The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar

The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar, written by Sonora Reyes and published by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Book cover of The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar. A medium skin-toned teenager stands with one arm outstretched in the background, their hand splayed open in the foreground.

About

Cesar Flores, a high school senior with an academic scholarship to a Catholic High School, is tormented by his faith, sexuality and recent bipolar diagnosis. Under pressure to excel in school and figure out his relationship with Jamal, his distorted thinking leads him to stop taking his meds. Manic episodes follow. Can Jamal’s family and friends keep him safe?

Awards Won

Title Year
Schneider Award Seal Schneider Family Book Award

The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.

Learn more about the history and criteria of the Schneider Family Book Award [PDF link]

 2026 - Honor(s)