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Made You Up by Francesca Zappia

Made You Up

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Francesca Zappia

HarperCollins · Ebook · May 2, 2017

Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be—sometimes, there really is someone out to get you.

Contemporary YA RomanceMental Illness for TeensYA Illness & Disease Stories
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Who it’s for
A teen-illness YA read that leans on mood, not hand-holding.
Genres
Mental Illness for Teens, Contemporary YA Romance, YA Illness & Disease Stories
Published
HarperCollins, May 2, 2017

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About this book

Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be—sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. For fans of Silver Linings Playbook and Liar, this thought-provoking debut tells the story of Alex, a high school senior—and the ultimate unreliable narrator—unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion. Alex fights a daily battle to figure out what is real and what is not.

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Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8 Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. She's pretty optimistic about her chances until she runs into Miles. Didn't she imagine him? Before she knows it, Alex is making friends, going to parties, falling in love, and experiencing all the usual rites of passage for teenagers. But Alex is used to being crazy. She's not prepared for normal. Can she trust herself? Can we trust her?

Why It Clicks

A teen-illness YA read that leans on mood, not hand-holding.

Come here for

  • YA illness-and-depression lens
  • Francesca Zappia's voice

Expect

  • sustained narrative immersion
  • list-driven discovery

Where it sits

Mental Illness for Teens97%
Contemporary YA Romance93%
YA Illness & Disease Stories26%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Family Stories
  • Contemporary YA Romance
  • Social Themes for Teens
  • Assimilation for Teens
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  • Bullying for Teens
  • Depression for Teens
  • Friendship for Teens
  • Mental Illness for Teens
Authors
Francesca Zappia
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
May 2, 2017
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
YA Family Stories