Moving, witty, and insightful, Challenger Deep tells the story of a boy named Caden who struggles with schizophrenia. Sometimes disorienting and at other times emotionally touching, this award-winning novel will make you reflect on the complexity of mental illness.

Neal Shusterman is a bestselling author of the New York Times and an award winner. He is the author of Challenger Deep, a National Book Award winner, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book, and recipient of six starred reviews; Bruiser, which was a selection of the Cooperative Children's Book Center, a YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults selection, and appeared on twelve state lists; The Schwa Was Here; and the Unwind dystology, among many other books. He lives with his family in California.