The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet

<b>A hilariously honest book about surviving middle school while navigating a chronic illness from the Stonewall Honor-winning author of <i>Almost Flying.</i></b><br><br>Twelve-year-old Al Schneider is too scared to talk about the two biggest things in her life:<br><br>1. Her stomach hurts all the time and she has no idea why.<br>2. She’s almost definitely 100% sure she likes girls.<br><br>So she holds it in…until she can’t. After nearly having an accident of the lavatorial variety in gym class, Al finds herself getting a colonoscopy and an answer—she has Crohn’s disease.<br><br>But rather than solving all her problems, Al's diagnosis just makes everything worse. It’s scary and embarrassing. And worst of all, everyone wants her to <i>talk </i>about it—her overprotective mom, her best friend, and most annoyingly her gastroenterologist, who keeps trying to get her to go to a support group for kids with similar chronic illnesses. But, who wants to talk about what you do in the bathroom?<br><br><i>The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet</i> is a wildly funny and honest story about finding community, telling the truth even when it’s hard, and the many indignities of middle school life.