Sara and the Search for Normal - Hardcover

King, Wesley

 
9781534421134: Sara and the Search for Normal
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1534421130 ISBN 13: 9781534421134
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2020

Synopsis

"Readers will appreciate [Sara] as good literary company even as they develop sympathy for her struggles." --BCCB
"It's the vivid, insightful depiction of Sara's internal struggles that readers will remember." --Booklist
"A must-buy." --School Library Journal (starred review)

In this prequel to the Edgar Award-winning OCDaniel, fan-favorite Sara quests for "normal" and finds something even better along the way.

Sara's Rules to be Normal

1. Stop taking your pills
19. Make a friend
137. Don't put mayonnaise on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

Sara wants one thing: to be normal. What she has instead are multiple diagnoses from Dr. Ring. Sara's constant battle with False Alarm--what she calls panic attacks--and other episodes cause her to isolate herself. She rarely speaks, especially not at school, and so she doesn't have any friends. But when she starts group therapy she meets someone new. Talkative and outgoing Erin doesn't believe in "normal," and Sara finds herself in unfamiliar territory: at the movies, at a birthday party, and with someone to tell about her crush--in short, with a friend. But there's more to Erin than her cheerful exterior, and Sara begins to wonder if helping Erin will mean sacrificing their friendship.

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About the Author

Wesley King is the author of over a dozen novels for young readers. His debut, OCDaniel, is an Edgar Award winner, a Canada Silver Birch Award winner, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, and received a starred review from Booklist. The companion novel, Sara and the Search for Normal, received a starred review from School Library Journal and was the recipient of the Violet Downey Book Award and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award. King has also written The Incredible Space Raiders from Space!, A World Below, Butt Sandwich & Tree, Benny on the Case, and Kobe Bryant's New York Times bestselling Wizenard series. He lives in Newfoundland.

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Publisher
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1534421130
ISBN 13 
9781534421134
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
272

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ISBN 10:  1534421149 ISBN 13:  9781534421141
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