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Ambitious New York City teenager Craig Gilner is determined to succeed at life - which means getting into the right high school to get into the right job. But once Craig aces his way into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School, the pressure becomes unbearable. He stops eating and sleeping until, one night, he nearly kills himself.
Craig's suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety.
Ned Vizzini, who himself spent time in a psychiatric hospital, has created a remarkably moving tale about the sometimes unexpected road to happiness.
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Mental illness, Youths' writings, Mental Depression, Juvenile fiction, Psychiatric hospitals, Fiction, Students, Anxiety, Success, Diligence, Suicidal behavior, Juvenile Wit and humor, Humorous fiction, Depression (Psychology), Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Children's fiction, Depression, mental, fiction, Mental illness, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Hospitals, fictionPlaces
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"It's so hard to talk when you want to kill yourself."
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