Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich

From Book Trigger Warnings
Dear Evan Hansen
Cover of Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich
Author(s) Val Emmich
Published October 9, 2018
Publisher Poppy
Genre(s) Contemporary Fiction
Age group Young Adult


Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich is a young adult contemporary fiction novelization of the Broadway hit. It was first published on October 9, 2018.

Trigger Warnings

  • Absent parent
  • Abusive household
  • Abusive siblings-relationship
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Death
  • Divorced parents and second family
  • Drug abuse
  • Impersonation
  • Invasion of privacy
  • LGBT character death
  • Lying
  • Medicinal drugs
  • Manipulation
  • Possible derealization
  • School shooting (mention and joke)
  • Sexual jokes
  • Suicide
  • Suicide attempts

Representation

An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.

  • Mentally ill (anxiety) main character
  • Bisexual/Queer side characters

Tropes