Evan Roskos

I LOVED THIS BOOK! It deals with real life issues like mental illness, abuse, self harm, and more. I read this book a few months ago but I just adored it.

I LOVED THIS BOOK! It deals with real life issues like mental illness, abuse, self harm, and more. I read this book a few months ago but I just adored it.

teen fiction (socially awkward teen dealing with anxiety, depression, and abusive parents, but with interesting subplots and characters and lots of humor). This goes a little bit into explaining self-cutting and depression/suicidal thoughts, with emphasis on getting help and asking for help, but without feeling didactic. You don't expect to like this character, a kooky teen who has memorized Walt Whitman (on purpose) and whose behavior is seemingly unexplicable, but before long he grows on you.

Blaming it on a slump