Words on Bathroom Walls
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4.6 • 134 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Now a Major Motion Picture starring Charlie Plummer, AnnaSophia Robb, and Taylor Russell!
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.
When you can't trust your mind, trust your heart.
Adam is a pretty regular teen, except he's navigating high school life while living with paranoid schizophrenia. His hallucinations include a cast of characters that range from the good (beautiful Rebecca) to the bad (angry Mob Boss) to the just plain weird (polite naked guy).
An experimental drug promises to help him hide his illness from the world. When Adam meets Maya, a fiercely intelligent girl, he desperately wants to be the normal, great guy that she thinks he is. But as the miracle drug begins to fail, how long can he keep this secret from the girl of his dreams?
"Echoing the premise and structure of Flowers for Algernon, this [is a] frank and inspiring novel." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
Don't miss Just Our Luck, another stunning book by Julia Walton. Coming in 2020!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Echoing the premise and structure of Flowers for Algernon, this frank and inspiring novel shows how a teen's life changes after he is given an experimental medication to treat symptoms of schizophrenia. Since age 12, Adam has been tormented by voices and hallucinations. He's lost friends, as well as the hope that he'll ever be normal. Now that he's 16 and has started a clinical trial for miracle drug ToZaPrex, things are changing. Adam still hears voices and hallucinates, but for the first time, he can delineate what's real and what's not, and that makes all the difference. His journal entries, written to his therapist during the drug trial, draw readers into the mind of an intelligent, witty young man as he embraces the pleasures of finding a new friend, being accepted on an academic team, and winning a girl's heart. But as the quality of Adam's life improves, so do his anxieties. First-time author Walton creates a psychologically tense story with sympathetic characters while dispelling myths about a much-feared condition. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
MUST READ!! No spoilers.
I started this book senior year in high school and never got to finish before graduating.. never left my mind though and I finished it 2 years later and I wish I would’ve bought it myself sooner!!! UGH I need a sequel Mrs.Julia !! Beautiful work girl this book got me back into reading. Thank you!!
Amazing and powerful
I read the book the I watched the movie. Wonderful commentary of the book and movie. I rate this book a five star rating because it is a great book for ages 13+ and for young adults.
Just WOW
This book has completely changed my outlook on mental health issues
Simply beautiful and a life alerting book to me, I will forever be conscious