TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN:
FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES
RECOMMENDED READING
TITLE: (Don't) Call Me Crazy
AUTHOR: Edited by Kelly Jensen SUMMARY: Presents an anthology of essays that illuminate such mental health topics as autism, bipolar disorder, body dysmorphia, depression, and healing. WHERE TO FIND THE BOOK: Check it out from NC's library |
TITLE: Life Inside My Mind
AUTHOR: Edited by Jessica Burkhart SUMMARY: Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental illness in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores everything from ADD to PTSD. WHERE TO FIND THE BOOK: Check it out from NC's library |
TITLE: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
AUTHOR: Stephen Chbosky SUMMARY: Charlie, a freshman in high school, explores the dilemmas of growing up through a collection of letters he sends to an unknown receiver. WHERE TO FIND THE BOOK: Check out the ebook or audiobook from OverDrive or check it out from NC's library |
TITLE: Looking for Alaska
AUTHOR: John Green SUMMARY: Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash. WHERE TO FIND THE BOOK: Check out the ebook or audiobook from OverDrive or check it out from NC's library |
TITLE: Eleanor & Park
AUTHOR: Rainbow Rowell SUMMARY: Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. WHERE TO FIND THE BOOK: Check out the ebook or audiobook from OverDrive or check it out from NC's library |
TITLE: Finding Audrey
AUTHOR: Sophie Kinsella SUMMARY: Audrey has developed an anxiety disorder but she sees a therapist and is making slow but steady progress. She meets Linus, her brother's teammate and finds she can talk through her fears with him in a way she's never been able to do with anyone before. WHERE TO FIND THE BOOK: Check out the ebook from OverDrive via Spokane Public Library |
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VIDEO: John Green Discusses Turtles All the Way Down
VIDEO: John Green Talks about What It's Like Having OCD
VIDEO: John Green and Hank Green Discuss Turtles All the Way Down
ARTICLE: John Green on Mental Illness and Writing a Book That Mirrors His Own Life
PODCAST EPISODE: Novelist John Green On OCD
PODCAST EPISODE: John Green: Chronic Not Curable
VIDEO: John Green Talks about What It's Like Having OCD
VIDEO: John Green and Hank Green Discuss Turtles All the Way Down
ARTICLE: John Green on Mental Illness and Writing a Book That Mirrors His Own Life
PODCAST EPISODE: Novelist John Green On OCD
PODCAST EPISODE: John Green: Chronic Not Curable