Tom Pollock

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Heartstream

Aprilynne Pike

Amber Benson

Kimberly McCreight

Dan Wells

Maureen Johnson

Ellen Hopkins

Amy Reed

Francesca Lia Block

Jessica Burkhart

Robison Wells

E. Kristin Anderson

Sarah Fine

Rachel M. Wilson

Kelly Fiore-Stultz

Scott Neumyer

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Hannah Moskowitz

Tara Kelly

Candace Ganger

Cindy L. Rodriguez

Sara Zarr

Megan Kelley Hall

Melissa Marr

Crissa-Jean Chappell

Cynthia Hand

Cyn Balog

Francisco X. Stork

Wendy Toliver

Karen Mahoney

Lauren Oliver

Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental illness in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores everything from ADD to PTSD. Have you ever felt like you just couldn’t get out of bed? Not the occasional morning, but every day? Do you find yourself listening to a voice in your head that says “you’re not good enough,” “not good looking enough,” “not thin enough,” or “not smart enough”? Have you ever found yourself unable to do homework or pay attention in class unless everything is “just so” on your desk? Everyone has had days like that, but what if you have them every day? You’re not alone. Millions of people are going through similar things. However issues around mental health still tend to be treated as something shrouded in shame or discussed in whispers. It’s easier to have a broken bone—something tangible that can be “fixed”—than to have a mental illness, and easier to have a discussion about sex than it is to have one about mental health. Life Inside My Mind is an anthology of true-life events from writers of this generation, for this generation. These essays tackle everything from neurodiversity to addiction to OCD to PTSD and much more. The goals of this book range from providing home to those who are feeling alone, awareness to those who are witnessing a friend or family member struggle, and to open the floodgates to conversation. Participating writers include E.K. Anderson, J.L. Armentrout, Cyn Balog, Amber Benson, Francesca Lia Block, Jessica Burkhart, Crissa Chappell, Sarah Fine, Kelly Fiore, Candace Ganger, Meghan Kelley Hall, Cynthia Hand, Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, Tara Kelly, Karen Mahoney, Melissa Marr, Kim McCreight, Hannah Moskowitz, Scott Neumyer, Lauren Oliver, Aprilynne Pike, Tom Pollack, Amy Reed, Cindy Rodriquez, Francisco Stork, Wendy Tolliver, Rob Wells, Dan Wells, Rachel Wilson, and Sara Zarr.

31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles

Life Inside My Mind

Seventeen-year-old Pete Blankman is a maths prodigy. He also suffers from severe panic attacks. He takes refuge in the love and support of his family, but his life is crippled by fear. Then, the unthinkable happens. Pete discovers that his mother has been stabbed and his twin sister, Bel, is missing. Dragged into a world of espionage and violence where state and family secrets intertwine, can Pete's exceptional skills and instincts save him ?

White Rabbit, Red Wolf

Expelled from school, betrayed by her best friend and virtually ignored by her widowed father, Beth Bradley is introduced to the magic and wonder of a hidden London by Filius Viae, then helps him protect it from Reach, a malevolent god of urban decay who wants to claim the skyscraper throne for himself.

The City's Son

A YA thriller described as The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time meets John le Carré, about a teen math prodigy with an extreme anxiety disorder who finds himself caught in a web of lies and conspiracies after an assassination attempt on his mother. Seventeen-year-old Peter Blankman is a math genius. He also suffers from devastating panic attacks. Pete gets through each day with the help of his mother--a famous scientist--and his beloved twin sister, Bel. But when his mom is nearly assassinated in front of his eyes and Bel disappears, Pete finds himself on the run. Dragged into a world where state and family secrets intertwine, Pete must use his extraordinary analytical skills to find his missing sister and track down the people who attacked his mother. But his greatest battle will be with the enemy inside: the constant terror that threatens to overwhelm him. Weaving between Pete's past and present, This Story Is a Lie is a testimony from a protagonist who is brilliant, broken and trying to be brave.

This Story Is a Lie

Pen's life is all about secrets: the secret of the city's spirits, deities and monsters her best friend Beth discovered, living just beyond the notice of modern Londoners; the secret of how she got the intricate scars that disfigure her so cruelly - and the most closely guarded secret of all: Parva, her mirror-sister, forged from her reflections in a school bathroom mirror. Pen's reflected twin is the only girl who really understands her. Then Parva is abducted and Pen makes a terrible bargain for the means to track her down. In London-Under-Glass, looks are currency, and Pen's scars make her a rare and valuable commodity. But some in the reflected city will do anything to keep Pen from the secret of what happened to the sister who shared her face. The Glass Republic is the gripping sequel to The City's Son, and the second book of The Skyscraper Throne trilogy.

