# Sara and the Search for Normal - Hardcover

by **Wesley King** (Author)

**"Readers will appreciate Sara\] as good literary company even as they develop sympathy for her struggles." --_BCCB_**  
**"It's the vivid, insightful depiction of Sara's internal struggles that readers will remember." --**_**Booklist**_  
**"A must-buy." --_School Library Journal_ (starred review)**

**In this prequel to the Edgar Award-winning _OCDaniel_, fan-favorite Sara quests for "normal" and finds something even better along the way.**

_Sara's Rules to be Normal_

_1\. Stop taking your pills_  
_19\. Make a friend_  
_137\. Don't put mayonnaise on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches._

Sara wants one thing: to be normal. What she has instead are multiple diagnoses from Dr. Ring. Sara's constant battle with False Alarm--what she calls panic attacks--and other episodes cause her to isolate herself. She rarely speaks, especially not at school, and so she doesn't have any friends. But when she starts group therapy she meets someone new. Talkative and outgoing Erin doesn't believe in "normal," and Sara finds herself in unfamiliar territory: at the movies, at a birthday party, and with someone to tell about her crush--in short, with a friend. But there's more to Erin than her cheerful exterior, and Sara begins to wonder if helping Erin will mean sacrificing their friendship.

### 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:** 272

**Dimensions:** 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN

**Publication Date:** June 02, 2020

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Sara and the Search for Normal

**Interest Level:** Middle Grades, 4-8

**Reading Level:** 3.6

**Point Value:** 7

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