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Cameron And The Girls (2013)

by Edward Averett(Favorite Author)

3.59 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

054761215X (ISBN13: 9780547612157)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Clarion Books

review 1: Much like Cameron, my younger brother Robb suffered from the often debilitating mental disease of Schizophrenia for most of his young adulthood before choosing to end his battle too soon about six years ago. This book really hits home as an peephole inside the inner world of someone with his type of illness. While we can never really fully understand the workings of another's brain and mind it's good to know there are people out there who are truly trying to help. If you know of someone in distress or are feeling off balance yourself, please don't try to handle things yourself. Nothing good can come from denial and silence. Thank you for this very impelling read.
review 2: Cameron Galloway is a nice enough kid living in Washington state with his parents and old... moreer sister, Beth. The only problem is Cameron has a form of schizophrenia called schitzophreniform disorder (it's real; there's a note in the back of the book about it), which can come and go with short episodes of visual hallucinations, hearing voices and/or delusions. Cameron generally hears voices but he has responded well to medication, much to his mother's relief. Except Cameron really loves the voices who have grown to become his guides and friends, so he secretly experiments off his meds. As one can imagine, sanity starts to slowly unravel for Cameron, but during this process, he meets The Girl, a new voice. The Girl loves Cameron for who he is and wants to be his girlfriend. Cameron feels safer with her than he does with any of his friends, like Griffin or the new girl, Nina, in his special class at school. Now, though, Nina is becoming more than just a friend, and clinically depressed herself, she isn't doing so well with the competition of The Girl. When a new more ominous, aggressive voice emerges, Cameron has to decide what to save, the bliss of the perfect girl or his own sanity, and maybe even a life. I think people who want to explore the workings of mental illness and kids who might be having battles over what is best for them with their parents would enjoy this book. less

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