A wonderful book for teens about one girl and her uncontrollable obsession. Ideal for girls nearly ready for Jodi Picoult.
My Name is Zelah Green and Im a cleanaholic. I spend most of my life running away from germs. And dirt. And people. And Im just about doing OK and then my stepmother packs me off to some kind of hospital to live with a load of strangers. Its stuck in the middle of nowhere. Great. Theres Alice whos anorexic. Caro who cuts herself. Silent Sol who has the cutest smile. And then theres me.
Full of quirky humour and real heart, Zelah Green: Who Says Im a Freak? touches on mental health problems with a genuine warmth and empathy. The first in a genuinely brilliant book for teenage girls not quite ready to move on to Jodi Picoult.
Vanessa Curtis Vanessa Curtis originally trained as a pianist before becoming a freelance journalist and contributing articles to a range of magazines and newspapers. She is the author of two biographies on Virginia Woolf, Virginia Woolf's Women and The Hidden Houses of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell as well as a reviewer of fiction and non-fiction for broadsheet newspapers. She is the co-editor of the Virginia Woolf Bulletin, a literary magazine, and also works as a freelance literary consultant. She lives and works near Chichester Harbour.
