It's Kind of a Funny Story
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It's Kind of a Funny Story
by Ned Vizzini
- 9 Ratings
- 94 Want to read
- 7 Currently reading
- 24 Have read
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It's Kind of a Funny Story
by Ned Vizzini
- 9 Ratings
- 94 Want to read
- 7 Currently reading
- 24 Have read
Previews available in: English
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.
Subjects
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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- Created May 6, 2010
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