Julia Walton

Adam has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia. He sees and hears people who aren't there- Rebecca, a beautiful girl who understands him; the Mob Boss, who harasses him; and Jason, the naked guy who's unfailingly polite. It should be easy to separate the real from the not real, but Adam can't. Still, there's hope. As Adam starts fresh at a new school, he begins a drug trial that helps him ignore his visions. Suddenly everything seems possible, even love. When he meets Maya, a fiercely intelligent girl, he desperately wants to be the great guy that she thinks he is. But then the miracle drug begins to fail, and Adam will do anything to keep Maya from discovering his secret. "A brutal, beautiful book that sits right beside The Perks of Being a Wallflower and I'll Give You the Sun." --Jennifer Longo, author of Up to This Pointe "This book reminds me of A Monster Calls. I saved the final twenty pages for the next day because I didn't want Adam's story to end." --Peter Brown Hoffmeister, author of This Is the Part Where You Laugh

Words on Bathroom Walls

Seventeen-year-old Phoebe Townsend created her blog, The Circle in the Square, as a place for her research into sex, and now she answers other teens' questions while trying to stay anonymous, but as the number of her followers rises, Phoebe finds herself exposed to the darker side of social media.

On the Subject of Unmentionable Things

That was the first rule for life that Leo's Greek grandmother, Yia Yia, gave him before she died. But Leo's anxiety just caused a fight at school, and though he didn't lie, he wasn't exactly honest about how it all went down--how he went down. Now Leo's father thinks a self-defense class is exactly what his son needs to "man up." But Leo would much rather knit, crochet, or take photographs instead. Still, he obliges. "Leave the Paros family alone." That was Yia Yia's second rule for life. But who does Leo see sitting at the front desk of the local gym? Evey Paros, great grand-daughter to the woman who supposedly cursed his family with bad luck. Seeing as Leo is desperate to enroll in anything but self-defense class, Evey cuts him a deal- she'll secretly enroll him in hot yoga instead--for a price. But what could the brilliant, ruthless, forbidden Evey Paros want from Leo? Sharp as a needle and compulsively readable, Just Our Luck is as funny as it is heartwarming. Readers will root for Leo as he picks up the threads of his life and takes charge of his own destiny.

Just Our Luck

Mensajes en las paredes del baño

Quello che tu non vedi

V napínavém psychologickém příběhu o šestnáctiletém chlapci trpícím schizofrenií, zbavuje autorka tuto nemoc její děsivosti a přibližuje ji čtenářům formou velmi věrohodných postav a dobře postaveného děje. Inteligentní a vtipný Adam si právě vyslechl svou diagnózu: trpí schizofrenií. Vidí a slyší lidi, kteří neexistují, realitu a vidiny nedokáže rozlišit. Když začne chodit do nové školy, doufá, že se o jeho nemoci noví spolužáci nedozvědí. A zdá se, že nové léky mu toto přání splní. Adamovi jako by narůstala křídla. Zamiluje se do chytré Mayi a ona jeho city opětuje! Najednou jako by opravdu mohl být tím úplně normálním klukem, za kterého ho Maya považuje. Jenže zázračný preparát začne selhávat... Adam se zoufale snaží uchovat před dívkou své tajemství, ovšem situace se mu pomalu, ale jistě vymyká z rukou. Jak se dokáže vyrovnat s tím, že jeho život nikdy nebude normální? Jak přijmout sebe samého jako nemocného člověka? Realistický román psaný formou deníku. Nakladatelská anotace. Kráceno.

Vzkaz na zdi záchodků

From the author of Words on Bathroom Walls--now a major motion picture--comes a romance in the spirit of Dear Evan Hansen about overcoming anxiety--and about finding love and friendship in unlikely places. ★ A masterpiece --Kirkus, starred review Bad luck follows lies. That was the first rule for life that Leo's Greek grandmother, Yia Yia, gave him before she died. But Leo's anxiety just caused a fight at school, and though he didn't lie, he wasn't exactly honest about how it all went down . . . how he went down. Now Leo's father thinks a self-defense class is exactly what his son needs to man up. Leave the Paros family alone. That was Yia Yia's second rule for life. But who does Leo see sitting at the front desk of the local gym? Evey Paros, whose family supposedly cursed Leo's with bad luck. Seeing that Leo is desperate to enroll in anything but self-defense class, Evey cuts him a deal: she'll secretly enroll him in hot yoga instead--for a price. But what could the brilliant, ruthless, forbidden Evey Paros want from Leo? Sharp, honest, and compulsively readable, Just Our Luck is as funny as it is heartwarming. A feel-good story, with shades of Holes and The Karate Kid --Bulletin

Eigentlich sollte es einfach sein, Einbildung und Wirklichkeit zu trennen. Doch für Adam, der auf eine Highschool in den USA geht, ist dies eine schier unlösbare Aufgabe, denn er leidet unter Schizophrenie. Er sieht Menschen, die nicht existieren – zum Beispiel Rebecca, eine schöne junge Frau, die ihn wie eine Schwester versteht, oder einen tyrannischen Mafiaboss mit seiner Tommy Gun. Aber ein neues experimentelles Medikament gibt ihm Hoffnung. Jetzt scheint alles möglich – sogar die Liebe zur ungestümen, gnadenlos intelligenten Maya. Für sie will er der großartige Mensch sein, den sie in ihm sieht. Doch dann verliert das Wundermedikament seine Wirkung, und Adam unternimmt alles, um sein Geheimnis vor Maya zu bewahren ...

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