Get Well Soon, (Paperback)

from lorimanning

Anna, a teenager struggling with depression, is sent to a mental institution because she stops going to school. In letters to her friend Tracy, Anna tells of the people she meets in "community" and her experiences with them as she works through her troubles. The thing about Anna is, I can't figur...

from abbylibrarian

Anna isn't sure why her parents have sent her to a psychiatric hospital. I mean, yeah, she's pretty much stopped going to school. She's filled with anxiety at the thought of sitting in a classroom. And she may have mentioned something about killing herself. But c'mon. They're making her sleep in ...

from IssacDiamond

Wonderful book. Julie Halpern manages to combine love, loss, grief, mental illness, and comedy into one book. Anna's voice is incredibly witty, as well as realistic.

from kurlykee

This was a hilariously good book. I felt like it was a quick paced and short book, but I loved the authors writing style and I quickly fell in love with Anna and Justin and their forbidden "romance." Julie Halpern was able to connect with her teenage self really well, this book was based off of h...

from YABliss

Julie Halpern has a rare gift with literary voice. Anna's voice was fresh and cool and unique. That's one of the most important things in realistic fiction and she definitely nails it! Anna's story is told in diary-like letters to her friend Tracy while she's stuck in a 'loony bin'. So you read e...