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We Take School POs
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Contributor(s): Vizzini, Ned (Author)

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ISBN: 078685197X     ISBN-13: 9780786851973
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2007
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Annotation: The author of "Be More Chill" takes a poignant look at teenage depression in this remarkably moving and authentic picture of the physicality, the despair, and even the hilarity of depression.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Depression & Mental Illness
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 14-17
Grade Level: 9-12
Lexile Measure: 620(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.68" W x 8.14" L (1.15 lbs) 464 pages
Themes:
- Locality - New York, N.Y.
- Geographic Orientation - New York
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/14/2007 pg. 58
Kliatt 07/01/2007 pg. 28
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 105297
Reading Level: 4.0   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 11.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Like many ambitious New York City teenagers, Craig Gilner sees entry into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School as the ticket to his future. Determined to succeed at life-which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job-Craig studies night and day to ace the entrance exam, and does. That's when things start to get crazy.
Intimate, real, funny, ironic...This book offers hope in a package that readers will find enticing., Booklist
Insightful and utterly authentic...this is an important book., The New York Times Book Review
At his new school, Craig realizes that he isn't brilliant compared to the other kids; he's just average, and maybe not even that. He soon sees his once-perfect future crumbling away. The stress becomes unbearable and Craig stops eating and sleeping-until, one night, he nearly kills himself.

Craig's suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, isolated from the crushing pressures of school and friends, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety.

Ned Vizzini, who himself spent time in a psychiatric hospital, has created a remarkably moving tale about the sometimes unexpected road to happiness. For a novel about depression, it's definitely a funny story.

Funny? Vizzini supplies personal insights and a clever, self-deprecating tone that make the book an entertaining read. - The Washington Post

 
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