How I made it to eighteen
Subtitle: a mostly true story
By: Tracy White
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9781596434547
Subjects: Self-esteem in adolescence; Adolescent psychology; Self-mutilation in adolescence; Parent and teenager; Teenagers; Comic books, strips; Substance use; Family relationships; Body image in adolescence
Description: "How do you know if you're on the verge of a nervous breakdown?  For seventeen-year-old Stacy Black, it all begins with the smashing of a window. After putting her fist through the glass, she checks into a mental hospital.  Stacy hates it there but despite herself slowly realizes she has to face the reasons for her depression to stop from self-destructing.  Based on the author's experiences, How I Made it to Eighteen is a frank portrait of what it's like to struggle with self-esteem, body image issues, drug addiction, and anxiety." -- publisher's website.