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