For Craig Gilner, Gaining acceptance into the elite Executive Pre-Professional High School in Manhattan is not the end de son problems, The Beginning purpose only. All the studying, the cramming, the all-nighters he pulled to get high marks in His old high school entrance exam and ace His sccm now mediocre, at best, At His new school. Craig realizes quite early On That he's not brilliant, he's not at the top class de son - he is, in fact, average. For a guy Who Worked as hard as Craig About did, with Such obsessive determination, this is a blow not just to His ego goal to His Very soulful.
Craig soon finds himself Unable to eat, Unable to sleep, Unable to find joy in just about everything. As he realizes he's Clinically depressed, he tells His shrink - sorry, psychiatrist - that His only joy in life comes from peeing. Yes, peeing. You go in, you get it done, you Accomplish what you set out to do, and you're finished. It's pretty sad That going to the bathroom Seems to be the highlight de son day (ET Even marriages Each trip to stretch out to about five minutes), it's goal aussi the Truth.
Dr. Minerva, for $ 120 / hour, is Attempting to help Craig Figure out exactly why he's depressed and how to Overcome it. Goal Craig was no follow Thrives complexity of life; for _him_, life is a nightmare. And as His depression leads to thoughts of suicide, he's surprised to find Not Even That There's an 800 number he can call. And After Taking the plunge and calling 1-800-SUICIDE Craig hikes over to the local emergency room at the hospital, Where He meets Dr. Mahmoud (who is not a terrorist).
From there, Craig is checked into a psychiatric hospital, and he meets a motley crew of patients who, amazingly enough, to Become better friends than the ones he _him_ HAD Went in before he ever Were. For Craig, being white in the hospital just might save not only His Life, His purpose sanity and his will to keep on keeping on.
IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY is a great read. Filled with issues plague That has wide number of teens today, the author managed HAS to take sensitive topics and deal with 'em in a humorous way that never Seems disrespectful. A very enjoyable, thought-provoking read.
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
