'Creates a psychologically tense story with sympathetic characters while dispelling myths about a much-feared condition.' - Publishers Weekly, starred review Coming in 2020!Īn ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults * A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year * Kansas National Education Association Reading Circle Catalog Selection Book of the Year * Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee * A CBC's 2 Teen Choice Book Awards Nominee 'Echoing the premise and structure of Flowers for Algernon, this frank and inspiring novel.' - Publishers Weekly, starred reviewĭon't miss Just Our Luck, another stunning book by Julia Walton. But as the miracle drug begins to fail, how long can he keep this secret from the girl of his dreams? When Adam meets Maya, a fiercely intelligent girl, he desperately wants to be the normal, great guy that she thinks he is. His hallucinations include a cast of characters that range from the good (beautiful Rebecca) to the bad (angry Mob Boss) to the just plain weird (polite naked guy).Īn experimental drug promises to help him hide his illness from the world.

When you can't trust your mind, trust your heart.Īdam is a pretty regular teen, except he's navigating high school life while living with paranoid schizophrenia. Now a Major Motion Picture starring Charlie Plummer, AnnaSophia Robb, and Taylor Russell!įans of More Happy Than Not and The Perks of Being a Wallflower will cheer for Adam in this uplifting and surprisingly funny story of a boy living with schizophrenia.

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