Before the summer when his life fell apart, high schooler Kai Lum\u2019s biggest worry was balancing school with on-the-job training to support his ambition of becoming a chef. Now he\u2019s got a bipolar diagnosis, psychiatrist appointments to keep up with, a family that\u2019s crowding him with worry, new meds that come with a host of troubling side effects, and the nagging fear that his friends are growing apart from him. And on top of it all, the voices that tell him everyone in his life is against him just won\u2019t shut up. Desperate to \u201cget back to normal,\u201d Kai, who\u2019s Chinese American and white, must decide whom he can trust and learn to accept help before everything spirals out of control again. This book, written in simple, straightforward language that\u2019s accessible to reluctant readers, follows a clear plot trajectory, and even though the beats might feel predictable, they still come together to tell a gripping tale. Kai\u2019s first-person point of view allows readers to viscerally feel what he\u2019s experiencing as he struggles to make sense of his new reality while situations slip further out of his control. The challenges Kai\u2019s family and friends face are also fully explored in the story.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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