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250 pp.
| Dial |
May, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-0-525-42818-9$17.99
(2)
YA
Sixteen-year-old Solomon hasn't left his house in three years. Aspiring psychologist Lisa thinks he's the perfect subject for her college entrance essay, "My Personal Experience with Mental Illness." As Lisa gets to know Sol, and then Lisa's boyfriend Clark befriends him, too, the three become genuinely close. The assured third-person narrative alternates between Sol and Lisa, with pithy, humorous dialogue and fully realized characters.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2016