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Harold’s Community Connection (Book 20)

A volunteer effort. An ego trip. A lesson in actually helping.

✅ Laugh-out-loud chaos that kids actually finish

✅ Fast chapters + high momentum for reluctant readers

✅ A gentle life-lesson: empathy without the lecture

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🌍 About the Book

A botched, ego-driven volunteer effort teaches Harold that genuinely helping others requires asking what they actually need, rather than guessing.

Harold Mitchell is twelve years old and wants the glory of being a community hero. He launches a massive charity project without consulting anyone, leading to a warehouse full of things nobody needs and a bruised ego.

This is the story of what happens when you try to help for the wrong reasons, and the hilarious, chaotic reality of learning to listen before you leap.

The SEL Focus: Civic Engagement & Empathy

Target Age: 12–13 (Arc 4: The Mastery Years)

Harold joins a community project with unexpected results.
Harold learns contribution, service and belonging.
Citizenship, volunteering and community participation.

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