A Tale About Phobias
This book sounds so much fun! Tackling phobias one at a time with a friend.
Esther's family is all about phobias, her dad hasn't left the basement in six years. In the first chapter Esther's mum can't pick her up from school ever again because a back cat was sat on her car bonnet. Her brother is terrified of darkness and her grandfather has no idea who she is. She meets a boy who used to go to school with her, he robs her in the first few pages of the book which made you think he was a total jerk. But they soon become friends and Jonah challenges her to conquer one phobia a week. This book also brings in mental illness in teenagers and their parents and how the children cope with this.
Esther's family is all about phobias, her dad hasn't left the basement in six years. In the first chapter Esther's mum can't pick her up from school ever again because a back cat was sat on her car bonnet. Her brother is terrified of darkness and her grandfather has no idea who she is. She meets a boy who used to go to school with her, he robs her in the first few pages of the book which made you think he was a total jerk. But they soon become friends and Jonah challenges her to conquer one phobia a week. This book also brings in mental illness in teenagers and their parents and how the children cope with this.