Total Constant Order
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10/23/2007
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Hardcover | eBook
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Fin can't stop counting. She's always heard a voice inside her head, ordering her to listen, but ever since she's moved to the Sunshine State and her parents split up, numbers thump like a metronome, rhythmically keeping things in control. When a new doctor introduces terms such as "clinical depression" and "OCD" and offers a prescription for medication, the chemical effects make Fin feel even more messed up. Until she meets Thayer, a doodling, rule-bending skater who buzzes to his own beat—and who might just understand Fin's hunger to belong, and her struggle for total constant order.
Crissa-Jean Chappell's candid and vividly told debut novel shares the story of a young teen's experience with obsessive compulsive disorder and her remarkable resolve to find her own inner strength.
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Critical Praise for
Total Constant Order
"Likable characters and an intense pace."
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School Library Journal
"Plenty of kids, OCD or not, will…find the exploration of disorder and identity thought-provoking."
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Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
"Readers, especially those stuck with their own annoying rituals, will recognize the anger, the anxiety, and the longing for escape."
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ALA Booklist
"This must-have story is fresh. Chappell’s first novel is a breakthrough."
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Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (Starred Review)
Reader Reviews from First Look
I really enjoyed reading this book because it offered great explanation. It made me think how a disorder can really affect you. I now understand how finding strength to go is harder than I thought. This book is great and I would recommend it for everyone.
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Bria (Seattle, WA)
I really enjoyed reading this book because it offered great explanation. It made me think how a disorder can really affect you. I now understand how finding strength to go is harder than I thought. This book is great and I would recommend it for everyone.
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Bria (Seattle, WA)
An absolutely stunning book that causes you to sit back and think a little. The characters were so real and believable that putting down the book makes you feel as if you are losing several good friends. A hard-hitting novel that causes you to stop and reevaluate facets of your life.
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Markiana (Livingston, NJ)
I was absolutely captivated by this book. It was interesting and led me into the life of a girl that could most definitely be me. I was impressed with this novel.
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Rocio (Las Vegas, NV)
Read Total Constant Order and experience life through the eyes of Fin, a girl struggling to cope with OCD. This novel is not only about her struggle with OCD but it’s more accurately about the path Fin wanders onto that leads to self-acceptance and, also, to her finding out the truth about her mom’s past. This book was written in such a way that it was easy for me to relate to Fin and gave me a glimpse of what a burden her disorder is. The complications of her mind and her obsession of achieving “total constant order” made a twisted kind of sense. Thanks to this insightful novel, I now have a better understanding of OCD, and people suffering from it don’t seem quite so foreign to me anymore.
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Kristen (Tracy, CA)
I loved this book! It was so touching and gave me an idea of what having a mental disorder is like and how drugs can make you feel even worse. It was so moving that it brought tears to my eyes.
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Samantha (Alpharetta, GA)
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