Read this when
Not as Crazy as I Seem
For the kid who has to button every shirt before it's hung up. 👕
Who it's for
Devon's first-person voice lets young readers see that rituals make sense from the inside, even when they look strange to everyone else.
Self-conscious, guarded→Understood, accepted
Feelings it meets
What it is
Teenager Devon Brown starts at a new private school in a new town hoping nobody notices his rules: eating in fours, buttoning every shirt before it's hung up. Told in Devon's own voice, the novel follows his sessions with a psychiatrist, an unexpected friendship with a classmate named Tanya, and trouble at school that tests his family's support.
Where to find it
Paperback and ebook (HarperCollins/Clarion reissue); libraries via OverDrive/Libby.
Before you start
Heads up: Childhood loss.
Age: Not rated (young adult; suggested 12+)
Out, damned spot! out, I say!William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1
