Nessie Quest<\/i> https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/580173\/nessie-quest-by-melissa-savage\/9780525645672?ref=PRH06C9ECE222&aid=randohouseinc22957-20&linkid=PRH06C9ECE222 by Melissa Savage <\/p>\n
Ada Ru and Hammy Bean are about to join a century\u2019s worth of sleuths as they try to discover, once and for all, if the Loch Ness Monster is real or just a figment of history\u2019s imagination. <\/p>\n
9781524719807 The Third Mushroom<\/i> https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/552954\/the-third-mushroom-by-jennifer-l-holm\/9781524719807?ref=PRH06C9ECE222&aid=randohouseinc22957-20&linkid=PRH06C9ECE222 by Jennifer L. Holm <\/p>\n
Science is all about patience. It requires constant attention, failure, resilience, and faith that you will find the answers to your questions if you just keep trying. But as Ellie and her grandfather, Melvin, are about to find out, sometimes experiments lead to unexpected results. <\/p>\n
9780763692155 A Monster Calls<\/i> https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/214744\/a-monster-calls-special-collectors-edition-movie-tie-in-by-patrick-ness\/?ref=PRH06C9ECE222&aid=randohouseinc22957-20&linkid=PRH06C9ECE222 by Patrick Ness, illustrated by Jim Kay <\/p>\n
Conor\u2019s mother is dying, and to make things even harder, he is now being visited each night by an arboreal monster. On the first night, the beast informs Connor that he will tell him three stories, but on the fourth night, Conor must tell the monster his own tale. Unraveling the meaning of his nightly visitor\u2019s stories tests the limits of Conor\u2019s patience as well as his ability to face the truths awaiting him. A timeless work of fiction for older middle grade readers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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