Be More Chill-Broadway Tie-In - Softcover

Vizzini, Ned

Softcover

ISBN 10: 136805241X ISBN 13: 9781368052412

Publisher: Disney Hyperion, 2019

Synopsis

The groundbreaking novel that inspired the Tony-nominated Broadway musical!
Jeremy Heere is your average high school dork. Day after day, he stares at beautiful Christine, the girl he can never have, and dryly notes the small humiliations that come his way. Until the day he learns about the "squip."
A pill-sized supercomputer that you swallow, the squip is guaranteed to bring you whatever you most desire in life. By instructing him on everything from what to wear, to how to talk and walk, the squip transforms Jeremy from geek to the coolest guy in class. Soon he is friends with his former tormentors and has the attention of the hottest girls in school.
But Jeremy discovers that there is a dark side to handing over control of your life--and it can have disastrous consequences.
This modern-day classic by New York Times best-selling author Ned Vizzini contains photos from the Broadway musical; an introduction by the Broadway showcreators, Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz; and an afterword by New York Times best-selling author David Levithan.

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Review:

2004 Today Show Book Club Pick2005 ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers2004 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books for Teens2005 New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age

"Bitingly funny."--Booklist

"Be More Chill updates the classic nerd-who-yearns-for-popularity story by adding a sci-fi twist."--The New York Times

"Quirky, Funny, and Dead-on imagine Holden Caulfield with internet access."--New York Post

"A fresh, spontaneous, and original voice. . . . It's fun, wacky, outrageous. I just couldn't stop reading."--Judy Blume

PRAISE FOR IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY

* "Filled with humor and pathos."--School Library Journal (starred review)

PRAISE FOR IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY

"Insightful and utterly authentic. . . . This is an important book."--The New York Times Book Review

About the Author:

Ned Vizzini began writing for The New York Press at the age of fifteen. At nineteen, he had his first book published, Teen Angst? Naaah. . . . He was also author of three other books for young adults including The Other Normals, Be More Chill, the first young adult novel ever chosen as a Today Show Book Club pick, and which is the basis of the musical of the same name, and It's Kind of a Funny Story, which NPR named #56 of the "100 Best-Ever Teen Novels" of all time and which is the basis of the film of the same name. The last novel published before his death, House of Secrets, was a middle-grade fantasy novels co-written with filmmaker Chris Columbus; it debuted on the New York Times best-seller list.
Ned's stories often drew on his struggles with anxiety and depression, yet they had a strong comic bent. His fans appreciated his honesty and sense of humor. He was also very generous to other writers. In 2005, he started the Barnes & Noble Teen Writers Workshops, which he ran until 2012.

About this edition

• Publisher: Disney Hyperion
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 136805241X
• ISBN 13: 9781368052412
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320