Book titled 'Harold's Persistence Problem', part of the Harold Chronicles series, for ages 9-11, featuring a cover photo of a girl helping a boy on a skateboard at a skatepark, with a yellow background and green accents.

Harold’s Persistence Problem (Book 12)

A group project. A sudden roadblock. A very strong urge to quit.

✅ Laugh-out-loud chaos that kids actually finish

✅ Fast chapters + high momentum for reluctant readers

✅ A gentle life-lesson: resilience without the lecture

🧱 About the Book

Harold wants to quit a challenging group project when it stops being fun, but discovers the deep satisfaction of pushing through the discomfort.

Harold Mitchell is ten years old, and he loves starting things. Finishing them? Not so much. When his team's engineering project keeps collapsing, Harold decides it's easier to just walk away than to keep failing.

This is the story of what happens when the going gets tough, and the hilarious, glue-covered reality of learning that the best things in life take a few tries to get right.

The SEL Focus: Resilience & Grit

Target Age: 9–10 (Arc 2: The Growth Years)

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