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Forced to leave Stanford's pre-med program after contracting Lyme disease, Priya finds solace in an online chronic-illness support group and with best friend Brigid, whose own illness may be more unique than Priya suspected.

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Forced to leave Stanford's pre-med program after contracting Lyme disease, Priya finds solace in an online chronic-illness support group and with best friend Brigid, whose own illness may be more unique than Priya suspected.
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Kristen O'Neal
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One of POPSUGAR's Best YA Books of April
Kids Indie Next List Pick
A SIBA Read This Next Selection for Spring 2021
A 2022-2023 South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee

A funny, heartfelt book with a phenomenal premise . . . it manages to represent a lot of identities and intersectionalities: trans and disabled, chronically ill and racial minority, queer and cryptid. At its core, the novel feels like a love letter to the internet communities that connect people; it s a reminder that friendships, both virtual and in-person, can save lives. Maya Van Waganen, New York Times

Emotional, thoughtful, and a true testament to the power of friendship, Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses is a werewolf novel that will make you look at navigating illness, supernatural or not, in a whole new way .O Neal breaks new ground with this book and accomplishes something truly wonderful. Locus Magazine

Your next favorite horror-comedy. Syfy

O Neal persuasively pulls from her own experience with chronic illness to inform her depiction of the topic, using interactions between support group members to layer comedic banter and vulnerability that specifically addresses aspects of disability experiences. Publishers Weekly

A heartwarming, quirky take on chronic illness in all its hairy detail. Kirkus Reviews

A fresh and original twist on the werewolf legend. Booklist

A must-read for anyone with a chronic illness or who loves someone with a chronic illness. School Library Journal

Clever, original, entertaining, and all the more impressive when considering that Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses is author Kristen O'Neal's debut as a novelist. Midwest Book Review

An electric tour de force of hilarity and humanity. Oof, ouch, my heart! It bleeds for this book. Preston Norton, author of Where I End and You Begin

Hilarious in addition to having great chronic pain/illness rep. The Horn Book Inc…mehr
One of POPSUGAR's Best YA Books of April
Kids Indie Next List Pick
A SIBA Read This Next Selection for Spring 2021
A 2022-2023 South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee

A funny, heartfelt book with a phenomenal premise . . . it manages to represent a lot of identities and intersectionalities: trans and disabled, chronically ill and racial minority, queer and cryptid. At its core, the novel feels like a love letter to the internet communities that connect people; it s a reminder that friendships, both virtual and in-person, can save lives. Maya Van Waganen, New York Times

Emotional, thoughtful, and a true testament to the power of friendship, Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses is a werewolf novel that will make you look at navigating illness, supernatural or not, in a whole new way .O Neal breaks new ground with this book and accomplishes something truly wonderful. Locus Magazine

Your next favorite horror-comedy. Syfy

O Neal persuasively pulls from her own experience with chronic illness to inform her depiction of the topic, using interactions between support group members to layer comedic banter and vulnerability that specifically addresses aspects of disability experiences. Publishers Weekly

A heartwarming, quirky take on chronic illness in all its hairy detail. Kirkus Reviews

A fresh and original twist on the werewolf legend. Booklist

A must-read for anyone with a chronic illness or who loves someone with a chronic illness. School Library Journal

Clever, original, entertaining, and all the more impressive when considering that Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses is author Kristen O'Neal's debut as a novelist. Midwest Book Review

An electric tour de force of hilarity and humanity. Oof, ouch, my heart! It bleeds for this book. Preston Norton, author of Where I End and You Begin

Hilarious in addition to having great chronic pain/illness rep. The Horn Book Inc
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