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Turtles All the Way Down
- 304 pages · about 5 hours
- First published 2017
- 23 editions
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1 About this book
Turtles All the Way Down is a young adult novel by John Green, published in 2017. Sixteen-year-old Aza Holmes lives in Indianapolis and struggles with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive thoughts that keep pulling her attention inward. When a local billionaire disappears and a reward is offered for information, her best friend Daisy talks her into looking for him, which brings Aza back in touch with the billionaire's son, Davis. The novel follows her friendships, a developing romance, and her efforts to live with her own mind.
- Friendship
- Anxiety disorders
- Young adult fiction
- Teenage girls
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Missing persons
- Children's fiction
- Mental illness
2 What to expect
A young adult novel narrated by Aza, a sixteen-year-old in Indianapolis who lives with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive thoughts, while a missing billionaire's reward draws her and her best friend into an amateur search. Its focus is what it is like to live inside a spiraling mind, along with friendship, first love and family. The voice is intimate and thoughtful, the mystery stays in the background, and panic and compulsion are shown in detail.
Good for readers who want: teen fiction about mental health, friendship, and a quiet mystery.
3 About John Green
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
4 More by John Green
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