Kissing Doorknobs (Paperback)

Author: Terry Spencer Hesser
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Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780440413141
Publisher: Bantam Books
Publish Date: 4/10/2007
Buy.com Sku: 30523279
Item#: RPY65D
Buy.com Sales Rank: 65398
Dimensions (in Inches) 6.75H x 4.25L x 0.25T
Pages: 160
 
Tara is a girl obsessed with the notion that if she steps on a crack she'll break her mother's back. Other odd behaviors emerge, and eventually she develops a new ritual of kissing her fingers and touching a doorknob. This funny, compelling, and sensitive story about a teenage girl afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder is an ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
 
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A coming-of-age story about Tara Sullivan, a girl suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder.

 
 

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Step on a crack, break your mother's back! The first time I heard that stupid rhyme was when I was eleven years old and still in possession of my own thoughts.

At first I thought the rhyme was stupid.  Step on a crack, break your mother's back! When I couldn't get it out of my head, I thought it was annoying.  Step on a crack, break your mother's back! Finally I thought it was scary.  But no matter what I thought about it, I couldn't stop thinking it.  Actually, it was more as if I couldn't stop hearing it in my head over and over again.

I heard it while I was brushing my teeth,
Step on a crack, break your mother's back!
eating dinner,
Step on a crack, break your mother's back!
doing my homework,
Step on a crack, break your mother's back!
having a conversation,
Step on a crack, break your mother's back!
and falling asleep.

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