It's+Kind+of+A+Funny+Story

__Rating__: 4 stars

__Summary__: Craig Gilner is a 15 year old teenage, living with his family in the suburbs of New York. For much of his younger years he strove to study and prepare himself for an exam to gain entrance to a renowned private school, Executive Pre-Professional High School. After finally becoming a student at the school, Craig succumbs to the academic challenges, and begins falling behind in his classes. The stress from school, combined with his love for his own best friend’s girlfriend, leads Craig to do drugs and become deeply depressed. Feeling suicidal one night, Craig calls the suicide hotline and is admitted to a psychiatric hospital. There he meets many people who aid him on his recovery in different ways, and help him face his love and depression, and start him on a new path.

__Review__: Though this book starts out pretty heavy, as well as quite sad, it progresses and I found myself enjoying it more and more as I read through it. The personalities of each character are so well defined, and add so much to the story, helping each of them add a different aspect to the story, some sad and some straight out hilarious. This story really could relate to me, and other teens, because it deals with the stress of everyday life, and how people deal with it, or how to help it, and by the end I was so smiling. Though it may seem depressing at first, the story is inspiring and deals with the many themes of discovery and overcoming obstacles, making it a very good read I would highly recommend.