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What If You Could

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What If You Could
Author: Jacinda Ardern
Category: Biography & True Stories, Children's, Teenage & educational, New Release - YA, YA Fiction
Book Format: paperback
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781776953448
Published: June 2, 2026
RRP: 26.99

Synopsis

From the former prime minister of New Zealand comes a guide for teens on chasing your dreams and embracing the unexpected qualities that truly make a person strong.

When Jacinda Ardern became prime minister of New Zealand, she was one of the youngest people in the world leading a country. Many people thought she would never succeed – herself included. Wouldn’t her insecurity, overthinking, worrying, and tendency to empathise stop her from being able to achieve her goals?

As she soon learned, though, it was exactly those attributes – as well as kindness and wanting to listen to and serve others – that made her into the empathetic, adaptable, and effective leader that she was.

While sharing her own experiences and challenges as a young person, and then as prime minister, Jacinda Ardern encourages readers to realise that true strength, success, and power come from embracing ourselves just as we are – imposter syndrome and all.

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