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The art of insanity / Christine Webb.
"Putting up a front and hiding her mental illness from her classmates is going to be the hardest thing high schooler Natalie Cordova has ever done. It's her senior year, and she's just been selected to present her artwork at a prestigious show. With the stress of performing on her shoulders, it doesn't help when Natalie notices a boy who makes her heart leap. And then there's fellow student Ella, who confronts Natalie about her summer car "accident" and pressures her into caring for the world's ugliest dog. Now Natalie finds herself juggling all kinds of feels and responsibilities. Surely her newly prescribed medication is to blame for the funk she finds herself in. But as Natalie's plan to self-treat unravels, so does the perfect facade she's been painting for everyone else."-From inside front cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781682634578
- ISBN: 1682634574
- Physical Description: 343 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Atlanta, GA : Peachtree Teen, an imprint of Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes list of crisis and mental health resources. |
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| Subject: | People with bipolar disorder > Fiction. Artists > Fiction. Mental illness > Fiction. Friendship > Fiction. Truthfulness and falsehood > Fiction. |
| Genre: | School fiction. Social problem fiction. Young adult fiction. |
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Summary
The Art of Insanity
High schooler Natalie Cordova has just been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. Her mom insists she keep it secret. Putting up a front and hiding her mental illness from her classmates is going to be the hardest thing high schooler Natalie Cordova has ever done. It's her senior year, and she's just been selected to present her artwork at a prestigious show. With the stress of performing on her shoulders, it doesn't help when Natalie notices a boy who makes her heart leap. And then there's fellow student Ella, who confronts Natalie about her summer car "accident" and pressures her into caring for the world's ugliest dog. Now Natalie finds herself juggling all kinds of feels and responsibilities. Surely her newly prescribed medication is to blame for the funk she finds herself in. But as Natalie's plan to self-treat unravels, so does the perfect fa ade she's been painting for everyone else. Written from experience, this heartfelt and candid contemporary YA novel explores the stigma surrounding mental illness and offers an uplifting narrative of resilience.
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