Cursed

By: Karol Ruth Silverstein

Narrated by: Laura Knight Keating

A debut novel for fans of The Fault in Our Stars that thoughtfully and humorously depicts teen Ricky Bloom's struggles with a recent chronic illness diagnosis.

As if her parents' divorce and sister's departure for college weren't bad enough, 14-year-old Ricky Bloom has just been diagnosed with a life-changing chronic illness. Her days consist of cursing everyone out, skipping school - which has become a nightmare - daydreaming about her crush, Julio, and trying to keep her parents from realizing just how bad things are. But she can't keep her ruse up forever.

Ricky's afraid, angry, alone, and one suspension away from repeating ninth grade when she realizes: she can't be held back. She'll do whatever it takes to move forward - even if it means changing the person she's become. Lured out of her funk by a quirky classmate, Oliver, who's been there too, Ricky's porcupine exterior begins to shed some spines. Maybe asking for help isn't the worst thing in the world. Maybe accepting circumstances doesn't mean giving up.

©2019 Karol Ruth Silverstein (P)2020 Recorded Books

Awesome for Doctors and for people of all ages with chronic pain

Highly recommend
perfect narrator
lots of humor
this is a YA book with some of the overly unrealistic perfect ending limitations of the genre
as a physician i approve heartily of this character and her journey to coping and thriving with disease in her 15th year

a patient of mine recommended this to me—thank you !