Jonah is on a mission to break every bone in his body. Everyone knows that broken bones grow back stronger than they were before. And Jonah wants to be strongerneeds to be strongerbecause everything around him is falling apart. Breaking, and then healing, is Jonahs only way to cope with the stresses of home, girls, and the world on his shoulders. This is the story of his self-destructive spiral, his rock-bottom moment, and how he finally learns to accept help and find true strength through recovery.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 9th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 14-18 years.

There are 272 pages in this book.

It 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 2009 by Simon & Schuster .

Hannah Moskowitz is the author of many books for teenagers, including A History of Glitter and Blood and Gena/Finn , both awarded the Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year. She lives in Maryland.