Rapids
Yan Harris is VERY EXCITED.
Well, of course she is. It's summer, she's got over her depression and she's in London for a week with her BFF Chelsea. After seventeen years in a sleepy village where everybody just knows them as The Chinese One and The Brainy One... life is calling.
So it's pretty cool; if Chel can stop worrying about online discourse in the Nordhelm fandom long enough to enjoy it. Chelsea's worried about Yan, too, to Yan's annoyance.
Barely sleeping, barely eating, getting increasingly gobby, having an - ahem - close encounter in a toilet, giving a Tory MP a good kick in the shins, and running around kind of literally screaming.... well, it's all just good summer fun, isn't it?
Isn't it?
In the desperate battle of Yan vs. bipolar disorder, does the poor disease really stand a chance?
Rapids will be published by ZunTold press in May 2021.
Pre-publication Reviews
"A mentally ill heroine who doesn't languish romantically OR die tragically. What madness is this?" - Pleasantly Surprised Reader
"We will be pleased to accept Yan's application to our Fashion and Millinery Course. IF she calms the hell down." - St Martin's College of Art (Fictional Version)
"It's true, Yan is a bit of a weirdo. Thank God." - Chelsea Furse, BFF
"I blame her father." - Yan's mum
Unique Selling Points:
Author Anna Bowles lives with bipolar disorder herselfBy turns serious and hilarious, this is no 'issue novel' but a slie of real teen lifeA friendship story for older teens with adult crossover appealPerfect for fans of Holly Bourne and Alice OsemanA whip-smart depiction of contemporary online fandomAnna has been an editor of children's and YA fiction for 15 years and really knows the marketPart of ZunTold's Fiction as Therapy stable