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The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
He counts, he checks, he's in love — and he's still the hero of his own story. 🦸
Who it's for
Adam's counting, checking and rituals are written from the inside, so a teen with intrusive thoughts can see their own private rules described without shame.
Ashamed, anxious→Understood, less alone
Feelings it meets
What it is
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B is Teresa Toten's 2013 young adult novel and winner of the 2013 Governor General's Literary Award for young people's literature (text). Fifteen-year-old Adam Spencer Ross has OCD and joins a teen support group, where he falls for a new member, Robyn Plummer.
Where to find it
In print in Canada (Doubleday Canada) and the US (Delacorte); available as ebook and in many libraries.
Before you start
Heads up: Detailed depiction of OCD compulsions.
Age: Not rated (publisher ages 12+)
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2
