Ocdaniel

EDGAR AWARD WINNER FOR BEST MYSTERY
BANK STREET BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
SILVER BIRCH AWARD WINNER

"Complex and satisfying. Written from Daniel's point of view, this perceptive first-person narrative is sometimes painful, sometimes amusing, and always rewarding." --Booklist (starred review)

From the author of Incredible Space Raiders from Space! comes a brand-new coming-of-age story about a boy whose life revolves around hiding his obsessive compulsive disorder--until he gets a mysterious note that changes everything.

Daniel is the back-up punter for the Erie Hills Elephants. Which really means he's the water boy. He spends football practice perfectly arranging water cups--and hoping no one notices. Actually, he spends most of his time hoping no one notices his strange habits--he calls them Zaps: avoiding writing the number four, for example, or flipping a light switch on and off dozens of times over. He hopes no one notices that he's crazy, especially his best friend Max, and Raya, the prettiest girl in school. His life gets weirder when another girl at school, who is unkindly nicknamed Psycho Sara, notices him for the first time. She doesn't just notice him: she seems to peer through him.

Then Daniel gets a note: "I need your help," it says, signed, Fellow Star child--whatever that means. And suddenly Daniel, a total no one at school, is swept up in a mystery that might change everything for him.

With great voice and grand adventure, this book is about feeling different and finding those who understand.

Author: Wesley King
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Published: 04/12/2016
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781481455312
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.9
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 182209 / Ocdaniel


Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/18/2016
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2016
Booklist 03/01/2016 pg. 87
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2016
School Library Journal 06/01/2016
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 pg. 93 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Wesley King is the author of the Edgar Award-winning OCDaniel, which Booklist praised as "complex and satisfying" in a starred review. It was named a Bank Street Best Book of the Year and received Canada's Silver Birch Award. Its companion, Sara and the Search for Normal, received a starred review from School Library Journal. King's first middle grade novel, The Incredible Space Raiders from Space!, was called "a well-drafted coming-of-age story" by Publishers Weekly. King is also the author of Kobe Bryant's New York Times bestselling Wizenard series. He lives in Nova Scotia.