Be More Chill : Broadway Tie - By Ned Vizzini ( Paperback )

About the Book

"Includes photos from the Broadway musical" -- cover.

Book Synopsis

The groundbreaking novel that inspired the Tony-nominated Broadway musical!
Jeremy Heere is your average high school dork. Day after day, he stares at beautiful Christine, the girl he can never have, and dryly notes the small humiliations that come his way. Until the day he learns about the squip.
A pill-sized supercomputer that you swallow, the squip is guaranteed to bring you whatever you most desire in life. By instructing him on everything from what to wear, to how to talk and walk, the squip transforms Jeremy from geek to the coolest guy in class. Soon he is friends with his former tormentors and has the attention of the hottest girls in school.
But Jeremy discovers that there is a dark side to handing over control of your life--and it can have disastrous consequences.
This modern-day classic by New York Times best-selling author Ned Vizzini contains photos from the Broadway musical; an introduction by the Broadway showcreators, Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz; and an afterword by New York Times best-selling author David Levithan.

Review Quotes

PRAISE FOR IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY

* Intimate, real, funny, ironic. . . . This book offers hope in a package that readers will find enticing.--Booklist (starred review)

PRAISE FOR IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY

It's terrific: funny, incisive, disarming.--New York Magazine

Be More Chill updates the classic nerd-who-yearns-for-popularity story by adding a sci-fi twist.--The New York Times

A fresh, spontaneous, and original voice. . . . It's fun, wacky, outrageous. I just couldn't stop reading.--Judy Blume

Quirky, Funny, and Dead-on...imagine Holden Caulfield with internet access.--New York Post

PRAISE FOR IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY

A book about depression that's not the least bit depressing.--Teen Vogue

PRAISE FOR IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY

Funny. . . . [Vizzini] supplies personal insights and a clever, self-deprecating tone that make the book an entertaining read.--The Washington Post

PRAISE FOR IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY

The wise, witty narrator and sensitive handling of a hot topic should win over older teens--and their parents.--People

Bitingly funny.--Booklist

2004 Today Show Book Club Pick2005 ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers2004 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books for Teens2005 New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age

About The Author

Ned Vizzini began writing for TheNew York Press at the age of fifteen. At nineteen, he had his first book published, Teen Angst? Naaah. . . . He was also author of three other books for young adults including The Other Normals, Be More Chill, the first young adult novel ever chosen as a Today Show Book Club pick, and which is the basis of the musical of the same name, and It's Kind of a Funny Story, which NPR named #56 of the 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels of all time and which is the basis of the film of the same name. The last novel published before his death, House of Secrets, was a middle-grade fantasy novels co-written with filmmaker Chris Columbus; it debuted on the New York Times best-seller list.
Ned's stories often drew on his struggles with anxiety and depression, yet they had a strong comic bent. His fans appreciated his honesty and sense of humor. He was also very generous to other writers. In 2005, he started the Barnes & Noble Teen Writers Workshops, which he ran until 2012.