Buscando a Audrey / Finding Audrey

from nbmars

This is a very funny and touching book about a very serious subject. Fourteen-year-old Audrey Turner is trying to recover from some sort of vicious bullying (never specified in detail) by other girls at school. She withdrew from school, and still wears sunglasses even around the house, which in a...

from Sweet_Serenity

This was a really well-written book. It had a great story. It gave an honest and insightful account of anxiety, a charming romance, a wacky family, and a good dash of humour. And on a stylistic level, the writing was very polished- it also had these little screen-play type things throughout that ...

from Cecilturtle

Audrey is having problems. Although obviously smart and pretty, she is paralysed with depression and anxiety. Kinsella has a delightful way with words both funny and expressive. She uses them, this time, to look at a difficult and painful topic: mental illness. Kinsella manages the balance betwee...

from WhitneyYPL

Teenager Audrey suffers from debilitating social anxiety disorder after an undisclosed bullying incident at school. As a result, she rarely leaves the house and constantly wears dark glasses to avoid making eye contact with people, even her family. Her older brother Frank is addicted to video gam...

from Carlathelibrarian

I picked this book up yesterday for a Group Book of the Month read and did not stop until I finished it. It is a YA book, but adults will enjoy it as well. Audrey is a 14 year old girl who has a severe Anxiety Disorder. It came to a head when she was badly bullied by a group of girls at her schoo...