Life inside my mind : 31 authors share their personal struggles / edited by Jessica Burkhart.

Book

First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.

New York : Simon Pulse, 2018.

viii, 309 pages ; 22 cm

Thirty-one young adult authors write candidly about mental health crises, either their own or that of someone very close to them. Ranging from humorous to heartbreaking to hopeful, each story has a uniquely individual approach to the set of circumstances that the writer is dealing with.

Ages 14 up.

Mental illness -- Juvenile literature.

Mental illness -- Biography.

Burkhart, Jessica, editor.

Container of (work): Johnson, Maureen, 1973- Stupid monsters and child surgeons.

Container of (work): Wells, Robison E. Twenty pills.

Container of (work): Oliver, Lauren, 1982- Light and dark.

Container of (work): Armentrout, Jennifer L. Escape clause.

Container of (work): Reed, Amy Lynn. Twins.

Container of (work): Pike, Aprilynne. Emphasis on the C.

Container of (work): Wilson, Rachel M. I am not this.

Container of (work): Wells, Dan, 1977- Girl in the kitchen.

Container of (work): Benson, Amber, 1977- Therapy.

Container of (work): Anderson, E. Kristin, 1982- This is how you unravel.

Container of (work): Fine, Sarah. Some stuff.

Container of (work): Fiore-Stultz, Kelly. Beyond the bottom.

Container of (work): Hopkins, Ellen. All I see is hope.

Container of (work): Neumyer, Scott. This thing inside me.

Container of (work): Chappell, Crissa-Jean. OCD. My tentacled monster.

Container of (work): Block, Francesca Lia. Dirk.

Container of (work): Kelly, Tara. Waiting for the bad.

Container of (work): McCreight, Kimberly. Numb.

Stupid monsters and child surgeons / Maureen Johnson -- Twenty pills / Robison Wells -- Light and dark / Lauren Oliver -- Escape clause / Jennifer L. Armentrout -- Twins / Amy Reed -- Emphasis on the C / Aprilynne Pike -- I am not this / Rachel M. Wilson -- The girl in the kitchen / Dan Wells -- Therapy: the gift I gave myself / Amber Benson -- This is how you unravel / E. Kristin Anderson -- Some stuff / Sarah Fine -- Beyond the bottom / Kelly Fiore-Stultz -- All I see is hope / Ellen Hopkins -- This thing inside me / Scott Neumyer -- OCD: my tentacled monster / Crissa-Jean Chappell -- Dirk / Francesca Lia Block -- Waiting for the bad / Tara Kelly -- Numb / Kimberly McCreight -- My depression: a rock and a hard place / Megan Kelley Hall -- Everything and anything / Hanna Moskowitz -- Better than normal / Karen Mahoney -- What if? / Tom Pollock -- Objects in the mirror... / Cyn Balog -- How to deal with me... and my PTSD / Melissa Marr -- Life by the slice / Wendy Toliver -- I'm a survivor / Cindy L. Rodriguez -- Anxiety, the weed / Candace Ganger -- By any means necessary / Sara Zarr -- Put on a happy face / Cynthia Hand -- My two-headed monster friend / Francisco X. Stork -- It all ends here / Jessica Burkhart.

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