Making Friends With Monsters

"An urgent, unflinching YA novel about the "monsters" of depression and family dysfunction." -Booklife, Editor's Pick

Why does everything have to be so complicated?

Why? Monsters That's why

They stick their scungy little noses into everything.

Twelve-year-old Sam feels like his life is spiraling out of control. Ever since learning a secret, his once loving older brother has become angry and withdrawn, causing extreme tension at home. Through a series of tragedies, his family descends further into chaos. Sam knows that the monsters that live inside people are to blame, and he sets out to discover how to tame them before they swallow him too.

Themes include:

Mental health, suicide, and family dysfunction.