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Reader reviewed by Kris

This book is about a teenage boy named Zach who has schizophrenia. He has an urge for a bar, and ends up getting caught in an attempt and robbery and is even held hostage.

No book has ever before touched me in such a way as Inside Out has. The first line draws you in immediately. You sympathize with Zach and feel what he's going through every step of the way. And I'm sure I'm not the only one who had an urge to eat a maple bar by the end of this book. The scary part is: there is someone like Zach out there; many people in fact. Schizophrenia is real and Trueman captures the naiveness and lack of grasping concepts only too well. And last, but certainly not least, was the twisted yet tear-jerking ending. All in all, this is a 5 star (*****) book everyone should read.