Chronically Dolores by Maya Van Wagenen

Chronically Dolores by Maya Van Wagenen

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Maya Van Wagenen, bestselling author of Popular, tells Dolores’s story with humor, heartache, and an occasional bit of telenovela flair. Now in paperback!

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Chronically Dolores by Maya Van Wagenen

Hand aufs Gehirn Wie gut ist Ihr Allgemeinwissen? Wer dar ber verf gt, dokumentiert damit nicht nur seine gute Allgemeinbildung, sondern kann es auch vielseitig anwenden. F gen Sie ihrem Wissen die inliegenden Infos zu und sie k nnen damit wunderbar punkten. Egal, ob in illustrer Runde, sondern auch im Beruf und nach dem Geschlechtsverkehr. Wussten Sie, warum es eigentlich Verkehr hei t?
Praise for Chronically Dolores

Winner of The Schneider Family Book Award, for excellence in portraying the disability experience!


A Kirkus Best Book of the Year

A NYPL Best Book of the Year

Van Wagenen’s fiction debut is a standout with both wide appeal and important, specific representation bolstered by the author’s own life” —Booklist, starred review

“Compassionate prose conveys the protagonists’ experiences with care and thoughtful, complex characterizations approachably highlight life’s ambiguity.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“An insightful, funny, and realistic coming-of-age story.” —Kirkus


Praise for Maya Van Wagenen's Popular

YALSA Award Winner for Excellence in Nonfiction
New York Times Bestseller

“I was inspired by her journey.... Maybe if I had read Popular when I was [Van Wagenen's] age, it could have saved me from a world of hurt, or at least put that world in perspective.” —Maude Apatow for the New York Times Book Review

“Everyone’s happiness project looks different, and I was utterly charmed by Maya Van Wagenen’s honest, funny, and thought-provoking account of her efforts to become ‘popular.’” —Gretchen Rubin, #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project
Maya Van Wagenen lives in Georgia with her partner and their many pets. Winner of The Schneider Family Book Award for Best Artistic Expression of the Disability Experience, Maya′s second book and first novel, Chronically Dolores, is inspired by her experiences as a teenager with an incurable bladder condition. She is passionate about bringing visibility to youth with chronic illness and validating the questions, fears, and absurdities that accompany a lifelong diagnosis in childhood.
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ISBN 13 9780147512550
ISBN 10 0147512557
Title Chronically Dolores
Author Maya Van Wagenen
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Dutton Books for Young Readers
Year published 2025-03-25
Number of pages 320
Prizes Winner of Schneider Family Book Award (Young Adult) 2025
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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