Words on Bathroom Walls

De: Julia Walton

Narrado por: Christopher Gebauer, Robert Fass, Julia Walton

Now a Major Motion Picture starring Charlie Plummer, AnnaSophia Robb, and Taylor Russell!

Fans of More Happy Than Not and The Perks of Being a Wallflower will cheer for Adam in this uplifting and surprisingly funny story of a boy living with schizophrenia.

When you can't trust your mind, trust your heart.

Adam is a pretty regular teen, except he's navigating high school life while living with paranoid schizophrenia. His hallucinations include a cast of characters that range from the good (beautiful Rebecca) to the bad (angry Mob Boss) to the just plain weird (polite naked guy).
An experimental drug promises to help him hide his illness from the world. When Adam meets Maya, a fiercely intelligent girl, he desperately wants to be the normal, great guy that she thinks he is. But as the miracle drug begins to fail, how long can he keep this secret from the girl of his dreams?

"Echoing the premise and structure of Flowers for Algernon, this [is a] frank and inspiring novel." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

Don't miss Just Our Luck, another stunning book by Julia Walton. Coming in 2020!

Reseñas de la Crítica

An ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults * A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year * Kansas National Education Association Reading Circle Catalog Selection Book of the Year * Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee * A CBC's 2 Teen Choice Book Awards Nominee

"Creates a psychologically tense story with sympathetic characters while dispelling myths about a much-feared condition." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

"A welcome novel that doesn't treat schizophrenia as an unavoidable sentence of doom and that allots friendship and romance equal weight with mental illness." —Kirkus Reviews

"Walton does a brilliant job of giving a voice to a population that is often silenced." —Booklist

"Despite heavy subject matter, Adam is hilarious and infinitely lovable, and the ending is hopeful and realistic rather than happily-ever-after and contrived." —The Hub, YALSA

"Imaginative writing and beautiful storytelling make this book an upbeat tale, but the message [of acceptance] is still driven home." —VOYA

"A brutal, beautiful book that sits right beside The Perks of Being a Wallflower and I'll Give You the Sun." —Jennifer Longo, author of Up to This Pointe

"This book reminds me of A Monster Calls. I saved the final twenty pages for the next day because I didn't want Adam's story to end." —Peter Brown Hoffmeister, author of This Is the Part Where You Laugh

love this

this is a book I could read multiple times and I plan to. love it

Couldn’t stop!

I loved this book so much. The story grabs you and keeps you wanting to know more about the main character and every one in his life. Great writing!

Loved it ❤️❤️

Made me more understanding to a family member who has schizophrenia. It’s still hard but now at least I understand. A little bit more than before.

amazing!

loved it, the narrator did such a great job felt like I was there in the moments

Trigger Warning

Great book. For those of us struggling, TRIGGER WARNING.
But you'll love the story. Thanks.

10/10

I really enjoyed this book. The concept is very unique and interesting. I like how it brings attention to schizophrenia in the style of a teen romance.

Absolutely Wonderful & Heartft

A definite must read! I was able to relate to this amazing book of fiction, however it is very relatable, honest and truth. It definitely shows how there was research done, or the author has a personal experience with mental illness and how in society it is treated as if it is taboo. This is a book I will most definitely be recommending to other people I know, as I will also be listening to it again!
Great book, & Subject Matter. Let's start a conversation & KEEP it going!

Fabulous!

Once I started I couldn’t stop! Great job with the balance between funny and serious!!!

A Wonderful book!

I bought the Kindle version and read it and then I added the Audible version and listened to it. I loved the audible version so much. The narration is PERFECT. It added so much more than just simply reading the book. It's a really moving story and I really enjoyed Adam's relationship with his therapist,and his mom and Paul and of course Maya. All his imaginary friends were entertaining as well. It was just a really good book, I really enjoyed it. I'm glad I purchased the audible version too!!

I'm in tears, in a wonderful fulfilled way.

I understand that Adam's story is a work of fiction but, it was beautiful and truthful in the most painful of ways. I do not suffer from schizophrenia in fact, my mental health falls in the (needs help but not drugs yet) realm. None the less I found Adam's story so comforting in the many ways I could relate to the ways his "crazy" made him feel.

This is a beautiful story that shines a full but not scary light on mental health. It is so easy to forget that those who suffer are in fact suffering and I'm thankful for a story like this one.