[CASL-L] American Lit (Modern suggestions) through the lens of Psychology

[Janice Pellegrino]

I'm cataloging this book now (haven't yet read it):  A World Without You by
Beth Revis:

VOYA, August 2016 (Vol. 39, No. 3) - *Judith A. Hayn*
Sofia Muniz committed suicide at age seventeen while attending the
Berkshire Academy for Children with Exceptional Needs. The school serves
about fifty students who display emotional and behavioral disturbance
disorders. Sofia was part of Bo’s group, and also his blossoming romantic
interest. He believes that he has a super power that allows him to travel
back in time. In his mind, he has left Sofia behind in 1642 at the Salem
Witch Trials. Although she begged him to take her there, he sees her death
as a mere misunderstanding, and his mission is to return and retrieve her.
Others in the group include Ryan, who displays sociopathic tendencies;
Gwen, who is fascinated with fire; and Harold, who remains nearly mute but
talks to ghosts. They, with Dr. Franklin, the resident psychiatrist,
struggle to find acceptance and love while forming an unusual alliance as
the plot unravels. Bo uses his troubled, confused view of reality to
narrate several chapters while Phoebe, his younger sister, provides the
authenticity of past incidents, current behaviors, and disasters on the
home front. Bo’s father buries himself in work while his mom tries to
maintain the fiction of the perfect, middle-class home. Phoebe’s normality
comes at a heavy price; her guilt and anguish are just as real as Bo’s, but
stem from different causes. The voices of both narrators are impossible to
ignore as the lines between flawed visions and reality blur in a powerful
revelation of the delusional and paranoid mind. Revis’s account of grief,
loss, first love, and anguish, presented through a lens of mental illness,
is a must-read.

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 8:21 AM, LaPlante, Casey <LaPlanteC at granby.k12.ct.us>
wrote:

> Loretta—
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> In our Contemporary Authors elective for 12th grade students, the books
> that we use for the lens of psychology include:
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> Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
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> We Are Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
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> Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
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> Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future by A.S. King
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> Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
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> Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
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> Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
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> Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer
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> Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
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> This Song Will Save Your Life by Laila Sales
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> Casey LaPlante
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> Granby Memorial High School
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> *From:* CASL-L [mailto:casl-l-bounces at mylist.net] *On Behalf Of *Loretta
> Sullivan
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 06, 2017 8:07 AM
> *To:* CASL_L <casl-l at mylist.net>
> *Subject:* [CASL-L] American Lit (Modern suggestions) through the lens of
> Psychology
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>
>
> Hello,
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> I was wondering if you could help...???  I have a teacher that is
> requesting books and/or poetry suggestions (any and all - modern as well)
> that will help support a grade 11 American Lit class "through the lens of
> Psychology".  Some examples she gave that she might use is One Flew Over
> the Cuckoo's Nest and poems from Edgar Allen Poe.  She was hoping to find
> out what other teachers might use if they have a similar class or what
> other Librarians might suggest.
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> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!  Thanks in advance!
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> Respectfully,
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> Loretta Sullivan
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> Library Media Specialist
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> Manchester High School
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