Impulse
Readers rate it 4.0 (83 on Hardcover)
672 pages · Released Jan 23, 2007 · Margaret K. McElderry
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Impulse is a serious YA novel in verse that tackles suicide, mental illness, and psychiatric hospitalization through the intertwined stories of three teens. The book is unflinching about trauma, self-harm, and the emotional pain leading to suicide attempts, making it best suited for mature readers aged 14+. While it includes some strong language and references to sexual assault, the primary value lies in its honest portrayal of mental health struggles and recovery, with characters who support one another through crisis.
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Three different paths and three different lives all in the same hospital, whom have all committed one act- suicide. Three different paths and three different lives all in the same hospital, whom have all committed one act- suicide.
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- Suicide
- Juvenile fiction
- Psychiatric hospitals
- Fiction
- Mental illness
- Interpersonal relations
- Novels in verse
- Children's fiction
- Suicide, fiction
- Mental illness, fiction
- Hospitals, fiction
- Interpersonal relations, fiction
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ISBN 9781416903567 · Margaret K. McElderry