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Be More Chill

by Ned Vizzini
September 1, 2005 | Young adult softcover
ISBN: 9780786809967
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Description

Jeremy Heer is your average high-school dork. Day after day, he stares at beautiful Christine, the girl he can never have, and dryly notes the small humiliations that come his way... until the day he is told about the "squip." A pill-sized supercomputer that you swallow, the squip is guaranteed to bring you whatever you most desire in life. By instructing him on everything from what to wear to how to talk and walk, the squip transforms Jeremy from complete geek into the coolest guy in class. Soon he is friends with his former tormentors, an dhe has the attention of the hottest girls in school.

But Jeremy discovers that there is a dark side to handing over control of your life - and it can have disastrous consequences.

Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Assimilation Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Friendship

About this Author

Ned Vizzini began writing for TheNew York Press at the age of fifteen. At nineteen, he had his first book published, Teen Angst? Naaah?. He was also author of three other books for young adults including The Other Normals, Be More Chill, the first young adult novel ever chosen as a Today Show Book Club pick, and which is the basis of the musical of the same name, and It's Kind of a Funny Story, which NPR named #56 of the "100 Best-Ever Teen Novels" of all time and which is the basis of the film of the same name. The last novel published before his death, House of Secrets, was a middle-grade fantasy novels co-written with filmmaker Chris Columbus; it debuted on the New York Times best-seller list.

Ned's stories often drew on his struggles with anxiety and depression, yet they had a strong comic bent. His fans appreciated his honesty and sense of humor. He was also very generous to other writers. In 2005, he started the Barnes & Noble Teen Writers Workshops, which he ran until 2012.

ISBN: 9780786809967
Format: Young adult softcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Published: 2005-09-01

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