It's kind of a funny story
Vizzini, Ned, 1981-20132015
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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, Craig studies night and day to ace the entrance exam to get into the best school, and does. 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. There, isolated from the crushing pressures of school and friends, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety.
Main title:
It's kind of a funny story / Ned Vizzini.
Author:
Vizzini, Ned, 1981-2013, author
Edition:
[New edition] / foreword by Rachel Cohn.
Imprint:
Los Angeles : Hyperion, [2015]
Collation:
444 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: New York: Miramax Books/Hyperion Books For Children, 2006.
Audience:
Adolescent.
ISBN:
9780786851973 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
Local class:
FYAREALISTIC FICJF VIZ 10
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
Older teenage fictionDepressionMental illnessPsychiatric hospitalsYouth writingsNew YorkFiction
BRN:
600772
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