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Scholastic Inc. · Paperback · April 21, 2020
For fans of John Green and Ned Vizzini, a heart-wrenching and witty novel about a girl with Borderline Personality Disorder who finds a way to live with the guilt of her past.
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- Who it’s for
- A darkly funny, emotionally candid novel about life inside a psychiatric hospital for teenagers.
- Genres
- Mental Illness for Teens, Friendship for Teens, YA Illness & Disease Stories
- Published
- Scholastic Inc., April 21, 2020
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For fans of John Green and Ned Vizzini, a heart-wrenching and witty novel about a girl with Borderline Personality Disorder who finds a way to live with the guilt of her past. Tamar is admitted to Lime Grove, a psychiatric hospital for teenagers. Lime Grove is home to a number of teenagers with a variety of problems: anorexia, bipolar disorder, behavior issues. Tamar will come to know them all very well.
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But there's one question she can't... won't answer: What happened to her friend Iris? As Tamar's emotional angst becomes more and more clear to her, she'll have to figure out a path to forgiveness. A shocking, moving, and darkly funny depiction of life in a psychiatric world. A stunning journey of one girl's mental illness and the redemptive power of truth and healing.
Wit and Weight
A darkly funny, emotionally candid novel about life inside a psychiatric hospital for teenagers.
Come here for
- Dark humor alongside questions of guilt, friendship, and forgiveness
- A teenage perspective on mental illness and the search for healing
Expect
- Wit threaded through emotionally difficult material
- A sustained story of guilt, truth, and forgiveness
Where it sits
| Mental Illness for Teens | 99% |
|---|---|
| Friendship for Teens | 59% |
| YA Illness & Disease Stories | 22% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Death & Grief for Teens
- Mental Illness for Teens
- Teen Suicide
- Authors
- Ceylan Scott
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
- Published
- April 21, 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Death & Grief for Teens