Teen Angst? by Ned Vizzini

“I started writing this book because of my backpack,” the first line in Teen Angst? sums up Ned Vizzini’s random, eccentric nature. Ned, a fifteen year-old paid writer, finds comfort in the addicting Magic world. But before he became obsessed with a game, he was obsessed with a test. THE TEST. Ned is a certifiable genius, having scored 1530 on his SAT. He even went to Stuyvesant High School, prestigious and massive, in New York City. He lives in Brooklyn with his equally odd family of five. But being a dorky Nintendo-lover with a crooked grin doesn’t always work in Ned’s favor. His school reflections share outrageous moments such as The View, “Horrible” Mention, and playing checkers (and drinking) with an old Mexican man called Poppy. You’ll laugh with (and at) Ned in his hysterical autobiography that anyone can relate to.