"Foreword by New York Times best-selling author Rachel Cohn"--Cover Text copyright 2006 by Ned Vizzini; Foreword copyright 2015 by Rachel Cohn.--Title page verso Includes excerpt from author's, "Be More Chill" (9 pages at the end of the book)
Summary:
Ambitious New York City teenager Craig Gilner is determined to succeed at life - which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job. But once Craig aces his way into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School, the pressure becomes unbearable. He stops eating and sleeping until, one night, he nearly kills himself. Craig's suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety
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