Schizo
A novel
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4.5 • 47 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
The fascinating, shocking, and ultimately quite hopeful story of one teen’s downward spiral into mental illness by the bestselling author of Tweak.
Miles’s little brother Teddy is missing. The police believe he drowned at the beach—the very same day Miles had his first schizophrenic episode. But Miles knows better—Teddy is alive. Kidnapped. There was even a witness! Fueled by guilt, Miles sets off to rescue Teddy.
There is so much to overcome, though. The endless pills he must take. The girl who steals his heart and plays with it. The black crows that follow him.
As seen through Miles’s distorted perception, his world closes around him as he pushes to keep it open. What you think you know about his world is actually a blur of gray, though, and the sharp focus of reality proves startling.
The New York Times bestselling author of Tweak, son of David Sheff (author of Beautiful Boy, the memoir adapted into a movie of the same name starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet), Nic Sheff offers a fascinating and ultimately quite hopeful story of one teen’s downward spiral into mental illness.
Praise for SCHIZO:
Included in CNN.com's roundup of "new titles to feed your YA addiction"
“Readers fascinated by the dark side of the human mind in realistic fiction will enjoy this deft portrayal of a brain and a life spiraling out of control. Miles is an endearing character whose difficult journey will generate compassion and hope.” –School Library Journal
“[T]he crafting of the plot and the convergence of the different storylines keeps pages turning. Schizo is a thrilling read for teens.” –VOYA
"[A}n insightful perspective on one teen’s struggle with mental illness." —Publishers Weekly
"Miles's clipped first-person narration is immediate and intimate." —Horn Book
"[A] heartbreaking story, but particularly important in the climate around mental illness today." –Bustle.com
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Sixteen-year-old Miles has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and he explains to readers that he had his first delusion on the same day that his younger brother, Teddy, disappeared from a San Francisco beach. While Teddy is presumed to have drowned, Miles believes a witness who claims he was kidnapped and becomes obsessed with the idea that "Teddy is out there. It's up to me to bring him home." After Miles flushes his pills, the voices in the head take him down a dangerous, self-destructive path. In his first novel, memoirist Sheff (Tweak) provides an insightful perspective on one teen's struggle with mental illness, including the challenges of finding the right medications to treat his condition. Sheff's spare writing style, combined with descriptions of San Francisco's foggy skies and Miles's own neglected home that "lets in water when it rains," creates a mood of isolation and desperation that permeates the story. While the ending wraps up a bit neatly with a rather cinematic revelation, it also provides a welcome note of hope after Miles's hard-fought quest for peace. Ages 14 up.
Customer Reviews
Good read
This was a pretty good book . Nic sheff has a good choice of words and makes a vivid picture in your mind of what your reading . Would have been better if it was longer . Other than that it was a solid read
HOPE!!!
Amazing read… heartfelt and real! This story could be mimicked in any teenager or young adult with severe mental illnesses. Classic, real, raw, and HOPEFUL!!!
Couldn't put it down.
I read Tweak and loved every bit of it, and expected the same from this book. It didn't let me down. :)