The Try That Comes After the Fail
"I Bend, I Don’t Break” takes one big, daunting idea — learning to bend under pressure without breaking — and quietly breaks it into something a 12–16-year-old can actually do. This volume of The Bounce-Back Series is grounded in what psychologists actually know about resilience — that it’s built, not born. It turns that into honest, down-to-earth guidance, so “Bend” stops being a nice idea and starts becoming something real. Inside, twelve short chapters mix real psychology — explained simply and cheerfully — with a story to picture, questions to think about, a small experiment to try that week, and an affirmation worth remembering. Respectful of how capable young readers really are, it helps 12–16-year-olds bounce back — a meaningful gift for a birthday, a hard season, or no reason at all. The Bounce-Back Series · Ellie Brightwood