How I Made It to Eighteen: A Mostly True Story

How I Made It to Eighteen: A Mostly True Story by White, Tracy. hardcover edition. ISBN: 0884305806037.

How do you know if youre on the verge of a nervous breakdown? For seventeen-year-old Stacy Black, it all begins with the smashing of a window. After putting her fist through the glass, she checks into a mental hospital. Stacy hates it there but despite herself slowly realizes she has to face the reasons for her depression to stop from self-destructing. Based on the authors experiences, How I Made it to Eighteen is a frank portrait of what its like to struggle with self-esteem, body image issues, drug addiction, and anxiety. How I Made It to Eighteen is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Childrens Book of the Year.