The Art of Insanity
High schooler Natalie Cordova has just been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. Her mom insists she keep it secret.
Putting up a front and hiding her mental illness from her classmates is going to be the hardest thing high schooler Natalie Cordova has ever done. It’s her senior year, and she’s just been selected to present her artwork at a prestigious show. With the stress of performing on her shoulders, it doesn’t help when Natalie notices a boy who makes her heart leap. And then there’s fellow student Ella, who confronts Natalie about her summer car “accident” and pressures her into caring for the world’s ugliest dog. Now Natalie finds herself juggling all kinds of feels and responsibilities. Surely her newly prescribed medication is to blame for the funk she finds herself in. But as Natalie’s plan to self-treat unravels, so does the perfect façade she’s been painting for everyone else.
Written from experience, this heartfelt and candid contemporary YA novel explores the stigma surrounding mental illness and offers an uplifting narrative of resilience.
Putting up a front and hiding her mental illness from her classmates is going to be the hardest thing high schooler Natalie Cordova has ever done. It’s her senior year, and she’s just been selected to present her artwork at a prestigious show. With the stress of performing on her shoulders, it doesn’t help when Natalie notices a boy who makes her heart leap. And then there’s fellow student Ella, who confronts Natalie about her summer car “accident” and pressures her into caring for the world’s ugliest dog. Now Natalie finds herself juggling all kinds of feels and responsibilities. Surely her newly prescribed medication is to blame for the funk she finds herself in. But as Natalie’s plan to self-treat unravels, so does the perfect façade she’s been painting for everyone else.
Written from experience, this heartfelt and candid contemporary YA novel explores the stigma surrounding mental illness and offers an uplifting narrative of resilience.
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Community Reviews
I was given an arc from Netgalley.
I liked it. I like the focus on art I want more books about kids doing art.
This book made me feel a lot of feelings. I'm so angry that her friends and mother are so awful. Gah. I really think Natalie should have ditched her "friends." They were garbage.
I think Ella is a great friend. Keep her. She's wonderful.
Also, Petunia, is *chefs kiss*
After reading this I just want to paint.
I did not enjoy the fat phobia. A couple lines were unneeded and weren't necessary to move the plot forward.
I liked it. I like the focus on art I want more books about kids doing art.
This book made me feel a lot of feelings. I'm so angry that her friends and mother are so awful. Gah. I really think Natalie should have ditched her "friends." They were garbage.
I think Ella is a great friend. Keep her. She's wonderful.
Also, Petunia, is *chefs kiss*
After reading this I just want to paint.
I did not enjoy the fat phobia. A couple lines were unneeded and weren't necessary to move the plot forward.
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