Anna Bloom is depressed—so depressed that her parents have committed her to a mental hospital with a bunch of other messed-up teens. Here ... read full description
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Dec 21, 2011
Jennifer
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Anna is fat and depressed. She suffers from panic attacks, and has stopped going to school. Her parents, who are totally clueless, decide to send her to a mental hospital. Will that do any good? Anna doesn't think so! Not in this place. Nobody tells her anything, they have the weirdest rules ever, and she's forced to wear these ugly pajamas all day long with no bra!
But as days go by, things turn out to be not as bad as she ori More...
Anna is fat and depressed. She suffers from panic attacks, and has stopped going to school. Her parents, who are totally clueless, decide to send her to a mental hospital. Will that do any good? Anna doesn't think so! Not in this place. Nobody tells her anything, they have the weirdest rules ever, and she's forced to wear these ugly pajamas all day long with no bra!
But as days go by, things turn out to be not as bad as she ori More...
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Aug 12, 2008
Ying
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I loved it. There were so many hilarious parts in this book. Not to mention the fact that Anna has a kickass taste in music in this book ;]
It's one of those books where you want to know what happens to the character in the future. It's the type of book that you want to keep reading and reading but you've already turned the last page and staring at the smiley face sticking out its tongue at you. Oh well.
I loved this book. I would definitely reccommend it for anyone who wants a good l More...
It's one of those books where you want to know what happens to the character in the future. It's the type of book that you want to keep reading and reading but you've already turned the last page and staring at the smiley face sticking out its tongue at you. Oh well.
I loved this book. I would definitely reccommend it for anyone who wants a good l More...
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Nov 14, 2007
Angie
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I came across Julie Halpern's first novel while browsing the offerings over at Feiwel & Friends. I was so grateful they were publishing Long May She Reign that I grabbed both Carpe Diem and Get Well Soon because if they're publishing Ellen Emerson White books they not only have superb taste, they deserve my undying loyalty. Get Well Soon tells the story of Anna Bloom, a depressed teenager whose parents commit her to a mental institution when her panic attacks get in the way of her going to s
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Dec 23, 2011
Najiha
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Loved this book. Really. Gosh Justin sounds so dreamy lmao and plus Anna thought he was one gorgeous hottie I envied Anna for having her first kiss with him!!! DAMNNNN.
OMG i thought this book was AMAZINGG and Anna has a really witty sense of humor I even laughed and giggled at the way she visualizes things cause' I'm like a typical teenage girl like her too!! I'm so glad I found this rad book because I could relate soo much about Anna's hormonal thoughts More...
Loved this book. Really. Gosh Justin sounds so dreamy lmao and plus Anna thought he was one gorgeous hottie I envied Anna for having her first kiss with him!!! DAMNNNN.
OMG i thought this book was AMAZINGG and Anna has a really witty sense of humor I even laughed and giggled at the way she visualizes things cause' I'm like a typical teenage girl like her too!! I'm so glad I found this rad book because I could relate soo much about Anna's hormonal thoughts More...
Nov 14, 2011
Alexa
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Funny, poignant, relevant. Complex ideas are presented without a heavy moral hand, and without sacrificing the YA tone. Nothing here is remotely inappropriate for teen readers, even young teens, and yet it is a genuinely good read for an older audience as well.
Anna is an amazing protagonist. Her voice is pure YA. The book jacket says that Halpern wrote the book based on her own struggles as a teen, and I don't doubt it. It's like she has a direct line to adolescence. There is nothing More...
Anna is an amazing protagonist. Her voice is pure YA. The book jacket says that Halpern wrote the book based on her own struggles as a teen, and I don't doubt it. It's like she has a direct line to adolescence. There is nothing More...
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Oct 28, 2011
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Sep 04, 2011
Mark
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"Walking around, listening, talking to people, I felt really . . . comfortable? The TV provided noise, so I didn't think about my stomach. Creepy Phil gave us someone to laugh at. Victor invited me and Sandy into the card game. Who would've thought I would be playing cards with a drug dealer? This place seemed to erase all social stereotypes. There was absolutely no pressure to be cool or skinny or entertaining. I was there, and that was enough.
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May 14, 2011
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Anna is depressed,she hates school and she feels like she's fat. But still, that's no excuse to drop her in the nearest mental hospital. But that's what her parents do, for three whole weeks. Yet, while these three weeks should have been the longest of her life, they end up being the shortest. Who could have guessed that she would meet a whole bunch of new people, all who seem suspicously nice, and even normal(aren't they supposed to be crazy?), a cute boy named Justin (who seems to like her bac
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Feb 09, 2011
K
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The book opens with Anna’s first thoughts after being checked into a psych hospital. She’d been depressed and her parents decided to get her help. She has to deal with community rules, The Man (in the form of hospital staff), and *actual* crazy teenagers.
It read more like some kind of ‘troubled kids’ camp stay than a grittier experience. The adults were a little inept and the kids who got better seemed to do so without their aid. Exercises were a little foolish—practicing proper pill More...
It read more like some kind of ‘troubled kids’ camp stay than a grittier experience. The adults were a little inept and the kids who got better seemed to do so without their aid. Exercises were a little foolish—practicing proper pill More...
