Lisa, Bright and Dark by John Neufeld, J. Neufeld
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(Mass Market Paperback - Reissue)
- Pub. Date: November 1970
- 144pp
- Sales Rank: 43,992
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- ISBN-13: 9780451166845
- ISBN: 0451166841
- Edition Description: Reissue
Synopsis
Hailed as a "work of art" by the New York Times, this bestselling classic brings a deft touch and understanding spirit to the story of a teenage girl's descent into madness-and the three friends who are determined to walk with her where adults fear to tread.
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Sixteen-year-old Lisa, smart, attractive, and outwardly successful, suffers from a nervous breakdown that only her closest friends seem to notice and care enough about to try to find a way to help her.
Children's Literature
The friends of Lisa Schilling are becoming increasingly concerned about her mental health. However, the adults they turn to for help are no help at all. Even her own parents won't admit to what is becoming increasingly obvious to everyone at school. Lisa is very sick. In a few short months, she has gone from an intelligent, outgoing girl to a paranoid loner who drifts in and out of her friends' lives. This is the compelling story of a child who cries out for help and is failed by the system and the adults around her. 1999 (orig.
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A Bright and Dark Storyby Anonymous
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January 24, 2006: ?I think I?m going crazy.? Lisa told her parents, but they didn?t believe her. Lisa had said that she was hearing voices in her head she couldn?t stop it and it was driving her crazy! She kept on trying to tell her parents that what she was saying was true. But they still didn?t listen. They had company, Mary Nell she was just sitting there wondering what was going on. Her parents told her that they were sorry for her approach. She said it was fine. Lisa just didn?t mind that she was even there so she just kept trying and trying, but it got nowhere. They just wouldn?t listen to her. So she went up to her room and threw herself on her bed. Then she pulled herself into the pony-position, on all fours, and started smashing her head against the headboard. Mary Nell stood outside and listened then slowly eased the door open. What is Lisa?s problem that she says she has? I liked this book because it is dramatic. I didn?t like the beginning because I thought it was confusing. It was talking about this girl that they didn?t talk about in the first chapter. But it starts talking about who she is as you go on. This book was exciting because of the way the author made you feel how Lisa felt. I don?t know how she does it but she did. It `s like you know how she is feeling. The author talks about how her parents don?t listen to her and most teenagers experience how their parents don?t listen or understand what you are trying to say. So I thought that was what made this book exciting, and what actually happened in the book itself. Like the parts when she bangs her head against the headboard or when she was cutting herself well she was poking herself with a needle, which is a form of cutting. I recommend this book to anyone who likes drama or a book that talk about peoples lives and the problems that may occur. This book is also sad, because of her problem that she claims to have and her own parents wont listen to her. Also when it talks about al of the things that she has done to herself, like cutting and her head banging. These things are a real high point in the book. This was a bright and dark story.
WOW!!! I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!by Anonymous
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September 20, 2005: omg..i had to read this book for my school's 100 book challenge even though im in high school. Even from the cover the book just stood out to me. Once i started to read it i couldn't put it down. I love it so much!! I told all my friends about it. It's amazing that she went through all that just to ask for help. And her parents were so blinded by what they want thier lives to be they couldnt see that Lisa was going through hell.Well that's all i gotta say. I would still read this again..i finished it in one day.
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