Inside Out by Terry Trueman

Trueman, Terry. Inside Out. Harper Collins, 2003. New York, NY.

ISBN 13: 9780064473767. Paperback.

Awards:
2006 IRA Teacher’s Choice, YA
2006 Kentucky Bluegrass Master List
Atlanta Parent Top Ten Teen Reads
2004 Best Book for Young Adults
VOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers 2003

Annotation:
Zach, a 16 year old boy is caught in the middle of a hold up at a coffee shop when things go terribly wrong.

Book Talk:
The voices echo in his head: “Wasteoid. Loser. Time to die. Die. Die. Die.”
Zach hears these voices inside his head all of the time. He has schizophrenia, and as long as he takes his medication on time, he can ignore the voices. One day he is caught in the middle of a hold up at the coffee shop and is taken as a hostage. As the time ticks by, the voices in Zach’s head speak louder and louder, threatening Zach with death. Their captors are nervous teenagers, desperate to do whatever it takes to get out alive.
Will Zach be able to survive the dangers inside his head, as well as those outside? Find out in Inside Out by Terry Trueman.

Author Website: www.terrytrueman.com