Higgins,
M.C. Falling Out of Place. Saddleback 191p $8.95 978-1-62250-021-5 2013 hs VG Realistic Fiction
Gabby Herrera feels like an outsider in
her own family, especially in relation
to her perfect sister. She feels the family
does not understand that her trying hard
sometimes just isn’t enough. Through
a series of her own mistakes and poor choices, drinking and partying too much, fits of temper
and outbursts, her favorite uncle’s suicide, and her own attempted suicide, Gabby learns the hard way that she
is a victim of depression.
Part of the Gravel Road series
of books from Saddleback, this little book will hit home with anyone who knows
someone suffering from depression, or is himself
depressed. With the
limited vocabulary found in many high-interest/low-level books, the author still manages to bring
Gabby’s emotional
turmoil to
life. This book brings to
the fore a subject that is still stigmatized in our society, making the topic
of depression come sadly to life for the reader.
Depression–Fiction,
Suicide–Fiction --Lynn Fisher
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