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(Don't) Call Me Crazy - by Kelly Jensen (Paperback)
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Highlights
- A Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2018 Who's Crazy?
- Schneider Family Book Award (Teen) 2019 3rd Winner
- 240 Pages
- Young Adult Nonfiction, Social Topics
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About the Book
In this conversation starter, 33 writers, athletes, and artists offer essays, lists, comics, and illustrations that explore their personal experiences with mental illness, how to talk and not talk about mental health, help for better understanding how every person's brain is wired differently, and more. Illustrations.Book Synopsis
A Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2018 Who's Crazy? What does it mean to be crazy? Is using the word crazy offensive? What happens when a label like that gets attached to your everyday experiences? To understand mental health, we need to talk openly about it. Because there's no single definition of crazy, there's no single experience that embodies it, and the word itself means different things--wild? extreme? disturbed? passionate?--to different people. In (Don't) Call Me Crazy, thirty-three actors, athletes, writers, and artists offer essays, lists, comics, and illustrations that explore a wide range of topics:their personal experiences with mental illness,
how we do and don't talk about mental health,
help for better understanding how every person's brain is wired differently,
and what, exactly, might make someone crazy. If you've ever struggled with your mental health, or know someone who has, come on in, turn the pages . . . and let's get talking. This award-winning anthology is from the highly-praised editor of Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World and Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy.
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Review Quotes
A Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2018 "Jensen has brought together sharp and vivid perspectives concerning mental-health challenges. Featuring writers such as Shaun David Hutchinson, Libba Bray, Adam Silvera and Esmé Weijun Wang, this book asks questions and provides real-life experiences and hope for the future."
--Washington Post, "Best Children's Books of 2018" "This (crucially!) diverse essay collection spans race, gender, sexual orientation, career, and age to hopefully reduce the stigma around mental illness."
--Bustle "Empowering . . . deeply resonant . . . With this diverse array of contributors offering a stunning wealth of perspectives on mental health, teens looking for solidarity, comfort, or information will certainly be able to find something that speaks to them. Resources and further reading make this inviting, much-needed resource even richer."
--Booklist "Lively, compelling . . . the raw, informal approach to the subject matter will highly appeal to young people who crave understanding and validation . . . This highly readable and vital collection demonstrates the multiplicity of ways that mental health impacts individuals."
--Kirkus Reviews "Thought-provoking . . . Misconceptions about mental health still abound, making this honest yet hopeful title a vital selection."
--School Library Journal, starred review
"This is a much-needed collection of writing about mental health and the impact it has . . . with mental health stigma unfortunately still being a serious problem, teens really need books like this right now."
--Cultured Vultures
--Utopia State of Mind
About the Author
Kelly Jensen is a librarian-turned-editor for Book Riot and Stacked. She's the editor of Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World. She loves eating black licorice and debating genre. Follow her on Twitter: @veronikellymars.Additional product information and recommendations
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