Right There With You

<p><em>Young Adult Fiction / Contemporary YA / Mental Health Fiction</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Ro a young Black teen boy raised in 2020s Philadelphia first experiences the effects of </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>anxiety at the age of eight</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>. As he grows older everything triggers his anxiety-school friends pressure-until one day he </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>passes out in front of his parents.</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> Doctors give him pills but the feeling (pinball in his stomach) won't stop. He's not alone in his suffering but he feels alone.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Then comes a </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>magical encounter</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> that changes everything. Ro is forced to confront his fear find real connection and begin to understand that he's not alone. The story is a </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>heartwarming tale about connection community and being present for those who matter most</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>-a story about the power of showing up when it counts.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>If you like YA books that blend real mental health struggles with a touch of magic like (Chaos Theory Dear Martin The Hate You Give) you'll love Right There With You.</span></p><p></p><p></p>