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Challenger Deep

by Neal Shusterman

Illustrator: Brendan Shusterman

Ages: 14+

Published: 2015

Publisher: HarperTeen/HarperCollins

ISBN: 978-0-06-113411-1

Keywords: Mental illness, Schizophrenia

This haunting tale of a fifteen-year-old boy's descent into mental illness includes pen-and-ink illustrations drawn by the author's son during his own actual psychiatric breakdown.