Words On Bathroom Walls Random House

Julia walton is the author of the award winning words on bathroom walls.

Words on bathroom walls random house.

Soon to be a major motion picture starring charlie plummer annasophia robb and taylor russell. His worry of being found out at his new school is very real. Julia lives with her husband and children in huntington beach california. An ala yalsa best book for young adults a bank street best children s book of the year kansas national education association reading circle catalog selection book of the year rhode island teen book award nominee a cbc s 2 teen choice book awards nominee creates a psychologically tense story with sympathetic characters while dispelling myths about a much feared.

About words on bathroom walls. Words on bathroom walls captures the isolation of mental illness. Soon to be a major motion picture starring charlie plummer annasophia robb and taylor russell. Words on bathroom walls follows a similar storyline to the classic flowers for algernon and is a gripping gritty trek through the reality of being a teenager with a severe mental illness.

Despite heavy subject matter adam is hilarious and infinitely lovable and the ending is hopeful and realistic rather than happily ever after and contrived. Echoing the premise and structure of flowers for algernon this frank and inspiring novel shows how a. She received an mfa in creative writing from chapman university and ba in history from uc irvine. Adam is abandoned by all his friends at his old school after he has an episode.

Sensitive well acted and solidly directed words on bathroom walls is an admirable addition to a genre that too rarely does justice to its worthy themes. Words on bathroom walls. When you can t trust your mind trust your heart. Random house 17 99 304p isbn 978 0 399 55088 1.

Penguin random house south africa. Fans of more happy than not and the perks of being a wallflower will cheer for adam in this uplifting and surprisingly funny story of a boy living with schizophrenia. He sees and hears things he shouldn t and if only he were harry potter these visions would actually be real.