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* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBearsBigChapterBooks'': Averted with the descriptions of what happens in the SchoolPlay of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' during ''The Berenstain Bears and the New Girl in Town'' -- the text plainly states that Mercutio is killed in a duel and that the play ends with Romeo and Juliet "dying in each other's arms." [[note]]Although that's a bit of a misstatement, since Juliet is only in an induced coma when Romeo dies and Romeo is already dead when Juliet dies.[[/note]] "Never Say Suicide" is in effect, though, since the book never mentions ''how'' Romeo and Juliet die.
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* From [[Creator/JorgeLuisBorges Borges']] "Narrative Art and Magic": «Saracen historians, whose works are the source of José Antonio Conde's ''Historia de la dominación de los árabes en España'', do not write that a king of caliph died, but that "he was delivered into his final reward or prize" or that "he passed into the mercy of the All-Powerful," or that "he awaited his fate so many years, so many moons, and so many days."»
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* From [[Creator/JorgeLuisBorges Borges']] "Narrative Art and Magic": «Saracen historians, whose works are the source of José Antonio Conde's ''Historia de la dominación de los árabes en España'', do not write that a king of caliph died, but that "he was delivered into his final reward or prize" or that "he passed into the mercy of the All-Powerful," or that "he awaited his fate so many years, so many moons, and so many days."»"
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* ''Literature/OneQEightyFour'': Aomame refers to her murder victims as "being sent to another world".
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* ''Literature/RowleyJeffersonsAwesomeFriendlySpookyStories'': In story 3, ''Ghost Friend'', Rusty's best friend Gabe dies for no reason, but Rowley doesn't say he dies because "it's way too sad for a kids book". It becomes pointless quickly because Gabe is confirmed dead two pages later.
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* ''Literature/TheRoughPatch'' is about a fox named Evan grieving the death of his beloved dog. The word "death", however, is never mentioned, with the event where Evan discovers his dog's body being referred to as simply "the unthinkable".
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* ''Literature/TheRoughPatch'' is about a fox named Evan grieving the death of his beloved dog. The word "death", however, is never mentioned, with the event moment where Evan discovers his dog's body being referred to as simply "the unthinkable".
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* ''Literature/TogetherlyLong'': The story uses the word "end" in place of words such as "die" or "kill."
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* ''Literature/TheRoughPatch'' is about a fox named Evan grieving the death of his beloved dog. The word "death", however, is never mentioned, with the event where Evan discovers his dog's body being referred to as simply "the unthinkable".
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* Literature/TogetherlyLong: During the duel for the fate of the planet when Chiisai is standing in the way to protect Oukii from having a CoupDeGrace administered to him by the evil [[BigBad Emperor Von Mal]], it's only said that Chiisai would rather "be destroyed" than let her best friend "end." Even death in the past seems to be taboo, as the story says that Oukii, normally a brave KidHero who's willing to face any danger, has one true fear of heights, but it doesn't say it's because he's an orphan whose parents died in a fall when he was a baby, but it says instead that it's because, "he didn't have parents because of a great fall they'd had when he was a baby."
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* Literature/TogetherlyLong: During the duel for the fate of the planet when Chiisai is standing in the way to protect Oukii from having a CoupDeGrace administered to him by the evil [[BigBad Emperor Von Mal]], it's only said that Chiisai would rather "be destroyed" than let her best friend "end." Even death in the past seems to be taboo, as the story says that Oukii, normally a brave KidHero who's willing to face any danger, has one true fear of heights, but it doesn't say it's because he's an orphan whose parents died in a fall when he was a baby, but it says instead that it's because, "he didn't have parents because of a great fall they'd had when he was a baby."
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* In ''Literature/IAmAmericaAndSoCanYou'', Stephen's parents apparently employed this trope by letting little Stephen know that his dog, Shasta, [[DogGotSentToAFarm had moved to a big farm upstate]]. He takes this at face value, thinking his beloved pet had abandoned him in favor of more space to run around [[FridgeHorror and play with his grandfather]], and insisting that even though his ''new'' dog was better than Shasta ever was, even if he was getting slower in his old age.
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* In ''Literature/IAmAmericaAndSoCanYou'', Stephen's parents apparently employed this trope by letting little Stephen know that his dog, Shasta, [[DogGotSentToAFarm had moved to a big farm upstate]]. He takes this at face value, thinking his beloved pet had abandoned him in favor of more space to run around [[FridgeHorror and play with his grandfather]], and insisting that even though his ''new'' dog was better than Shasta ever was, even if he was getting slower in his old age.
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* In ''Literature/IAmAmericaAndSoCanYou'', Stephen's parents apparently employed this trope by letting little Stephen know that his dog, Shasta, had moved to a big farm upstate. He takes this at face value, thinking his beloved pet had abandoned him in favor of more space to run around [[FridgeHorror and play with his grandfather]], and insisting that even though his ''new'' dog was better than Shasta ever was, even if he was getting slower in his old age.
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* In ''Literature/IAmAmericaAndSoCanYou'', Stephen's parents apparently employed this trope by letting little Stephen know that his dog, Shasta, [[DogGotSentToAFarm had moved to a big farm upstate.upstate]]. He takes this at face value, thinking his beloved pet had abandoned him in favor of more space to run around [[FridgeHorror and play with his grandfather]], and insisting that even though his ''new'' dog was better than Shasta ever was, even if he was getting slower in his old age.
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* Creator/PiersAnthony does this on purpose in his ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' series. Instead of going to the bathroom or engaging in sexual activity, characters merely see ellipses.
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* Creator/PiersAnthony does this on purpose in his ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' series. Instead of going to the bathroom or engaging in sexual activity, [[FadeToBlack characters merely see ellipses.ellipses]].
