All The Things That Could Go Wrong

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Now that the profile of mental health has been raised, it is important that books like All The Things That Could Go Wrong are published. But their mums are friends and they force them to finish off building Dan’s raft together – neither of them relish this prospect to begin with, but as they work together, things begin to change. I like that in the last page of the book, Alex's OCD is not mentioned at all because everything going on around him is much more important than that aspect of him, and I'd say the coming and going of how much control a mental illness has over you is a pretty accurate representation too. Being a Mum myself I always encourage open communication, and fine it so frustrating to hear that a situation cannot be communicated because XYZ may happen.

I’ve never really wondered what it would be like to have OCD but this book shows you in a very real way. It was really good and I think boys and girls will like it because it's about friendship in the end. It could also encourage children who are expressing their emotions in a negative way to talk to someone about how they are feeling. All The Things That Could Go Wrong is a very important coming of age story about how we treat people and how we don't really know what they are going through. His parents worry about the expense of a therapist, which is understandable, but Alex's OCD is problematic, causing him to be frequently late for school and damaging his hands and his school supplies from multiple washings.It was very hard at first, but that was because I was concentrating on the awful things he was doing, and not on what type of kid he was.

I won't go into too much depth here, but there were several occasions where Alex could have stepped in to help someone else from the bullying, but because you were inside Alex's head, you really got the sense of how it isn't that easy. Social relationships, school, bullying, personal struggles, and all of the expectations from the adults that we have to meet are several things that take up a massive portion during that period of our lives. His teachers haven’t got the time to truly understand and help him and because he’s quiet he doesn’t demand attention. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.Ross Welford, author of Time Travelling with a Hamster 'I loved it' Lisa Thompson, author of The Goldfish BoyThere are two sides to every story Dan is angry. I also like that its overall message is really just that you don't have to do things just because cliques at school think you should.