Title: Lisa, Bright and Dark
Author: John Neufeld
Disability: Mental Illness
1st Date Published: 1969
1st Publisher: S. G. Phillips, Inc.
2nd Date Published: 1999
2nd Publisher: Puffin Books
Lisa, Bright and Dark is a story that chronicles the life of Lisa Shilling's descent
into mental illness. Lisa is a sixteen-year-old high school student who is convinced that
she is losing her mind. Some days are "light," and she feels like everything is normal.
Other days are "dark," and she withdraws from the world and herself. Her teachers
ignore what is happening while her parents d…
