![]() ![]() It might as well be 400 miles.Born Scared joins the ranks of Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places, Ned Vizzini's It's Kind of A Funny Story, and Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why as an example of teen fiction offering a frank and intelligent portrait of mental illness. ![]() She'll only be 10 minutes - but when she doesn't come back, Elliot must face his fears and try to find her. His mum nips out to collect his prescription. It's Christmas Eve, there's a snowstorm and Elliot's medication is almost gone. The only thing that keeps his terrors in check are the pills that he takes every day. ![]() From the moment he was born, his life has been governed by acute fear. Elliot is terrified of almost everything. The much anticipated follow-up title from the multi-award winning author of The Bunker Diary, recipient of the 2014 Carnegie Medal for an outstanding book for young adults. ![]()
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