Made you up
By: Francesca Zappia
Location: FIC ZAP
Genre: Mental health issues -Young Adult
First of all- the cover- oh the cover!!! Then a 4.1 rating with 12,000 reviews on Goodreads, just saying that is immense!
Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be—sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. Made You Up tells the story of Alex, a high school senior unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion. Funny, provoking, and ultimately moving, this debut novel featuring the quintessential unreliable narrator will have readers turning the pages and trying to figure out what is real and what is made up.
Alex fights a daily battle to figure out the difference between reality and delusion. Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8-Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. She’s pretty optimistic about her chances until classes begin, and she runs into Miles. Didn't she imagine him? Before she knows it, Alex is making friends, going to parties, falling in love, and experiencing all the usual rites of passage for teenagers. But Alex is used to being crazy. She’s not prepared for normal.
Location: FIC ZAPGenre: Mental health issues -Young Adult
First of all- the cover- oh the cover!!! Then a 4.1 rating with 12,000 reviews on Goodreads, just saying that is immense!
Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be—sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. Made You Up tells the story of Alex, a high school senior unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion. Funny, provoking, and ultimately moving, this debut novel featuring the quintessential unreliable narrator will have readers turning the pages and trying to figure out what is real and what is made up.
“People say teenagers think they're immortal, and
I agree with that. But I think there's a difference between thinking
you're immortal and knowing you can survive. Thinking you're immortal
leads to arrogance, thinking you deserve the best. Surviving means
having the worst thrown at you and being able to continue on despite
that. It means striving for what you want most, even when it seems our
of your reach, even when everything is working against you.”
Francesca Zappia,
Made You Up
Alex fights a daily battle to figure out the difference between reality and delusion. Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8-Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. She’s pretty optimistic about her chances until classes begin, and she runs into Miles. Didn't she imagine him? Before she knows it, Alex is making friends, going to parties, falling in love, and experiencing all the usual rites of passage for teenagers. But Alex is used to being crazy. She’s not prepared for normal.
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