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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am personally VERY affected by depressing literature.  
I think they pick these books in part because they think the teens will like them—especially all the apocolyptic stuff.   But I do worry about how they affect kids who are already prone to depression.  I have been trying to find less depressing stuff for my kid as a counter-balance.  Suggestions are welcome!  So far we have tried jane Austen, [b]Shakespeare[/b], and Agatha Christie.  [/quote]

Less depressing stuff, like King Lear?[/quote]
I was thinking more Romeo and Juliet.[/quote]

oh yes, two teens commit suicide. so cheery[/quote]

I was that poster.  For whatever reason, reading Shakespeare doesn't get me that upset.  [b]Maybe because Shakespeare doesn't really focus in on the emotional lives of the teenagers?  It's more of an action story, really? [/b] Unlike something like Handmaid's Tale, that just wrecked me for months.  Or Poisonwood Bible, that had me pretty crushed for a while.  Or Kite Runner....anyway, I don't think that they assign any of those in MCPS MS, but they do seem to be reading a TON of post-apocolyptic stuff.  And now with COVID, it's basically all my MS-er can think about.  
Anyway, I'd love more suggestions for stuff that doesn't bring you down -- either for me or my teen.[/quote]

Maybe re-read the play? Or go to see it?[/quote]

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