Plot Summary Adam Petrazelli is 16 and schizophrenic. 'Echoing the premise and structure ofFlowers for Algernon, this is a frank and inspiringnovel.'-Publishers Weekly,starred reviewĭon't miss Just Our Luck, another stunning book by Julia Walton. Words on Bathroom Walls tells the story of an adolescent struggling with the mental illness schizophrenia.

But as the miracle drug begins to fail, how long can he keep this secret from the girl of his dreams? When Adam meets Maya, a fiercely intelligent girl, he desperately wants to be the normal, great guy that she thinks he is. His hallucinations include a cast of characters that range from the good (beautiful Rebecca) to the bad (angry Mob Boss) to the just plain weird (polite naked guy).Īn experimental drug promises to help him hide his illness from the world. When you can't trust your mind, trust your heart.Īdam is a pretty regular teen, except he's navigating high school life while living with paranoid schizophrenia. But then the miracle drug begins to fail, and Adam will do anything to keep Maya from discovering his secret.Now a Major Motion Picture starring Charlie Plummer, AnnaSophia Robb, and Taylor Russell!įans of More Happy Than Not and The Perks of Being a Wallflower will cheer for Adam in this uplifting and surprisingly funny story of a boy living with schizophrenia. When he meets Maya, a fiercely intelligent girl, he desperately wants to be the great guy that she thinks he is.

Suddenly everything seems possible, even love. As Adam starts fresh at a new school, he begins a drug trial that helps him ignore his visions. It should be easy to separate the real from the not real, but Adam can't. He sees and hears people who aren’t there: Rebecca, a beautiful girl who understands him the Mob Boss, who harasses him and Jason, the naked guy who’s unfailingly polite. Words on Bathroom Walls Broché 31 décembre 2018. Words on Bathroom Walls by Julia Walton: 9780399550911 : Books Now a Major Motion Picture starring Charlie Plummer, AnnaSophia Robb, and Taylor Russell Fans of More Happy Than Not and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Fans of More Happy Than Not, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and It’s Kind of a Funny Story will cheer for Adam as he struggles with schizophrenia in this brilliantly honest and unexpectedly funny debut.Īdam has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia.

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