W. Ross Macdonald School Library

The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B /

Toten, Teresa, 1955- , author.

The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B / Teresa Toten. - Toronto : DoubleDay Canada, 2013. - 263 pages ; 21 cm

"Ten questions for Teresa Toten"--Following main text.

Two-time Governor General's Award nominee Teresa Toten is back with a compulsively readable new book for teens! When Adam meets Robyn at a support group for kids coping with obsessive-compulsive disorder, he is drawn to her almost before he can take a breath. He's determined to protect and defend her--to play Batman to her Robyn--whatever the cost. But when you're fourteen and the everyday problems of dealing with divorced parents and step-siblings are supplemented by the challenges of OCD, it's hard to imagine yourself falling in love. How can you have a "normal" relationship when your life is so fraught with problems? And that's not even to mention the small matter of those threatening letters Adam's mother has started to receive .



White Pine Award official selection, 2015 Schneider Family Book Award, 2016 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award for Adult Middle Reader, 2014 Governor General's Literary Award, 2013

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Teenagers--Fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Fiction.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder--Fiction.


Canadian fiction.
Authors, Canadian.
FICTION / Romance / Contemporary.

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