Get Well Soon

Get Well Soon is the semi-autobiographical book about Anna Bloom, an overweight, over-depressed newly-admitted mental patient. Through her hilariously entertaining letters to her friend Tracy, Anna talks of her time at the mental hospital and her fellow patients, including the cutie Justin. Anna is confused- depression is supposed to be depressing, so why is she making so many friends and possibly a boyfriend? Will Anna and Justin be able to share their mutual feelings? Will Anna ever go back into the real world, or will she spend the rest of her life in the hospital with Matt O.? I guess you'll have to read to find out!
This book was amazingly, fantastically, hilariously good. The writing isn't the best because the whole book is letters from a teenager. However, I think the grammar mistakes, strange expressions and occasional cursing makes the book that much more realistic. Julia Halpern does a great job of writing from a adolescent's perspective and I was able to easily picture Justin, Colby, Anna, Matt O., Eugene and Big 'Do. The detail was fantastic! I found myself laughing out loud at multiple times while reading Get Well Soon. I have read it three times, and I plan to read it again and again. I strongly recommend that you do the same!