Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets

Yay, after forcing myself to read a bunch of popular paranormal romance books so I can stay HIP AND RELEVANT for the kids these days, I read a YA book that I picked out for myself!! And it was so great! I read it all in one day!

I love realistic contemporary fiction about kids who are kind of pretentious and maybe say things that are a few degrees smarter than what real kids stay but still seem realistic about it.

Like maybe there are real teenagers who start out each day by YAWPING and reciting Walk Whitman aloud. Like three of them. In the world. But who cares because fictional James Whitman does it and it's perfect and endearing and sad. Really strong, great narrative of depression and fraught family life and high school and therapy that ends up being a narrative of strength and joy rather than, like, depression.