“Have you lost your mind?”

“That’s why I’m here, right?”

There’s bound to be some comparisons to John Green here due to the fact that it features a cast of teenagers who are all a bit too cool for school. If that’s a dealbreaker for you, then do yourself a favor and stay away. However, if you are of a certain age you will not only realize that characters like this existed waaaaay before Mr. Green began writing books, but also that when the ensemble features a bulimic, a cutter, a depressed teenager, a self-diagnosed manic-depressive-bipolar-anorexic disaster who some days thinks she’s a boy locked in a girl’s body, a compulsive liar, a potential future schizophrenic and the girl who just "got signed up by her parents" you may end up with some serious déjà vu in the best kind of Breakfast Clubby sort of way.

The setting is Camp Padua – a summer camp for at-risk teens – and the story focuses on the fact that (let's borrow some song lyrics, shall we?) "I got issues, but you got 'em too so give 'em all to me and I'll give mine to you." With the end result that "you will be found."

I’m sure some readers will take issue with the fact that these children are able to solve a lot of their own problems without medical supervision and that that is not realistic and dangerous and #triggggggggggggered. To those people I say . . . . MAJOR BUZZKILL REPORTING FOR DUTY. Seriously. I just want to enjoy things sometimes. And this one??????

“Do you think the prom queen and the criminal stay together when they go back to school on Monday?”

“I hope so.”

“I hope so too.”

*googly lovey eyes*

ARC provided by NetGalley (THREE YEARS ago – JFC I suck!) in exchange for an honest review. Thank you, NetGalley!

Zander’s parents have banished her to Camp Padua, a summer camp for troubled teens. Zander doesn’t think she is “crazy” enough to belong here. She forms friendships, however, and her new friends, bipolar-anorexic Cassie, the titular Grover Cleveland, who fears an inherited schizophrenia might strike at any moment and Bek, a pathological liar, help Zander break down her walls.

A lovely story with interesting characters. If you are looking for a happy ending, you will find one in this book. :)