More proof reading fiction is not only entertaining, but beneficial...

     Bibliotherapy...defined as....

1. the use of books as therapy in the treatment of mental or psychological disorders.

This idea of giving books to people/teens dealing with difficult issues in which they may be able to connect or relate to the characters in a book and therefore keep moving on/feel better about themselves, it has a name. Bibliotherapy. And a following. And, I've been trying to do this for years...I just didn't know it had a name. :)

     It really makes a lot of sense, doesn't it? We all know that we feel better when we don't feel alone in our problems. Books can do this for people. The characters in a book can be a best friend that lends comfort when we get lost in their story, or it can be the other gangly teen going through the same awkward stage that we are and getting made fun of. Ultimately, there is power found in the words and on the pages of books just waiting for us to sit down and begin to read...

    Here is an article in School Library Journal this week supporting this theory...http://www.slj.com/2014/11/teens-ya/bibliotherapy-for-teens-helpful-tips-and-recommended-fiction/#_