Made You Up

Name: Made You Up
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Francesca Zappia
ISBN: 9781541475786

Author: Francesca Zappia

Narrator: Amanda Ronconi

Unabridged: 9 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/06/2017

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Coming Of Age, Social Themes

Synopsis

Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be—sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. For fans of Silver Linings Playbook and Liar, this thought-provoking debut tells the story of Alex, a high school senior—and the ultimate unreliable narrator—unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion.

Alex fights a daily battle to figure out what is real and what is not. Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8 Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. She's pretty optimistic about her chances until she runs into Miles. Didn't she imagine him?

Before she knows it, Alex is making friends, going to parties, falling in love, and experiencing all the usual rites of passage for teenagers. But Alex is used to being crazy. She's not prepared for normal.

Can she trust herself? Can we trust her?

About Francesca Zappia

Francesca Zappia wrote Made You Up, Eliza And Her Monsters, and the biweekly serial The Children of Hypnos.

She lives in Indiana, majors in Computer Science at the University of Indianapolis, and still isn't sure exactly how that happened. She spends most of her time writing, reading, drawing, watching anime, and playing way too much Pokemon. Some of her stories have nice neat endings, and others don't have very neat endings at all.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on April 10, 2015

“Sometimes I think people take reality for granted.” I stand by my earlier claim - YA contemporary is where it's at this year. I thought this book was excellent. Compelling, addictive, really weird and excellent. It was such an unusual novel; I can personally say I've never read anything quite li......more

Goodreads review by aimee (aimeecanread) on February 09, 2017

6 Things That You Will Love About Made You Up + A Note to Francesca Zappia 1.) The absolutely charming heroine, Alex. We have another unreliable narrator here, which I absolutely loved. But being unreliable isn't a reason not to connect with her. In fact, it was so incredibly easy for me to love......more

Goodreads review by Aj the Ravenous Reader on February 23, 2016

"Everyone's interesting if you stare at them long enough." I’m peeling off a hangnail from my pinkie as punishment for not having read this sooner. I didn’t even get to vote this for GR 2015 Best YA fiction because I’ve been putting this on hold assuming this was going to be another sad and heavy......more

Goodreads review by Steph on March 01, 2015

I loved this one. An unreliable main character that is both firece and strong in every way. Definitely make sure this one is on your list! Review to come!......more

Goodreads review by Elle on May 08, 2021

4 1/2 stars. You know how I'm going to review this? Post my old thinkpiece on mental illness tropes in YA, and then proceed to go into how this book smacks it all down. Let's just call this a 5000 word essay on Why Francesca Zappia Is the Only YA Author I Trust With Mental Illness Narrative Framing......more