Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Depression
According to the World Health Organization 300 million people around the world suffer from depression. That means that many kids and teens either know a family member with depression or are suffering from depression themselves. As usual everyone has a different experience with depression, often paired with other mental illness, sometimes taking medication, sometimes going to therapy. This is just a small sample of books with characters that have depression and may allow kids and teens to feel seen.
- Nest by Esther Ehrlich
- The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller
- Free Verse by Sarah Dooley
- Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa
- Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
- It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
- This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales
- The Memory of Light by Francisco X. Stork
I’m spending the month of April promoting diversity in children and young adult literature as part of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. Stop by every day for a new list of titles! Also, check out other bloggers who are participating by heading over at the Blogging From A to Z website!
