Todd Hasak-lowy

Me Being Me is Exactly As Insane As You Being You Todd Hasak-lowy

Marc Notes: Through a series of lists, Darren, fifteen, reveals how his world was rocked by his parents divorce just as his brother and best friend, Nate, was leaving for college, and a year later when his father comes out as gay, then how he begins to deal with it all after a stolen weekend with his crush, Zoey, and Nate. Publisher Marketing: A heartfelt, humorous story of a teen boy's impulsive road trip after the shock of his lifetime--told entirely in lists! Darren hasn't had an easy year. There was his parents' divorce, which just so happened to come at the same time his older brother Nate left for college and his longtime best friend moved away. And of course there's the whole not having a girlfriend thing. Then one Thursday morning Darren's dad shows up at his house at 6 a.m. with a glazed chocolate doughnut and a revelation that turns Darren's world inside out. In full freakout mode, Darren, in a totally un-Darren move, ditches school to go visit Nate. Barely twenty-four hours at Nate's school makes everything much better or much worse--Darren has no idea. It might somehow be both. All he knows for sure is that in addition to trying to figure out why none of his family members are who they used to be, he's now obsessed with a strangely amazing girl who showed up out of nowhere but then totally disappeared. Told entirely in lists, Todd Hasak-Lowy's debut YA novel perfectly captures why having anything to do with anyone, including yourself, is: 1. painful2. unavoidable3. ridiculously complicated4. possibly, hopefully the right thing after all. Review Citations: School Library Journal 01/01/2015 pg. 110 (EAN 9781442495739, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2015 (EAN 9781442495739, Hardcover) Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2015 (EAN 9781442495739, Hardcover) Booklist 02/15/2015 pg. 82 (EAN 9781442495739, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Hasak-Lowy, Todd Todd Hasak-Lowy has published several books for adults. "33 Minutes "was his first book for young readers and he made his YA debut with Me Being Me Is Exactly as Insane as You Being You". He lives with his wife and two daughters in Evanston, Illinois.