Use these links to supplement and complement students’ reading of the work and to increase their overall enjoyment of literature. Challenge them to discern parallel themes, engage through visual and aural stimuli, and delve deeper into the thematic possibilities presented by the title.

Recommended Texts for Pairing

Just Roll with It by Lee Durfey-Lavoie

• Maggie is trying to navigate her first year of middle school, find the right after-school club, and make new friends. While hoping to find her place in school, she copes with her anxiety and OCD with her 20-sided die that she carries around.
• a middle-grade graphic novel with muted pastels and cartoon artwork

Medikidz Interactive Comic about OCD

• explains the symptoms of OCD and how it is an invisible illness
• The comic’s main character is assured that they are not alone with their OCD.
• an interactive webcomic, with expandable features that delve deeper into information about OCD and its treatment

Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

• a 2015 YA novel whose junior high school-aged protagonist has OCD
• connects to themes of Mental Health and Loneliness and Pain
• Every Last Word on SuperSummary

All the Things That Could Go Wrong by Stewart Foster