The Glass Republic

Peter est un adolescent rongé par l'angoisse. Virtuose en mathématiques, il ne trouve la paix que lorsqu'il est plongé dans les chiffres ou auprès de sa sœur jumelle, Anabel. Son monde bascule le jour où sa mère est poignardée presque sous ses yeux. Subitement projeté dans un monde d'espionnage et de violence où secrets d'État et de famille se mêlent, Peter n'a plus que son instinct et son génie pour s'en sortir. Un thriller psychologique où l'art de la révélation est brillamment maîtrisé: une expérience de lecture unique, pleine d'humour et d'émotion.

Le Théorème des labyrinthes

Ever since Beth Bradley found her way into a hidden London, the presence of its ruthless goddess, Mater Viae, has lurked in the background. Now Mater Viae has returned with deadly consequences. Streets are wracked by convulsions as muscles of wire and pipe go into spasm, bunching the city into a crippled new geography; pavements flare to thousand-degree fevers, incinerating pedestrians; and towers fall, their foundations decayed. As the city sickens, so does Beth - her essence now part of this secret London. But when it is revealed that Mater Viae's plans for dominion stretch far beyond the borders of the city, Beth must make a choice: flee, or sacrifice her city in order to save it. This edition contains bonus material!

Our Lady of the Streets

Peter (17, ik-figuur), een wiskundig genie, heeft last van paniekaanvallen. Tijdens zo'n aanval blijkt zijn moeder, een geniale wetenschapper, te zijn neergestoken en is Peters tweelingzus Anabel spoorloos verdwenen. Peter komt terecht in een wereld vol spionnen en weet niet wie hij kan vertrouwen. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar. `

Wit Konijn / Rode Wolf

Peter Blankman es brillante. Un adolescente genio de las matemáticas, que podría tener el mundo a sus pies... si no fuera por sus terribles ataques de pánico que hacen que la única forma de sobrevivir al día a día sea con la ayuda de su madre –una científica famosa– y de su hermana melliza. Pero ellas no podrán estar siempre ahí para salvarlo. Y cuando pierda su ancla y sea arrastrado a un mundo de traiciones y espionaje, deberá utilizar sus extraordinarias dotes analíticas para rastrear a las personas que destruyeron a su familia. Sin embargo, el enemigo más difícil de vencer será aquel que lo ataca desde adentro. Ese terror que constantemente amenaza con destruirlo.

Conejo blanco, lobo rojo

'An impeccably dark parable, endlessly inventive and utterly compelling' Mike Carey, author of The Girl with all the Gifts Welcome to the world of the Skyscraper Throne: a hidden London that lurks just beneath the surface of the city, full of marvels, magic . . . and menace. When seventeen-year-old graffiti artist Beth runs away from home, she doesn't suspect that beneath our London, lies a hidden world of creatures who live off the city, nor does she expect to find Filius Viae, the Urchin, the Son of the Streets, or to drag her friend Pen along with her. When war threatens to decimate this world Beth must decide - fight, or flee? This omnibus edition contains The City's Son, The Glass Republic and The Skyscraper Throne plus bonus material!

The Goddess of London is missing and now the hidden London lurking beneath the surface of the city is under threat of complete annihilation

The Skyscraper Throne

Biały królik, czerwony wilk

V podzemí Londýna je skryté město plné přízraků a zázraků, kde divocí vlakoduchové uhánějí po kolejích a tanečníci se skleněnou kůží ozařují ulice svými žhnoucími žílami. Právě takové místo objeví při svých toulkách metropolí nad Temží mladá Beth Bradleyová, středoškolačka právě vyhozená ze školy a fatálně zrazená svou nejlepší kamarádkou... To ještě netuší, že brzy bude muset k záchraně "Jiného Londýna" naverbovat naprosto fantastickou armádu.Syn londýnské City je originálním románem z rodu městské fantasy, který ctí a přitom překračuje pravidla žánru a staví je do nového světla. Je také příběhem o rodině, přátelích a netvorech a o tom, jak těžké bývá někdy rozeznat, kdo je kdo. "V každém ohledu působivá kniha. Fantazie, s jakou Pollock znovuoživuje Londýn, je ohromující."Fantasy Book Review. Tom Pollock studoval filozofii a ekonomii na Edinburské univerzitě; na univerzitě v Sussexu absolvoval tvůrčí psaní. Žije v Londýně, je členem britského uskupení The T-Party, což není politické hnutí, ale okruh autorů žánrové literatury. Jeho Synlondýnské City (2012) je prvním dílem trilogie Mrakodrapový trůn, kterou dále tvoří romány The Glass Republic (2013, Skleněná republika) a Our Lady of Streets (2014, Panna Marie ulic).

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