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The Goldfish Boy
The Goldfish Boy | Lisa Thompson
Lisa Thompson's debut novel is a page-turning mystery with an emotionally-driven, complex character study at its core -- like Rear Window meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Matthew Corbin suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. He hasn't been to school in weeks. His hands are cracked and bleeding from cleaning. He refuses to leave his bedroom. To pass the time, he observes his neighbors from his bedroom window, making mundane notes about their habits as they bustle about the cul-de-sac. When a toddler staying next door goes missing, it becomes apparent that Matthew was the last person to see him alive. Suddenly, Matthew finds himself at the center of a high-stakes mystery, and every one of his neighbors is a suspect. Matthew is the key to figuring out what happened and potentially saving a child's life... but is he able to do so if it means exposing his own secrets, and stepping out from the safety of his home?
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LiteraryinLawrence
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Littens, I‘ve narrowed my masters thesis topic down to the way disability tropes are expanded or constricted by the portrayal of anxiety in middle grade and YA fiction. I‘m starting by reading a ton of MG and YA books where the main character has an anxiety disorder; could be OCD, GAD, they might have panic attacks, etc.

Here are a bunch I‘ve borrowed but I haven‘t read them all yet. Do you have any suggestions from these OR outside of these?

LiteraryinLawrence Sorry that the library stickers obscure the end of most of the titles! If you want to know what any are, just ask. 3y
jackilynn Have you read Eliza & Her Monsters. It is similar to Fangirl. The main character has anxiety/panic attacks & creates her own webcomic. 3y
squirrelbrain I don‘t read (much) YA so can‘t help with recommendations I‘m afraid but I just wanted to say your thesis sounds really interesting! 3y
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TEArificbooks I read Turtles All the Way Down. I wasn‘t a fan of the books the character did have anxiety. 3y
CaliforniaCay Turtles all the way down for sure!! 💚 3y
Scochrane26 Love fangirl & think it does portray anxiety well. Turtles is really good with the ocd, I think people have a hard time with the rest of the plot, but I liked it. I just read The Upside but don‘t remember much about the anxiety. 3y
Susanita The main character in the Ellingham Academy series has anxiety. First one is 3y
staci.reads Nice choices! Everything I was going to recommend was already in your stacks 👍 3y
LiteraryinLawrence @staci.reads Awesome! Which ones? 3y
CarolynM I enjoyed this one and I think it fits 3y
TaraTLK Chiming in late to say Queens of Geek, Somewhere Only We Know, and The Resolutions also have characters with anxiety. 3y
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Nebklvr
The Goldfish Boy | Lisa Thompson
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Mehso-so

A nod to “Rear Window” with a twelve-year-old suffering from OCD as a main character. An interesting mystery....a toddler goes missing. The ending was a bit simplistic.

jessinikkip Sounds good! Added this to my stack 5y
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Bettlovesbooks
Goldfish Boy | Lisa Thompson
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I really enjoyed this - a great story about a boy‘s struggle and a mystery on top.

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Erinsimps
Goldfish Boy | Lisa Thompson

A good read! I just HAD to know what happened to Teddy! And it was my first read on the library app Libby.

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Buttonnosebear
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heidisreads
Goldfish Boy | Lisa Thompson
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Started this on my drive to and from meeting a friend for lunch on her birthday! Six chapters done! Thank goodness for Bluetooth and audiobooks. #tdscampread18 #AlwaysReading #audiobook

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Peddler410
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The story was good—I liked the mystery of the missing toddler and how working to solve it brought Matthew out of the comfort of his room — but it moved slowly.

I would have liked an author‘s note or other resources regarding OCD.

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Peddler410
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Slow going, but I just got to the disappearance of the little boy. Let‘s see if things pick up.

#caudill2019

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cewilf
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This was such a great read! I really enjoyed the characters and how everything played out. The story itself was unlike any book I've read before, and I loved the depth that even some secondary characters had. A really nice novel. I'm excited to read it with my grades 6-8 book club this month!

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cewilf
The Goldfish Boy | Lisa Thompson
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I don't really have an #OctoberTBR list at the moment. I'm finally in the groove of the school year and have been finding much more time to read, and sometimes having a pile of books waiting for me adds pressure to pleasure reads. For now I'm going to focus on the book I'm currently on 😊 Although I do look forward to a Dracula reread when I begin teaching it in a few weeks! #uncannyoctober

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cewilf
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Next up! The less fluffy of my two reading buddies is joining me tonight. That paw is attempting to snatch my bookmark 😹

DivineDiana Those eyes! 😻 6y
DGRachel Such a pretty kitty! 😻 6y
britt_brooke Cuuuute! 6y
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Bookzombie 💕🐱 6y
CouronneDhiver 😻😻😻 6y
Texreader That's a fur baby I could adopt in a heartbeat. What a doll! 💚💚💚 6y
Lmstraubie What a sweetie!😻 6y
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Clwojick
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A Definite read for anyone who enjoyed The Curious Case Of The Dog in The Night Time or Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend. The Goldfish Boy shares OCD through a child's eye, and how one boy must overcome it to solve the mystery of the missing 2year old neighbour. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Clwojick
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Just downloaded this audiobook. Enjoying the first few chapter while folding laundry. Sigh, Sunday chores. 😶

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
The Goldfish Boy | Lisa Thompson
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I keep finding small stashes of new books in my apartment #ithinkimighthaveabookbuyingissue

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sheilamaverbuch
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The shock abduction of a toddler – and the fact that Matthew was last to observe the boy – throws Matthew into the position of crime solver. That's difficult because Matthew has OCD & can't bear leaving his room, or being near the dirty world. What unfolds is a tightly written, life-affirming middle grade mystery. Matthew's condition, while character defining, does not, ultimately, hijack his future or the narrative.

#mg #scholastic #goldfishboy

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TorieStorieS
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An engaging read with a young narrator who watches his street and is the last to see a young boy before he goes missing! Exciting, fast-paced and heartwarming!

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The Goldfish Boy is our Children's Book of the Month for January; a wonderful mystery full of interesting characters that also deals with issues around OCD. This is such a compelling read that we're sure it could become the next Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.

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sheilamaverbuch
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"The guilt of what I'd done lived inside me like a vicious black beetle, scuttling around my stomach." GOLDFISH BOY: intriguing so far

#mg #goldfishboy #ocd

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yayeahyeah
The Goldfish Boy | Lisa Thompson
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Over on www.yayeahyeah.com I posted about 10 recent additions to my TBR pile!

overflowingklc Optimists die first is fab 7y
KatKatMeow1 I recently added Uprooted to my TBR too! Excited to read it! 7y
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Booknerdmermaid
The Goldfish Boy | Lisa Thompson
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I love having these short samples while waiting around 🙌🏽