Highly Illogical Behaviour

Review

Accessible, fast paced, I'll be thinking about this book for months maybe years from now. (Guardian on Where Things Come Back)

At a time when young adult literature is actively picking away at the stigma of mental illness, Whaley carves off a healthy chunk with style, sensitivity and humor.... ELECTRIFYING. (The New York Times Book Review)

TENDER AND FUNNY. (People Magazine)

Chapters... brim over with WARM, WITTY, AUTHENTIC dialogue.... Readers will easily come to care about these bright, wonderfully nerdy, flawed characters. (Kirkus Reviews)

Whaley again tackles heavy, heady topics with a light touch, populating his PERCEPTIVE AND QUICK-WITTED story with endearing, believably flawed teens. (Publishers Weekly)

A LOGICAL CHOICE for Whaley's fans, Trekkies, and sensitive readers of all stripes. (School Library Journal)

Whaley... CHALLENGES EASY CATEGORIES OF SAVIOR AND VICTIM - and of mental health and illness. (The Washington Post)

Destined to be ONE Of THE MOST BUZZED-ABOUT NOVELS OF SUMMER 2016 and beyond. (The Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Each of John Carey Whaley's novels has this kind of substance and realness that completely sets them apart from all other books on the market... HIGHLY ILLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR is, OVERALL, A HEARTWARMING AND BEAUTIFUL COMING-OF-AGE STORY. (TeenReads.com)

With plenty of geekery, CHARMING repartee, and fairly realistic teen drama, this will have wide appeal among readers of contemporary fiction. (Booklist)

About the Author

John 'Corey' Whaley grew up in the small town of Springhill, Louisiana, where he learned to be sarcastic and to tell stories. He has a BA in English from Louisiana Tech University, as well as an MA in Secondary English Education. He started writing stories about aliens and underwater civilizations when he was around ten or eleven, but now writes realistic YA fiction. His debut novel Where Things Come Back won the Printz Medal, and his second book Noggin was a National Book Award Finalist.