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The Symptoms of My Insanity by Mindy Raf

The Symptoms of My Insanity

Mindy Raf

Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · May 1, 2014

“Run like the dickens . . . and order this bad boy right now!”—MTV’s Hollywood Crush Blog A laugh-out-loud, bittersweet debut that offers "a female Woody Allen for the teenage set" -- Kirkus Reviews Izzy is a hypochondriac with enormous boobs that won't stop growing, a mother with a rare disease who's hiding something, a best friend who appears to have undergone a personality transplant, and a date with an out-of-her-league athlete who just spilled Gatorade all over her.

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Who it’s for
Izzy’s tangled worries and growing secrets make for comedy with a bittersweet edge.
Genres
Funny YA, Mental Illness for Teens, YA Illness & Disease Stories
Published
Penguin Young Readers Group, May 1, 2014

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“Run like the dickens . . . and order this bad boy right now!”—MTV’s Hollywood Crush Blog A laugh-out-loud, bittersweet debut that offers "a female Woody Allen for the teenage set" -- Kirkus Reviews Izzy is a hypochondriac with enormous boobs that won't stop growing, a mother with a rare disease who's hiding something, a best friend who appears to have undergone a personality transplant, and a date with an out-of-her-league athlete who just spilled Gatorade all over her.

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Yes, Izzy Skymen has a hectic life. But what Izzy doesn't realize is that these are only minor symptoms of life's insanity. When she discovers the people she trusts most are withholding from her the biggest secrets, things are about to get epic--or is it epidemic? For fans of Louise Rennison, Sarah Mlynowski, and Stephanie Perkins comes a "hilarious . . . generous book . . . Should succeed in putting any reader's problem into a wider, and funnier, perspective."--Booklist

Chaos, With Heart

Izzy’s tangled worries and growing secrets make for comedy with a bittersweet edge.

Come here for

  • Izzy’s hectic life, where health worries meet teenage absurdity
  • A comic voice with room for the bittersweet

Expect

  • A hectic mix of family, friendship, and dating trouble
  • Humor that puts life’s chaos in a wider perspective

Where it sits

Funny YA73%
Mental Illness for Teens72%
YA Illness & Disease Stories48%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Illness & Disease Stories
  • Funny YA
  • Social Themes for Teens
Authors
Mindy Raf
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
May 1, 2014
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
YA Illness & Disease Stories