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Have a Nice Day by Julie Halpern

Have a Nice Day

Julie Halpern

Square Fish · Paperback · November 5, 2013

Anna Bloom has just come home from a three-week stay in a mental hospital.

Contemporary YA RomanceMental Illness for TeensDepression for TeensYoung Adult
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Mental HealthContemporaryRealistic Fiction
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Who it’s for
A teen’s uneasy return to school and family life makes “normal” feel like an open question.
Genres
Mental Illness for Teens, Contemporary YA Romance, Depression for Teens
Published
Square Fish, November 5, 2013

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About this book

Anna Bloom has just come home from a three-week stay in a mental hospital. She feels . . . okay. It's time to get back to some sort of normal life, whatever that means. She has to go back to school, where teachers and friends are dying to know what happened to her but are too afraid to ask. And Anna is dying to know what's going on back at the hospital with her crush, Justin, but is too afraid to ask.

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Meanwhile, Anna's parents aren't getting along, and she wonders if she's the cause of her family's troubles.

Finding Normal

A teen’s uneasy return to school and family life makes “normal” feel like an open question.

Come here for

  • A candid return to school after a stay in a mental hospital
  • The awkward space between wanting answers and fearing the questions

Expect

  • Close attention to anxiety, relationships, and the strain of starting over
  • A grounded mix of school, family tension, and romantic uncertainty

Where it sits

Mental Illness for Teens96%
Contemporary YA Romance47%
Depression for Teens39%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Divorce & Marriage Stories
  • Depression for Teens
Authors
Julie Halpern
Publisher
Square Fish
Published
November 5, 2013
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
YA Divorce & Marriage Stories