The F-It List by Julie Halpern6/24/2023 an appealingly comic cousin of Carolyn Mackler's The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things.” -Kirkus Reviews Many teens will connect with the vague anxiety that lands Anna in treatment as well as her subtle, realistic sense that her life is her own to value and shape.” -Booklist “Debut author Halpern drew from her own teen experiences with depression, and Anne's voice, filled with spot-on musings, sarcasm, slang, and swearing, is uproariously funny and authentic. a never-didactic message about emotional growth and psychic healing.” -Kirkus Reviews Best Young-Adult Books 2007 That's the welcome, endearing product Julie Halpern offers readers. With Anna down the hall, landing in the ‘loony bin' just might be a whole lot of fun.” -Chicago Tribune “ is endearing as a caustic damsel in distress. As the novel progresses, readers will get a kick out of Anna's snarky sense of humor and her capacity for self-renewal.” -Publishers Weekly “An upbeat story that offers a hype-free, realistic look inside a teen ward. “I completely fell in love with Anna Bloom's voice-it's wry, romantic, and so, so true.” -Gabrielle Zevin, author of Elsewhere
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