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24 books recommended for fans of These Things I Wish by Lee Pitts, tied together by themes of Ethics & Morals, Inspirational & Personal Growth, Parenting, and Family & Relationships.

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The Teenage Guide to Digital Wellbeing

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Parenting • Family & Relationships

Little Faces Big Feelings What Emotions Look Like — Amy Morrison

Little Faces Big Feelings What Emotions Look Like

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Parenting • Family & Relationships

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Ten Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Relationships

Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Parenting • Family & Relationships

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Some Parts are NOT for Sharing How to Protect Your Child From Child Abuse

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Parenting • Family & Relationships

Life Strategies for Teens Workbook — Jay McGraw

Life Strategies for Teens Workbook

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Parenting • Family & Relationships

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Clarence G. Hanley

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Parenting • Family & Relationships

Teen-Proofing Fostering Responsible Decision Making in Your Teenager — John Rosemond

Teen-Proofing Fostering Responsible Decision Making in Your Teenager

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Parenting • Family & Relationships

Where Should I Sit at Lunch? — Unger, Karen

Where Should I Sit at Lunch?

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Parenting • Family & Relationships

The Best of Building Assets Together Favorite Group Activities That Help Youth Succeed — Jolene L. Roehlkepartain

The Best of Building Assets Together Favorite Group Activities That Help Youth Succeed

Jolene L. Roehlkepartain

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Parenting • Family & Relationships

Stupid Things Parents Do to Mess Up Their Kids — Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Stupid Things Parents Do to Mess Up Their Kids

Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Themes: Ethics & Morals • Parenting • Family & Relationships

The Garden in My Mind Activity Guide Lessons for Social Skill and Common Core Development — Stephie McCumbee

The Garden in My Mind Activity Guide Lessons for Social Skill and Common Core Development

Stephie McCumbee

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Family & Relationships • Juvenile Nonfiction

Teen Empower A Treasury of Solid Gold Advice for Today’s Teens — Eric Chester

Teen Empower A Treasury of Solid Gold Advice for Today’s Teens

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Family & Relationships • Juvenile Nonfiction

A Kids Book About Type 1 Diabetes — Karli George

A Kids Book About Type 1 Diabetes

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Family & Relationships • Juvenile Nonfiction

Anger Management — Judith Peacock

Anger Management

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Family & Relationships • Juvenile Nonfiction

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II 101 More Stories of Life, Love and Learning — Jack Canfield

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II 101 More Stories of Life, Love and Learning

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Family & Relationships • Juvenile Nonfiction

The Memory Book A Grief Journal for Children and Families — Joanna Rowland

The Memory Book A Grief Journal for Children and Families

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Family & Relationships • Juvenile Nonfiction

You Can Count on God 100 Devotions for Kids — Max Lucado

You Can Count on God 100 Devotions for Kids

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Family & Relationships • Juvenile Nonfiction

Girls Rule A Very Special Book Created Especially for Girls — Ashley Rice

Girls Rule A Very Special Book Created Especially for Girls

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Family & Relationships • Juvenile Nonfiction

The Teenage Liberation Handbook How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education — Grace Llewellyn

The Teenage Liberation Handbook How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education

Grace Llewellyn

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Family & Relationships • Juvenile Nonfiction

A Kids Book About Kindness — Jackson Cooper

A Kids Book About Kindness

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Family & Relationships • Juvenile Nonfiction

Safe Teen Powerful Alternatives to Violence — Anita Roberts

Safe Teen Powerful Alternatives to Violence

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Family & Relationships • Juvenile Nonfiction

The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make A Guide for Teens: Updated for the Digital Age — Sean Covey

The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make A Guide for Teens: Updated for the Digital Age

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Family & Relationships • Juvenile Nonfiction

A Dog and His Boy The Adventures of Spillway & Scotty — Heidi Bullen

A Dog and His Boy The Adventures of Spillway & Scotty

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Family & Relationships • Juvenile Nonfiction

Sugar and Spice…And the Not So Nice — Emily Blankenship

Sugar and Spice…And the Not So Nice

Emily Blankenship

Themes: Inspirational & Personal Growth • Family & Relationships • Juvenile Nonfiction

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with These Things I Wish by Lee Pitts. Connected by Ethics & Morals, Inspirational & Personal Growth, Parenting. Authors featured include Tanya Goodin, Amy Morrison, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Julie Federico, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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