Calvin

Just because you see something doesn’t mean it’s really there. Seventeen-year-old Calvin has always known his fate is linked to the comic book character from Calvin & Hobbes. He was born on the day the last strip was published. His grandpa put a stuffed tiger named Hobbes in his crib. And he even had a best friend named Susie. Then CalvinΓÇÖs mom washed Hobbes to death. Susie grew up beautiful and stopped talking to him. And Calvin pretty much forgot about the stripΓÇöuntil now. Now he is seventeen years old and has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Hobbes is back,as a delusionand Calvin canΓÇÖt control him. Calvin decides that cartoonist Bill Watterson is the key to everythingΓÇöif he would just make one more comic stripbut without HobbesCalvin would be cured. Calvin and Susie (is she real?) and Hobbes (he canΓÇÖt be realcan he?) set out on a dangerous trek across frozen Lake Erie to track down Watterson. Calvin by Martine Leavitt is a stirring YA novel that’s not just a story about one boy’s struggle with schizophreniabut a coming of age storya love storyand one unforgettable adventure. Martine Leavitt is the author of Keturah and Lord Deatha National Book Award FinalistMy Book of Life by Angelwhich garnered five starred reviews and was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalistand Heck Superheroa finalist for the Governor General’s Award. Praise for Calvin: ΓÇ£The novel has a freshfunny voice that never diminishes the seriousness of schizophrenia. Leavitt delivers an imaginative exploration of mental illnessexamining whatΓÇÖs real and whatΓÇÖs true in this magical world.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöBookliststarred review \