# Ocdaniel - Hardcover

by **Wesley King** (Author)

****EDGAR AWARD WINNER FOR BEST MYSTERY**  
**BANK STREET BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR  
SILVER BIRCH AWARD WINNER****

"Complex and satisfying. Written from Daniel's 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 he's 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 doesn't 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.

### Author Biography

Wesley King is the author of over a dozen novels for young readers. His debut, _OCDaniel_, is an Edgar Award winner, a Canada Silver Birch Award winner, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, and received a starred review from _Booklist_. The companion novel, _Sara and the Search for Normal_, received a starred review from _School Library Journal_ and was the recipient of the Violet Downey Book Award and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award. King has also written _The Incredible Space Raiders from Space!_, _A World Below_, _Butt Sandwich & Tree_, and Kobe Bryant's _New York Times_ bestselling Wizenard series. He lives in Newfoundland.

**Number of Pages:** 304

**Dimensions:** 1.1 x 8.5 x 5.7 IN

**Publication Date:** April 12, 2016

**Award:** Edgar Allan Poe Awards (2017)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Ocdaniel

**Interest Level:** Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up

**Reading Level:** 3.9

**Point Value:** 8

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- **Price:** 19.99 USD
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