Freshman Reading Experience

If you’d like to learn more about It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Ned Vizzini, or other aspects of the book’s issues and topics, you may wish to start with the following websites, which will provide you with information, search tools, links, and recommendations.

http://www.nedvizzini.com/
Ned Vizzini’s official website

http://ned-vizzini.livejournal.com/
Vizzini’s blog, “Rockets in the Night—A Metaphor”

http://www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com/data/books/dgpdf/07868519611668.pdf
A reading guide for It’s Kind of a Funny Story, with discussion questions and project ideas

http://www.myspace.com/ikoafs
The first chapter of It’s Kind of a Funny Story read aloud on MySpace

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/depression/complete-index.shtml
National Institute of Mental Health’s website on depression

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/index.shtml
National Institute of Mental Health’s website on anxiety disorders