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

[Loretta Sullivan]

Thanks so much to everyone that contributed to a suggestion list!  Great
suggestions!   If you are interested, I compiled them all and can send them
to you.  Let me know if you would like a copy.

Respectfully,

Loretta Sullivan
Library Media Specialist
Manchester High School



"I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library."
                                                       - Jorge Luis Borges

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 8:27 AM, Janice Pellegrino <
janpellegrino at milforded.org> wrote:

> 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—
>>
>>
>>
>> In our Contemporary Authors elective for 12th grade students, the books
>> that we use for the lens of psychology include:
>>
>> Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
>>
>> We Are Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
>>
>> Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
>>
>> Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future by A.S. King
>>
>> Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
>>
>> Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
>>
>> Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
>>
>> Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer
>>
>> Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
>>
>> This Song Will Save Your Life by Laila Sales
>>
>>
>>
>> Casey LaPlante
>>
>> Granby Memorial High School
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *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
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!  Thanks in advance!
>>
>>
>>
>> Respectfully,
>>
>>
>>
>> Loretta Sullivan
>>
>> Library Media Specialist
>>
>> Manchester High School
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library."
>>
>>                                                        - Jorge Luis Borges
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