Kissing Doorknobs - Softcover

Hesser, Terry Spencer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440413141 ISBN 13: 9780440413141

Verlag: Laurel Leaf, 1999

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Book by Hesser Terry Spencer

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The first novel for young adults that addresses Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). With approximately 1.5 million adolescents in the U.S affected, OCD is a pertinent issue to young readers. This story not only explores the confusion and fear experienced by 14-year-old Tara, but the anxiety and agony parents face when a child is suffering from OCD.

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During her preschool years, Tara Sullivan lived in terror that something bad would happen to her mother while they were apart. In grade school, she panicked during the practice fire drills. Practice for what?, Tara asked. For the upcoming disaster that was bound to happen?

Then, at the age of 11, it happened. Tara heard the phrase that changed her life: Step on a crack, break your mother's back. Before Tara knew it, she was counting every crack in the sidewalk. Over time, Tara's "quirks" grew and developed: arranging her meals on plates, nonstop prayer rituals, until she developed a new ritual wherin she kissed her fingers and touched doorknobs....

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• Verlag: Laurel Leaf
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0440413141
• ISBN 13: 9780440413141
• Einband: Libro de bolsillo
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160