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Words on Bathroom Walls

By: Julia Walton
Narrated by: Christopher Gebauer, Robert Fass, Julia Walton
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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

©2017 Julia Walton (P)2018 Listening Library Dating & Sex Depression Depression & Mental Health Difficult Situations Emotions & Feelings Family & Relationships Literature & Fiction Mental Health Dating Health Funny Heartfelt Witty Feel-Good Mental Health Teens

Critic reviews

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 condition."—Publishers Weekly, starred review

"A welcome novel that doesn't treat schizophrenia as an unavoidable sentence of doom and that allots friendship and romance equal weight with mental illness."—Kirkus Reviews

"Walton does a brilliant job of giving a voice to a population that is often silenced."—Booklist

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this is a book I could read multiple times and I plan to. love it

love this

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I loved this book so much. The story grabs you and keeps you wanting to know more about the main character and every one in his life. Great writing!

Couldn’t stop!

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Great book. For those of us struggling, TRIGGER WARNING.
But you'll love the story. Thanks.

Trigger Warning

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I really enjoyed this book. The concept is very unique and interesting. I like how it brings attention to schizophrenia in the style of a teen romance.

10/10

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Made me more understanding to a family member who has schizophrenia. It’s still hard but now at least I understand. A little bit more than before.

Loved it ❤️❤️

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loved it, the narrator did such a great job felt like I was there in the moments

amazing!

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A definite must read! I was able to relate to this amazing book of fiction, however it is very relatable, honest and truth. It definitely shows how there was research done, or the author has a personal experience with mental illness and how in society it is treated as if it is taboo. This is a book I will most definitely be recommending to other people I know, as I will also be listening to it again!
Great book, & Subject Matter. Let's start a conversation & KEEP it going!

Absolutely Wonderful & Heartft

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Once I started I couldn’t stop! Great job with the balance between funny and serious!!!

Fabulous!

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Great book. Really loved the whole thing. Great description of Main character thoughts and good descriptions based on knowledge.

Great book

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Really enjoyed it. Appreciated how a female author was able to “get” a teenage boy’s mentality.

Enjoyed it

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