How I Made It to Eighteen: A Mostly True Story
How do you know if you're on the verge of a nervous breakdown? For seventeen-year-old Stacy Black, it all begins with the smashing of a window. After putting her fist through the glass, she checks into a mental hospital. Stacy hates it there but despite herself slowly realizes she has to face the reasons for her depression to stop from self-destructing.
Based on the author's experiences, How I Made it to Eighteen is a frank portrait of what it's like to struggle with self-esteem, body image issues, drug addiction, and anxiety.
How I Made It to Eighteen is a 2011 Bank Street — Best Children's Book of the Year.
- Author
- Tracy White
- Format
- hardcover
- Pages
- 151
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9781596434547
- Genres
- comics, fiction, teen
- Release date
- 2010
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