464 pages |Paperback

Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to besometimes, there really is someone out to get you.Made You Uptells the story of Alex, a high school senior unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion.BCCBsays the storytelling texture here recalls Andrew Smith and Sean Beaudoin. . . . Readers will enjoy this quirky trip.

Alex fights a daily battle to figure out the difference between reality and delusion. Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8-Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college, wages a war against her schizophrenia. Shes pretty optimistic about her chances, until classes begin and she runs into Miles. Didnt she imagine him? Before she knows it, Alex is making friends, going to parties, falling in love, and experiencing all the usual rites of passage for teenagers. But Alex is used to being crazy. Shes not prepared for normal.VOYAsays, Fans of E. LockhartsWe Were Liarsand Matthew QuicksSilver Linings Playbookwill immerse themselves in this nuanced look at trying to live a normal life. Funny, thought-provoking, and ultimately moving, this debut novel featuring the quintessential unreliable narrator will have readers turning the pages and trying to figure out what is real and what is made up.

ON SALE: MAY 2ND, 2017