Yan Harris is VERY EXCITED! Well, thats only natural. After seventeen years in a sleepy village where everyone knows her as The Chinese One and her best friend Chelsea as The Brainy One, theyre finally getting to spend a week in London, deciding which unis to apply to. Not to mention seeing the sights, clubbing, staying up all night, getting off with random people, kicking (deserving) scumbags in the shins, shoplifting, telling everyone to, ahem, suck it, and running around kind of literally screaming Its all just good summer fun, isnt it? Isntit? Not exactly. Whilst Chelsea is trying to make the most of her opportunities (and not just obsess about online wars in the Nordhelm fandom), Yan is beginning to develop hypomania, the up side of bipolar a disorder she hasnt yet been diagnosed with. Yan is embroiled in a desperate battle with a tragic affliction And the affliction is going to need all the help it can get.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed. This book was published in 2021 by ZunTold .

Anna Bowles is a writer and editor with 10 years' experience of working on books for both children and adults. She likes hippos, chocolate and meeting deadlines.