
- 272 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Sara and the Search for Normal
About this book
"Readers will appreciate [Sara] as good literary company even as they develop sympathy for her struggles." — BCCB
"It's the vivid, insightful depiction of Sara's internal struggles that readers will remember." — Booklist
"A must-buy." — School Library Journal (starred review) In this prequel to the Edgar Award–winning OCDaniel, fan-favorite Sara quests for "normal" and finds something even better along the way. Sara's Rules to be Normal 1. Stop taking your pills
19. Make a friend
137. Don't put mayonnaise on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Sara wants one thing: to be normal. What she has instead are multiple diagnoses from Dr. Ring. Sara's constant battle with False Alarm—what she calls panic attacks—and other episodes cause her to isolate herself. She rarely speaks, especially not at school, and so she doesn't have any friends. But when she starts group therapy she meets someone new. Talkative and outgoing Erin doesn't believe in "normal, " and Sara finds herself in unfamiliar territory: at the movies, at a birthday party, and with someone to tell about her crush—in short, with a friend. But there's more to Erin than her cheerful exterior, and Sara begins to wonder if helping Erin will mean sacrificing their friendship.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Introduction: The Beginning of the Story of the End of Sara Malvern
- Chapter 1: My Happy Family
- Chapter 2: Talkative Tuesdays
- Chapter 3: Wednesday is Worse
- Chapter 4: Flowers and Sailboats
- Chapter 5: Several Conversations (Sort of)
- Chapter 6: Not All Games Are Fun
- Chapter 7: A Question I Don’t Like to Answer
- Chapter 8: Two Sides of Sara
- Chapter 9: Failed Experiments
- Chapter 10: Star Child
- Chapter 11: Rules and Regulations
- Chapter 12: Forgiveness Is Easy If You Forget
- Chapter 13: Happy Birthday
- Chapter 14: Good-Bye, Ms. Hugger
- Chapter 15: I See Stars
- Chapter 16: An Uncomfortable Meeting and Ice Cream
- Chapter 17: Pirates
- Chapter 18: Beneath Conversations
- Chapter 19: The Quest for Normal
- Chapter 20: Better Yet
- Chapter 21: Not Everyone Likes Visitors
- Chapter 22: Good-Bye
- Chapter 23: Plans
- Chapter 24: A Natural Spy
- Chapter 25: Model Behavior
- Chapter 26: Star Child
- Chapter 27: Stars Upon Stars
- Chapter 28: Night Sky
- Farewell: For Now
- Epilogue (Or the Part After the Story)
- Author’s Note
- About the Author
- Copyright