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 college to get 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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
ISBN-10
1452659311
ISBN-13
9781452659312
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189438110
Product Key Features
Author
Ned Vizzini
Format
CD-Audio, MP3 Format
Language
English
Topic
General & Literary Fiction
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Old Saybrook, Ct
Running Time
540
Narrator(s)
Robert Fass
Author Biography
Ned Vizzini is the author of Teen Angst? Naaah ... and Be More Chill, the first young adult novel ever chosen as a Today Show Book Club pick, as well as one of Entertainment Weekly's Top Ten Ten Books of 2004. A two-time Audie Award winner, veteran actor Robert Fass is equally at home in a wide variety of styles, genres, characters, and dialects. He has earned multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, including for his narration of Francisco Goldman's novel Say Her Name.
Date of Publication
03/09/2012
Edition Statement
Unabridged Edition
Country of Publication
United States
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