Puzzled: A Memoir about Growing Up with Ocd (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780593615614)

Growing up with undiagnosed OCD sure isn't easy, and here Pan Cooke shares his own experiences with that condition in a graphic-novel memoir that is as funny as it is powerfully candid and openhearted.

Pan Cooke is ten years old when anxious thoughts begin to take over his brain like pieces of an impossible puzzle. What if he blurts out a swear word while in church? What if he accidentally writes something mean in his classmate's get-well card? What if his friend's racy photo of a supermodel ends up in his own homework and is discovered by his teacher? More and more, he becomes hijacked by fears that can only be calmed through exhausting, time-consuming rituals.

Pan has no way of knowing that this anxiety puzzle and the stressful attempts to solve it are evidence of a condition called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This is his story of living with and eventually learning about OCD. Told with endearing honesty and humor, Puzzled shows the reader the importance of empathy for oneself and those going through something they don't yet understand.

Author: Pan Cooke
ISBN-10: 0593615611
ISBN-13: 9780593615614
Publisher: Rocky Pond Books
Language: English
Published: 04/16/2024
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.75w x 1.02d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/15/2024
Booklist 02/01/2024 pg. 48
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2024
School Library Journal 04/01/2024 pg. 147
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2024