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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.  Maybe because Shakespeare doesn't really focus in on the emotional lives of the teenagers?  It's more of an action story, really?  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]

Shakespeare wrote a lot about teenagers! I think Shakespeare might not make you upset because the language is archaic and that creates kind of a barrier to a visceral reaction. Also Shakespeare wrote a ton of comedies and love poems. And you may not have read Macbeth. [/quote]

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