How I Made It to Eighteen: A Mostly True Story
How do you know if you're on the verge of a nervous breakdown? For seventeen-year-old Stacy Black, it all begins with the smashing of a window. After putting her fist through the glass, she checks into a mental hospital. Stacy hates it there but despite herself slowly realizes she has to face the reasons for her depression to stop from self-destructing.
Based on the author's experiences, this graphic novel is a frank portrait of what it's like to struggle with self-esteem, body image issues, drug addiction, and anxiety.
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"White tells a compelling and highly textured story (based on her own experiences) of learning to adjust to psychotherapy and bulimia in this graphic-novel story of small, angry 17-year-old high-school graduate Stacy Black. In addition to seeing Stacy's world—confined mostly to the residential psychiatric hospital where she is a patient—from her viewpoint, we are provided with accounts by four of her friends: one from childhood, a second from boarding school, another from her recent life before therapy, and the fourth from a fellow patient . . . Dedicated graphic-novel readers may need to slow down to absorb the tiny print, but this is nonetheless an excellent crossover title for readers searching for an authentic account of psychotherapy, bulimia, and dealing with weighty physical and emotional issues." -- Booklist
Product Details
| Recommended Age | 16 and up |
|---|---|
| Author | Tracy White |
| ISBN | 9781596434547 |
| Publication Date | Jun 8, 2010 |
| Publisher | Roaring Brook Press |
