Sara and the Search for Normal

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Its the vivid, insightful depiction of Saras internal struggles that readers will remember. Booklist

In this prequel to the Edgar Awardwinning OCDaniel, fan-favorite Sara quests for normal and finds something even better along the way.

Saras Rules to Be Normal

1. Stop taking your pills
19. Make a friend
137. Dont put mayonnaise on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

Sara wants one thing: to be normal. What she has instead are multiple diagnoses from Dr. Ring. Saras constant battle with False Alarmwhat she calls panic attacksand other episodes cause her to isolate herself. She rarely speaks, especially not at school, and so she doesnt have any friends. But when she starts group therapy she meets someone new. Talkative and outgoing Erin doesnt believe in normal, and Sara finds herself in unfamiliar territory: at the movies, at a birthday party, and with someone to tell about her crushin short, with a friend. But theres more to Erin than her cheerful exterior, and Sara begins to wonder if helping Erin will mean sacrificing their friendship.

Author Bio

Wesley King is the author of over a dozen novels for young readers.His debut,OCDaniel, is an Edgar Award winner, a Canada Silver Birch Award winner, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, and received a starred review fromBooklist. The companion novel,Sara and the Search for Normal, received a starred review fromSchool Library Journaland was the recipient of the Violet Downey Book Award and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Childrens Book Award. King has also writtenThe Incredible Space Raiders from Space!,A World Below,Butt Sandwich & Tree, and Kobe BryantsNew York Timesbestselling Wizenard series. He lives in Newfoundland.