Life After School
Dyslexic and Taking on the World
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publishing:21st Oct '25
£15.99
This title is due to be published on 21st October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

In Life After School, bestselling author Margaret Rooke presents thoughtful and empowering interviews with dyslexic teenagers and young people. They talk about how, despite their struggles in the education system, they learned to thrive as young adults in the outside world.
"The stories told in this book show how foolish we are if we underestimate this creative and powerful dyslexic generation"
When you're dyslexic, life at school can feel like a daily grind. In this book, around 40 dyslexic young people from across the globe, who have been where you are now, explain how they've made life beyond the school gates work for them. This is a book to reassure you and open up possibilities for the years ahead.
Funny, fascinating, and brimming with the ups and downs of adult life, each interview explores strategies that have helped deal with challenges they've faced. They offer top tips for harnessing your strengths and working out the path that's right for you. Most of all they show that no matter how difficult life can feel now, there truly are choices when you leave high school that can take you to a future you might never have dreamed of.
Packed with personal stories, illustrations from young dyslexic illustrators, and helpful insights from bestselling dyslexia author, Margaret Rooke, you'll have everything you need to prepare for the journey ahead.
Life After School is a brilliant idea for a book, which will help young people to remember that if they are struggling in school there is a positive life beyond that. The personal stories and accounts are well worth reading. -- Alais Winton, author of Diary of a Dyslexic School Kid
Life After School is an inspiring and empowering read. The stories offer real hope, practical advice, and encouragement for dyslexic young people, where it can often feel like we don't fit - until we find spaces designed for our minds. As a careers adviser, I'll be recommending it to the students I support. -- Marcia Brissett-Bailey, Author, speaker, Careers Adviser in SEND, Dyslexia Advocate
ISBN: 9781805013358
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
288 pages