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ISBN13: 9780786851966 |
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Once Craig starts his new school, he realizes he's just one of many brilliant kids, and he isn't even brilliant, he's average. As Craig starts getting so-so grades, he sees his once-perfect future crumbling away. He begins to have trouble eating, sleeping, and thinking — that's when he tells his parents he's depressed. He goes on medication and talks to therapists, but things keep getting worse, until one night Craig feels so low that he seriously considers suicide.
But instead, Craig calls a hotline. The counselor tells him to get to the nearest hospital, and before he knows it, he's signed, sealed, and delivered into one of Brooklyn's finest psychiatric units.
Craig's new roommate is an Egyptian schoolteacher who refuses to get out of bed. His neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, and a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors. But somehow in this motley crew, Craig finds real friends and kindred spirits who give him strength.
This is a remarkably moving and authentic picture of the physicality, the despair, and even the hilarity, of depression.
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agiannotti24, May 1, 2008 (view all comments by agiannotti24)
goooooooooooooooooooooood:D





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in_reverie, July 11, 2007 (view all comments by in_reverie)
This was a really good read, but I don't think it was amazing or anything. I think it's rather, well, stupid that the main character didn't attempt suicide. It's cool that he checked himself into a hospital and tried to get help. But I think if you really want to convince someone that you're truly suicidal that you maybe should actually attempt it. Not very many kids are going to be depressed and feel like dying and be like, "oh, hey. I'm too much of a pansy to really do it, so I'm gonna call some helpline even though I really don't need help. it's all in my head."





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SPUNK.Mireya, May 2, 2007 (view all comments by SPUNK.Mireya)
This book is truly one of my all-time favorite books. And the funny thing is, I barely finished it yesterday. It opens your eyes to how high schoolers really think. Ned gets inside a fifteen yeard old over-achiever's head and makes it funny, insightful, and entertaining (Can we say Page-Turner?). It's extremely authentic. I would definitley recommend this novel to any of my friend. It's definitely a Must-Have in your personal library.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780786851966
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Miramax Books
- Author:
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Mental Illness
- Subject:
- Depression, mental
- Subject:
- General Juvenile Fiction
- Publication Date:
- March 2006
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 444
- Dimensions:
- 806x588x134 118
- Age Level:
- 13-17










