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Ab(solutely) normal : short stories that smash mental health stereotypes / edited by Nora Shalaway Carpenter and Rocky Callen ; contributions by Nora Shalaway Carpenter, Mercedes Acosta, Karen Bao, James Bird, Alechia Dow, Patrick Downes, Anna Drury, Nikki Grimes, Val Howlett, Jonathan Kastin, Sonia Patel, Marcella Pixley, Isabel Quintero and Ebony Stewart.

Carpenter, Nora Shalaway. (Added Author). Callen, Rocky. (Added Author). Callen, Rocky. They call me Hurricane. (Added Author). Stewart, Ebony. Body with wholes. (Added Author). Carpenter, Nora. Spidey sense. (Added Author). Patel, Sonia. Nothing feels no pain. (Added Author). Kastin, Jonathan Lenore. Peculiar falls. (Added Author). Grimes, Nikki. Avalanche. (Added Author). Howlett, Valerie. Beggars would ride. (Added Author). Acosta, Cibby. My sister Rafaela is a good person. (Added Author). Downes, Patrick. 1968- Verbatim. (Added Author). Quintero, Isabel. Back of the truck. (Added Author).

Summary:

"Channeling their own experiences, sixteen exceptional authors subvert mental health stereotypes in a powerful and uplifting collection of fiction"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781536224146
Physical Description: xi, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023.
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

They call me hurricane / by Rocky Callen -- A body with wholes / by Ebony Stewart -- Spidey sense / by Nora Shalaway Carpenter -- Nothing feels no pain / by Sonia Patel -- Peculiar falls / by Jonathan Lenore Kastin -- Avalanche / by Nikki Grimes -- Beggars would ride / by Val Howlett -- My sister Rafaela is a good person / by Mercedes Ángel Acosta -- Verbatim / by Patrick Downes -- Back of the truck / by Isabel Quintero -- Don't go breaking my heart / by Anna Drury -- We are stardust / by Alechia Dow -- River boy / by James Bird -- A bridge over silence / by Karen Jialu Bao -- Almost beautiful / by Marcella Pixley -- The call: A one-act play / by Francisco X. Stork.