Crazy

Format:

Book

Title:

Crazy

Author:

Reed, Amy Lynn.

ISBN:

9781442413474

9781442413481

Edition:

1st Simon Pulse hardcover ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

367 pages ; 22 cm

Summary:

Connor and Izzy, two teens who met at a summer art camp in the Pacific Northwest where they were counselors, share a series of emails in which they confide in one another, eventually causing Connor to become worried when he realizes that Izzy's emotional highs and lows are too extreme.

Subject(s):

Mental illness -- Fiction.

Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.

Emotional problems -- Fiction.

Email -- Fiction.

Washington (State) -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Washington (State) -- Fiction.

Genre:

Holds:

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Summary

He's falling in love--and she's falling over the edge of sanity. From the author of Beautiful and Clean , a heartwrenching exploration of a romance marred by mental illness.

Connor knows that Izzy will never fall in love with him the way he's fallen for her. But somehow he's been let into her crazy, exhilarating world and become her closest confidante. But the closer they get, the more Connor realizes that Izzy's highs are too high and her lows are too low. And the frenetic energy that makes her shine is starting to push her into a much darker place.
As Izzy's behavior gets increasingly erratic and self-destructive, Connor gets increasingly desperate to stop her from plummeting. He knows he can't save her from her pain...but what if no one else can?

Author Notes

Amy Reed is the author of the contemporary young adult novels Beautiful , Clean , Crazy , Over You , Damaged , Invincible , Unforgivable , The Nowhere Girls , and The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World . She is also the editor of Our Stories, Our Voices . She is a feminist, mother, and quadruple Virgo who enjoys running, making lists, and wandering around the mountains of western North Carolina where she lives. You can find her online at AmyReedFiction.com.

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 9 Up-Connor and Isabel met over the summer when they worked as arts-and-crafts instructors at a sleepaway camp. Now back at their respective homes in the fall of their senior year in high school, Isabel in Seattle and Connor on nearby Bainbridge Island, the two have promised to keep in touch. Through just the emails exchanged between them, Reed creates a vibrant and robust world in which the main characters are well developed, as are their lives and the members of their families. Izzy is intense and beautiful with extreme highs and lows. Emotionally grounded Connor, clearly in love with her, becomes her confidante and painfully witnesses her increasingly self-destructive behavior as she spirals out of control. He must decide whether and how to intervene to save her. In this modern-day epistolary novel, one has to accept the premise that teenagers are actually writing sometimes lengthy emails to each other, often with surprising insight into their emotional states. Thanks to Reed's convincing writing, that hurdle is easily crossed, and teens will undoubtedly race through this compelling and moving novel.-Ragan O'Malley, Saint Ann's School, Brooklyn, NY (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Horn Book Review

Bonded together in a way that usually only happens at camp, larger-than-life Isabel and introspective Conner maintain a colorful friendship online. But as Isobel's volatile emotions begin to feel too big for the screen, Connor may be the only one who knows enough to help her. A provocative story of truth, risk, and rescue. (c) Copyright 2012. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.