| Sara and the Search for Normal Contributor(s): King, Wesley (Author) |
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ISBN: 1534421130 ISBN-13: 9781534421134 Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Depression & Mental Illness - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2019028307 |
| Lexile Measure: 460 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.8" W x 8.3" (0.80 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Readers will appreciate Sara] as good literary company even as they develop sympathy for her struggles." --BCCB "It's the vivid, insightful depiction of Sara's internal struggles that readers will remember." --Booklist "A must-buy." --School Library Journal (starred review) In this prequel to the Edgar Award-winning OCDaniel, fan-favorite Sara quests for "normal" and finds something even better along the way. Sara's Rules to be Normal 1. Stop taking your pills 19. Make a friend 137. Don't put mayonnaise on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Sara wants one thing: to be normal. What she has instead are multiple diagnoses from Dr. Ring. Sara's constant battle with False Alarm--what she calls panic attacks--and other episodes cause her to isolate herself. She rarely speaks, especially not at school, and so she doesn't have any friends. But when she starts group therapy she meets someone new. Talkative and outgoing Erin doesn't believe in "normal," and Sara finds herself in unfamiliar territory: at the movies, at a birthday party, and with someone to tell about her crush--in short, with a friend. But there's more to Erin than her cheerful exterior, and Sara begins to wonder if helping Erin will mean sacrificing their friendship. |
Contributor Bio(s): King, Wesley: - Wesley King is the author of the Edgar Award-winning OCDaniel, which Booklist praised as "complex and satisfying" in a starred review. It was also named a Bank Street Best Book of the Year and received Canada's Silver Birch Award. King's first middle grade novel, The Incredible Space Raiders from Space!, was called "a well-drafted coming-of-age story" by Publishers Weekly. King is also the author of The Vindico and its sequel, The Feros, which were both Junior Library Guild selections, and Kobe Bryant's New York Times bestselling Wizenard series. He lives in Nova Scotia. |