May 16, 2010
Nadia
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This book was about a girl, Anna Bloom who's parents sent her to a mental hospital for her own sake. At first when she gets there she doesn't make a good impression since she threatens to kill herself at first because she's so devastated that her parents really made her stay at a mental hospital. After a while Anna calms down a little and becomes easier to manage. She almost becomes more cheerful when she starts to befriends some of the patients around the same age as her. Anna still believe the
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Mar 31, 2010
Genesis
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In this book get well soon is about a girl named anna bloom. Her parents can't stand her behavior and panic attaks and her stop going to school so what happens is that they think their daughter Is crazy and so they send her to a mental hospital for mental people.When her parents told her that they were going to enrole her in a mental hospital because her parents thought she was crazy... This girl freaked out I mean she wanted to blow up in her parents. If I was her I would just sat down calmy
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Jan 11, 2010
Amber
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In the book Get well soon by Julie Halpern is a ook bout a girl named Anna and she is very anti social. Anna's parents send her to a mental hospital at first Anna thought she was going to have a hard time meeting people because just like the "real world" (that's what she calls anywhere thats not inside the mental hosptial. Anna ends up making friends and finds a guy that she likes alot and soon to find out he likes her... oo and did mention she has a roomate whos pregnant.
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Sep 27, 2011
Sophie
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Get Well Soon
A Humor Filled Look At Reality
Anna Bloom is a pretty average teenage girl. Except for the fact that she is so depressed she was put into a mental institution. On the way to her recovery she meets many new people, some she is able to call friends, some maybe more than that. Justin, a patient, who Anna starts to cr More...
A Humor Filled Look At Reality
Anna Bloom is a pretty average teenage girl. Except for the fact that she is so depressed she was put into a mental institution. On the way to her recovery she meets many new people, some she is able to call friends, some maybe more than that. Justin, a patient, who Anna starts to cr More...
May 19, 2011
Karen
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"They all said the same thing on the front: Get Well Soon. People sent me get well soon cards while I was in a mental hospital. There were fluffy little bunnies, floaty rainbows, and even a religious card. I could understand that Hallmark probably doesn't make 'Get Sane Soon' cards, but still." - Anna Bloom in Get Well Soon
Anna Bloom is depressed - clinically depressed. It has gotten so bad that she rarely goes to school, hardly ever even leaves her room. When she does g More...
Mar 31, 2011
ReD
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Actual Rating: 3.5 Stars
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I finished this book in one sitting, which surprised me.The back cover blurb describing the character as 'so depressed' made me apprehensive.
I like teen angst, but I wasn't sure if I could handle listening to
melodramatic whining. It wasn't bad at all.
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- Amusing, almost witty voice.
- Cast of character is easy to remember and distinguish.
- Melodramatic parts are short and rather amusing. More...
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I finished this book in one sitting, which surprised me.The back cover blurb describing the character as 'so depressed' made me apprehensive.
I like teen angst, but I wasn't sure if I could handle listening to
melodramatic whining. It wasn't bad at all.
PROS:
- Amusing, almost witty voice.
- Cast of character is easy to remember and distinguish.
- Melodramatic parts are short and rather amusing. More...
Feb 25, 2010
Camille
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In the Get Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern is about a teen girl named Anna Bloom. Her parents sent her to a mental hospital because her therapist suggested it since Anna is very depress all the time. The first day she was there, she thought that no one would like her because in the "real world" (that's what she calls it when she's in the hospital) no one really liked her, she was anti-social. She ends up making friends with lots of friends. Her roommate, Sandy, finds out she's pregnant
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Mar 05, 2009
Christina
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I didn't think I would like this as much as I ended up liking it. Anna is admitted to a mental hospital, because she is depressed and suicidal, and she expects to hate it. She can't understand why she's there, when everyone else is clearly really crazy, and how could her parents do this to her? But gradually, as she adjusts to the routine and the bizarre rules (No touching anyone else, ever. Hold out 2 fingers from your torso when you want to say something. Don't drop your pillow during Relaxati
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May 27, 2011
Lisa
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I happen to be a very tough critic when it comes to literature that delves into the realm of mental health and its institutions. Working over 15 years in the field will do that to you. With that being said, I can tell you that this is a must read for anyone in the field or anyone with a loved one in the system. I highly recommend this book to any mature YA reader wether they have or have not spent time inpatient. Readers will connect with Anna's character and those of her "inmates." A
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Jan 17, 2012
Robin
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In "Get well soon", Julie Halpern writes about this 16 year old girl named Anna, who has gotten herself in a bit of a rut. She's been admitted to a mental hospital! That's not something you see everyday.
Anna is like a typical teenage girl. She is self-conscious about her appearance,she's she complains about her parents, and she she's always on the lookout for cute boys. Her only problem is that she is depressed.
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Anna is like a typical teenage girl. She is self-conscious about her appearance,she's she complains about her parents, and she she's always on the lookout for cute boys. Her only problem is that she is depressed.
