Me Being Me Is Exactly as Insane as You Being You
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Publisher Description
John Greenmeets 500 Days of SummermeetsNick Hornby.
Darren hasn't had an easy year. His parents divorced, his brother left for college, and his best friend moved state. Also, he still doesn't have a girlfriend.
Then his dad shows up at 6am with a glazed chocolate donut and a pretty world-shaking revelation. In full freak-out mode, Darren ditches school and jumps on a bus to visit his brother, Nate, at college. But someone weird / amazing comes along for the ride.
Told entirely in lists, this hilarious novel perfectly captures why having anything to do with anyone is:
1. painful
2. unavoidable
3. ridiculously complicated
4. possibly, hopefully, the right thing after all.
'Entirely terrific' How I Met Your Motherstar, Josh Radnor
'Sweet, acerbically funny, and often painfully honest tone'Publishers Weekly
'This novel exemplifies everything that is exciting and refreshing about contemporary YA, its fearlessness and unabashed honesty, its agony and ecstasy' welovethisbook.com
'Hasak-Lowy really gets what it is to be a teen'VOYA
'A powerful stream of consciousness'Booklist
Praise for Todd Hasak-Lowy:
'Funny, fast-paced and poignant' R. J. Palacio, author of Wonder
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Darren's father shows up before school one morning and informs Darren that he's gay. This sends 15-year-old Darren into a tailspin of wondering about his parents' former marriage, and what this means for him and his older brother, Nate. With Nate's approval, Darren leaves school to visit his brother at the University of Michigan much to his parents' chagrin. When Zooey, an intense girl from school, unexpectedly tags along with him, Darren fumbles his way into a romance and is reassured about his own sexuality (since his father's confession, he has wondered if he's gay, too). Hasak-Lowy (33 Minutes) presents Darren's ruminations and experiences entirely via a series of numbered lists written in a deadpan third-person voice (a hookup scene is entitled "6 Things They Do," with entries that include Kiss, Breathe, Finish, and Pass Out). As Darren struggles to gain some form of control over events in his life and negotiate his preconceptions about homosexuality, Hasak-Lowy maintains a sweet, acerbically funny, and often painfully honest tone. Ages 14 up.