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Starred Review on May 1, 2016 | Multimedia Review
Gr 7 Up—Vicky Cruz never expected to wake up. She planned her suicide attempt so nobody would find her until well after the pills did their job, but she was saved by her family's housekeeper's cat and woke up in Lakeview Hospital. There, she meets three other teens who also have mental illness. Mona copes with losing custody of her child by imagining getting her back, but when that doesn't work, she cuts and uses drugs. E.M. is always angry, but there are compassion and caring buried underneath the surface, and Gabri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
After a suicide attempt, Vicky Cruz wakes up in the psychiatric ward of Lakeview Hospital and meets three other teenage patients-Mona, E. M., and Gabriel-in group therapy, each with his or her own mental health issue. With the help of the caring...Log In or Sign Up to Read More