Meet CHAOS THEORY. I have so much to say about this book, I don't actually have adequate words. So I'll just give a little background: this is the second book I ever wrote. I tried to sell it as my debut in 2015, but it wasn't the right time, so Dear Martin got proposed and published first instead. As a Black person who is living with--and has been medicated for--a couple of mental illness diagnoses, creating accurate and well-vetted representation of Black kids with "abnormal brain chemistry" (Pffffft!) is of paramount importance to me. And BLACK is important here. Because yes: while mental health experiences are SUPER individualized in general, our racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds absolutely impact the way we experience the world and therefore how our brains function within it. And stigma sucks. Anyway, I hope you all love this book as much as I do. It is hard and digs deep, and is also swoony and romantic (well... in MY way of doing things 😂). It is me at my rawest and most vulnerable, truly. Also I know *I* seem to keep popping up on my book covers... peep the inspo photo from my senior prom. On sale 2/28/2023. Preorder link in bio! #Bahahahaha! #ShoutoutToJoshPaul #TheBoyITriedToLearnToSkateboardFor #JustBecauseIWantedToImpressHim #BustedMyAssTryingToDoAnOllyONETimeThough ...#AndThatWasTheEndOfMySkateboardingVenture #EventuallyImpressedHimWithMyDazzlingPersonalityThough #Owwww! #AlsoPeepShelbisGlasses! #IHadToFightForThose #CuteNerdGirlsWithGlassesDeserveToBeOnBookCoversTooOkay?? #DownWithThese2020VisionBasedBeautyStandards! #Hmph! #ForRealThoughWeLitOutHere... #ANDImNervousAF #ThisIsMyFirstSoloYANovelSince2020 #👀 #IHopeIDidItRight! #LOL! #OHAndAnotherFunFact: #ICutThisBookInHalfFromItsOriginalVersion #JustLikeIDidDearMartin #ChileThisOriginalWasDRAMATIC #LikeOVERLYSo. #ThisVersionIsMuchBetter #YouShouldTotallyPreorderSoYouCanSee #😉