Life After School
- Author Margaret Rooke
- Narrator Ashley Zhangazha, Ezra Saifie
- Publisher John Murray Press
- Publish Date 13 November 2025
- Run Time 6 hours and 40 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Coping with dyslexia and learning difficulties, Coping with physical impairments / disability.
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What to expect
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.
| Author | Margaret Rooke |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Ashley Zhangazha, Ezra Saifie |
| Duration | 6 hours and 40 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781399832397 |
| Format | x-book® |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Genre | Coping with dyslexia and learning difficulties, Coping with physical impairments / disability |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE, US |
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