Button Pusher [Hardcover]

A memoir-driven realistic graphic novel about Tyler, a child who is diagnosed with ADHD and has to discover for himself how to best manage it.

Tylers brain is different. Unlike his friends, he has a hard time paying attention in class. He acts out in goofy, over-the-top ways. Sometimes, he even does dangerous thingslike cut up a bus seat with a pocketknife or hang out of an attic window.

To the adults in his life, Tyler seems like a troublemaker. But he knows that hes not. Tyler is curious and creative. Hes the best artist in his grade, and when he can focus, he gets great grades. He doesnt want to cause trouble, but sometimes he just feels like he cant control himself.

InButton Pusher, cartoonist Tyler Page uses his own childhood experiences to explore what it means to grow up with ADHD. From diagnosis to treatment and beyond, Tylers story is raw and enlightening, inviting you to see the world from a new perspective.

Tyler Pageis an Eisner-nominated cartoonist and educator. He has worked with a mix of national and international clients and publishers, in addition to publishing more than half a dozen books of his own. Tyler lives in Minneapolis, MN with his wife, author/illustrator Cori Doerrfeld, and their two very blonde children. His book,Raised on Ritalin, was called essential reading for medical students and those involved in helping address the challenges of ADHD by the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

A well-paced interweaving of story beats and explanation, told with a refreshing honesty of feeling, make this a factually informative, accessible introduction to ADHD. Publisher's Weekly,starred review

This resonant memoir shows one boys journey through childhood and adolescence as he struggles with his fathers anger and his own brain. School Library Journal

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