"This surefire title is bright, insightful, and thoroughly charming." --School Library Journal InTeen Angst!Naaah. . . Ned Vizzini offers an authentic and raw portrayal of the crushing anxiety many teens experience, and which often is dismissed as simple 'angst'. In this classic testament to high school, Nedinvites you into his world of school, parents, cool (and almost cool), music (the good and bad), friends, fame, camp, sex (sort of), Cancon (almost), prom, beer, video games, and more. With wit, irony, and honesty, Vizzinipresents the weird, funny, and sometimes mortifying moments that made up his teen years. From theauthor of Broadway musical sensationBe More ChillandIt's Kind of a Funny Story,this is a quasi-autobiographical examination of one high schooler's battle with social anxiety, written when the author was just nineteen. "Fiercely intelligent and introspective . . . Insightful, and thoroughly charming." -SLJ