Words on bathroom walls is a must read for those interested in mental illness.
Words on bathroom walls by julia walton vk.
Words on bathroom walls diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year a witty introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.
He sees and hears things he shouldn t and if only he were harry potter these visions would actually be real.
Parents need to know that words on bathroom walls is an adaptation of julia walton s 2017 ya novel about a high school senior who s diagnosed with schizophrenia expelled from public school and then transfers to a catholic school where no one knows about his past.
Words on bathroom walls is a must read for those interested in mental illness.
Walton gave adam such a strong often humorous voice.
The book was author julia walton s soon to be published young adult novel words on bathroom walls random house a story centered on a teenager named adam coming to terms with his schizophrenia.
Nothing about this story is of the cookie cutter variety and it s one of the more interesting films i ve seen this year.
He s able to find wry irony in his often painful situation.
Teenage romances are a dime a dozen but words on bathroom walls takes the genre and gives it a smart insightful spin.
There are no perfectly happy endings and romance doesn t cure schizophrenia just like real life.
Directed by thor freudenthal the movie should appeal to fans of realistic teen dramas like me and earl and the dying girl the.
Julia lives with her husband and children in huntington beach ca.
Words on bathroom walls by julia walton overview soon to be a major motion picture starring charlie plummer annasophia robb and taylor russell fans of more happy than not and the perks of being a wallflower will cheer for adam in this uplifting and surprisingly funny story of a boy living with schizophrenia.
Based on julia walton s novel of the same name.
Words on bathroom walls is the story of adam a boy with schizophrenia who s put on an experimental drug in the hopes of dialling down the hallucinations.
Walton gave adam such a strong often humorous voice.
He s able to find wry irony in his often painful situation.
She received an mfa in creative writing from chapman university and a ba in history from uc irvine.
There are no perfectly happy endings and romance doesn t cure schizophrenia just like real life.