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Sep 24, 2011
Li Xian
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Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern revolves around a teenage girl named Anna who ends up in a mental hospital because of suicide and insecurities on her weight. In the hospital she meets many different people that are there for many unique reasons. Anna meets many friends that she can relate to as she learns about the problems of others. Her roommate is there because she 'faked a pregnancy', one guy in there is there because his father has the money to keep him there. She also meets a boy named Just
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Nov 02, 2011
Ben
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This book is about a teenage girl named Anna that is sent to a mental hospital because she is struggling with suicidal thoughts. She feels betrayed by her parents and is very emotionally unstable. While she is there she falls for another kid that is there named Justin. Throughout this whole experience that she is having at the hospital she talks of all the different types of people that she meets there and how she dislikes some and becomes close friends with others.
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May 04, 2010
Jennifer
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This book was a riot!!!! Who knew that being locked up in a mental hospital could be so fun?
Anna Bloom is depressed. She has stopped going to school due to her increasing panic attacks. Anna's anxieties add to the humor of her story as they are completely irrational, yet make sense coming from a 16 year old girl. Anna also has a major inferiority complex and often refers to herself as fat. Due to this major misconception about herself Anna assumes that the entire male population is More...
Anna Bloom is depressed. She has stopped going to school due to her increasing panic attacks. Anna's anxieties add to the humor of her story as they are completely irrational, yet make sense coming from a 16 year old girl. Anna also has a major inferiority complex and often refers to herself as fat. Due to this major misconception about herself Anna assumes that the entire male population is More...
May 08, 2010
The first thing that drew me to Get Well Soon was the cover, it's so bright and eye-catching and I just had to pick it up.
Once I picked it up I found Get Well Soon hard to put down.
At first glance, Get Well Soon could be considered a light novel that gives a lot of laughs. And that is true, I found myself laughing out loud at so many parts, there were so many hilarious parts. I also found the book to be a quick and breezy read. If I had a lot of spare time I most likely w More...
Once I picked it up I found Get Well Soon hard to put down.
At first glance, Get Well Soon could be considered a light novel that gives a lot of laughs. And that is true, I found myself laughing out loud at so many parts, there were so many hilarious parts. I also found the book to be a quick and breezy read. If I had a lot of spare time I most likely w More...
Oct 18, 2011
Carmel
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Get Well Soon is the story of Anna Bloom written through a series of letters. A depressed teenager whose parents commit her to a mental institution as she has stopped attending school. Overweight, nervous, braless and having a few bladder problems, Anna writes a series of letters to her best friend Tracy of her days in the institution.
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+The Style: I liked Halpern's style of writing in the book. It suits the context and the age of Anna.
+Mental Patients: It was hard not to More...
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+The Style: I liked Halpern's style of writing in the book. It suits the context and the age of Anna.
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Jan 25, 2012
Ashley
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Get Well Soon. Well there's a lot to say about this book. I think this book by far is a great book. I didn't really think I was going to like it at first but when i first started reading I atomaticly got hooked. It is crazy to think how this really happened to Julie. I thought that this book was really educational, It shows you what can happen to people in situations and u really get a feel for how it would feel like in a situation like that. I think that reading get well soon made me realize ho
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Jul 23, 2009
Sarah-Greenbeanteenqueen
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When I first started my job as a teen librarian one of my teens told me she had just read this book and enjoyed it. I always kept it in the back of my head as something to read, but never got around to it. When I found out Julie Halpern was going to be at ALA, I knew I had to read it before then!
I'm so glad I picked it up. Anna gets through her mental hospital stay by writing letters to her friend, so you really get to see the whole experience through Anna's eyes. Some novels work for me More...
I'm so glad I picked it up. Anna gets through her mental hospital stay by writing letters to her friend, so you really get to see the whole experience through Anna's eyes. Some novels work for me More...
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Jul 11, 2011
Brooke
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3.5 stars, it was good, but not quite 4 star worthy.
Get Well Soon is about Anna, just your average girl who, at her own admission, is fat and depressed. She's no stranger to to panic attacks, bouts of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (in Anna's words - TMI!) and as a result, refused to attend school. After being sent away to a "mental hospital" which she lovingly nicknames "Lake Shit", she comes to the realisation that she is stuck and hasn't a clue how to function in the More...
Get Well Soon is about Anna, just your average girl who, at her own admission, is fat and depressed. She's no stranger to to panic attacks, bouts of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (in Anna's words - TMI!) and as a result, refused to attend school. After being sent away to a "mental hospital" which she lovingly nicknames "Lake Shit", she comes to the realisation that she is stuck and hasn't a clue how to function in the More...
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May 16, 2011
Lori
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Anna's voice is brilliant. Julie Halpern did an excellent job keeping me interested from the beginning to the end. This is an easy read, perfect for a reluctant reader or anyone with a pulse. Mental health is a scary subject to tackle. I was at Rochester Teen Book Festival and heart Julie talk about her inspiration for this book. She is not ashamed of her life experiences or of being hospitalized herself as a young adult. This isn't some self help book masked as fiction-it's a glimpse into the l
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Jul 19, 2007
CLM
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Teen heroine is committed by her parents to a facility for troubled teens, where - most oddly - surrounded by misfits she comes to terms with her own quirks and challenges.
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