OCDaniel

ISBN: 148145532X

Author: King, Wesley

Condition: New

EDGAR AWARD WINNER FOR BEST MYSTERYBANK STREET BEST BOOK OF THE YEARSILVER BIRCH AWARD WINNERComplex and satisfying. Written from Daniels point of view, this perceptive first-person narrative is sometimes painful, sometimes amusing, and always rewarding. -Booklist (starred review)From the author of Incredible Space Raiders from Space! comes a brand-new coming-of-age story about a boy whose life revolves around hiding his obsessive compulsive disorder-until he gets a mysterious note that changes everything.Daniel is the back-up punter for the Erie Hills Elephants. Which really means hes the water boy. He spends football practice perfectly arranging water cups-and hoping no one notices. Actually, he spends most of his time hoping no one notices his OCD habits-he calls them Zaps: avoiding writing the number four, for example, or flipping a light switch on and off dozens of times over. But everything changes when a girl at school, who is unkindly nicknamed Psycho Sara, notices him for the first time. She doesnt just notice him: she seems to peer through him.Then Daniel gets a note: I need your help, it says, signed, Fellow Star Child-whatever that means. And suddenly Daniel, a total no one at school, is swept up in a mystery that changes everything for him.With great voice and grand adventure, this book is about feeling different and finding those who understand.