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Title: Kissing Doornobs by A.J. Allen, Terry Spencer Hesser ISBN: 0-440-41314-1 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 09 November, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (64 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Kissing Doorknobs: The Best Book I've Read This Year
Comment: Step on a crack...break your mother's back...Imagine hearing that in your head all day long, seceretly counting all the cracks in the sidewalk as you walk home and becoming distanced from your friends. That's the beginning of the book Kissing Doorknobs by Terry Spencer - Hasser, thyis beautifully written story is about a girl suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (better known as OCD) is the best book I've read all year. The story is written with such pure thought and accuracy to the disease and all through the story, you can't help but wonder what is going through the main character, Tara's head. The author tells you from the beginning symptoms of her disease to the diagnoses and even all the way through the treatment. I love the way that every detail is carefully put in the story in the exact right place. I also enjoy the way the story isn't just all talk about the disease. The whole time reading it, I was saying to myself "What the heck is going on?" and found the book impossible to put down. Anyone who enjoys books and that keep you wondering and amazed should read this book. I guarantee you'll love it as much as I did.
Rating: 5
Summary: Jen's Review Of Kissing Doorknobs
Comment: Terry Spencer Hesser's book, Kissing Doorknobs, is a touching, yet sad story about a girl named Tara. From age 11, she dealt with terrible "tyrants" in her head that made her do the strangest things, like count every single crack on the sidewalk so she wouldn't break her mothers back, performing rituals such as praying, arranging food, kissing her fingers and then touching her door knob 33 times, and trying to be balanced. Like if she started to cry and a tear only fell on her left cheek, she would need a tear to fall on her right cheek so it would balance out, so it wouldn't be uneven, which she hated. All of these rituals did a number on her family and affected her relationships with her friends and family. But what she doesn't know is that she'll soon meet someone with the same problems as her, who inspires her and tells her she is going to get through this. This story makes you really see how a person with OCD lives, and what's going through their heads, which Hesser describes very thoroughly. I know a little how Tara feels because I have a tiny OCD. But not nearly as bad as Tara, I don't need professional help or anything, it's just little things like how somethings have to be perfect, and I can control it, it doesn't control me, like in Tara's position.Hesser wrote this book using her own experiences, so whether you suffer from OCD, or just want a really good book to read, this is the one. If your a sufferrer of OCD, then you'll truly understand all of the hardships and emotional factors that go along with this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Kissing Doorknobs
Comment: Kissing Doorknobs is about a young girl named Tara who has OCD. It starts when she hears someone say "Step on a crack, break your mothers back." Once she heard that she started counting the cracks on the sidewalks wherever she went making sure that she didn't steep on a crack. Counting the cracks leads up to more things like saying prays and doing rituals. One of the rituals is kissing her thumb then touching the doorknob everytime she opened the door.
One thing I liked about this book was the way that Tara's sister stuck up for her whenever someone would make fun of Tara. It showed how much she cared for Tara and loved her.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes books about real life things. I think anyone from young adults to adults would enjoy this book.
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Title: Multiple Choice by Janet Tashjian ISBN: 0439174848 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder : A Powerful, Practical Program for Parents of Children and Adolescents by Tamar E. Chansky ISBN: 0812931173 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 10 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Up and Down the Worry Hill: A Children's Book About Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Its Treatment by Aureen Pinto, Ph.D. Wagner, Paul A. Jutton ISBN: 0967734703 Publisher: Lighthouse Press Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Just Checking by Emily Colas ISBN: 0671024388 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Judith L. Rapoport ISBN: 0451172027 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: July, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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