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** In the third book, Lucky and Mickey try to avoid outright mentioning their mother's death around the orphaned Fierce Dog litter. This only lasts a few pages as Alpha and the others have no such qualms.
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** In the third book, Lucky and Mickey try to avoid outright mentioning their mother's death around the orphaned Fierce Dog litter. This only lasts a few pages as Alpha and the others have no such qualms.qualms.
* An AvertedTrope in ''Literature/TheMouseWatch'', as words like "kill" and "die" are used occasionally. This is true to the book's being DarkerAndEdgier than both its source material (it's a SpinOff of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'') and competing ChildrensLiterature series such as ''Literature/GeronimoStilton''.
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* An AvertedTrope in ''Literature/TheMouseWatch'', as words like "kill" and "die" are used occasionally. This is true to the book's being DarkerAndEdgier than both its source material (it's a SpinOff of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'') and competing ChildrensLiterature series such as ''Literature/GeronimoStilton''.
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** Deconstructed in ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'', where the Tooth Fairy's country is defined by the belief of children, looking like a children's drawing for instance, and death does not exist there because no-one tells children about it. People just ''disappear'' when fatally injured. And the molecular-thin blade of [[TheGrimReaper Death's]] sword cannot exist there.
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** Deconstructed in ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'', ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'', where the Tooth Fairy's country is defined by the belief of children, looking like a children's drawing for instance, and death does not exist there because no-one tells children about it. People just ''disappear'' when fatally injured. And the molecular-thin blade of [[TheGrimReaper Death's]] sword cannot exist there.
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* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'':
** Subverted most notably in #22. Rachel initially ''wants'' to say she's going to 'destroy' SixthRangerTraitor David, but that's a 'weasel word' and she admits to herself (and the reader) that she wants to kill him. Badly. [[spoiler:While Cassie comes up with the only safe alternative to killing David,]] Rachel is stuck struggling with her violent tendencies for the rest of the series.
** Again subverted when a family of campers gets caught up in a battle between Yeerks and free Hork-Bajir, who have, until this point, stubbornly refused to believe that the battle was real no matter what evidence they'd shown. They'd ''appeared'' to believe, but we find that they didn't really get it until this scene happens: (Paraphrased)
--->'''Jake:''' Try not to get killed.\\
'''Camper:''' When you say killed, you mean killed as in "captured" or "stunned," right?\\
'''Jake:''' Unfortunately, I mean killed as in dead.
** In other instances, this trope is played straight - the kids talk about how the Yeerks would "destroy" them and their families, and so on, also using "annihilate" as a euphemism. However, as the Yeerks are parasites, these vague euphemisms could be used to mean "killed ''or'' infested".
* Creator/PiersAnthony does this on purpose in his ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' series. Instead of going to the bathroom or engaging in sexual activity, characters merely see ellipses.
* In ''Literature/TheLegendOfRahAndTheMuggles'', the BigBad seeks to assassinate the title character. That this is rendered as making him "sleep forever" is especially ridiculous in a story which [[AfterTheEnd begins with a global nuclear war]], though [[ParanoiaFuel one might well question the suitability of the latter for a children's story.]]
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** Assassins don't kill people. They are "inhumed".
** Deconstructed in ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'', where the Tooth Fairy's country is defined by the belief of children, looking like a children's drawing for instance, and death does not exist there because no-one tells children about it. People just ''disappear'' when fatally injured. And the molecular-thin blade of [[TheGrimReaper Death's]] sword cannot exist there.
--->''You don't die here. You just get old... listening to the laughter.''
* ''Literature/WarriorCats'':
** There are a few instances when main characters are dying where death is referred to as "going to hunt with [=StarClan=]" or something similar for poetic effect.
** The word "pregnant" is never used, regardless of how often characters have been pregnant throughout the series. They simply say "bearing kits" or something similar. This can be somewhat justified, because that could actually be how cats talk, similar to the series' use of GoshDangItToHeck.
** There is also when Lionblaze is trying to threaten [[spoiler:Ashfur]] and he says "I can beat you in a fight if I have to," even though it's somewhat obvious he's threatening to kill him.
** At one point, they refer to Scourge having "destroyed" [[spoiler:Tigerstar]], but they probably used that word because [[CruelandUnusualDeath saying he "killed" him]] would have been a ''huge'' understatement.
** Subverted in ''Into the Wild'':
--->'''Firepaw:''' He wants to get rid of Ravenpaw.\\
'''Graypaw:''' Get ''rid'' of him? You mean ''kill'' him?
** Because of the usual lack of squeamishness, when characters kept referring to [[spoiler:Hollyleaf]] as having been "lost" instead of "killed" when a rockfall collapsed on her and they assumed NoOneCouldSurviveThat, fans figured she was alive since they made such a point of avoiding the word.
* PlayedForDrama in ''Literature/ATreeGrowsInBrooklyn'', where Francie is made by her mother to cross out every instance of the word "drunk" (a frequent condition of her father) in her diary and replace it with "sick."
* The ''Literature/GreenSkyTrilogy'' doesn't have issues describing something as dead, but as pacifists, they replace the word "kill" with "dead", and stigmatize the usage as a verb.
* A culture described in ''Literature/RumoAndHisMiraculousAdventures'' raised children with no concept of death so that they would be [[FearlessFool abnormally fearless]].
* The novel ''The Impossible Bird'' plays this trope a bit more literally: only people who have killed someone are physically capable of saying the word "die." (It's never explained exactly why this is so, although all the killing does turn out to be important to the plot.)
* From [[Creator/JorgeLuisBorges Borges']] "Narrative Art and Magic": «Saracen historians, whose works are the source of José Antonio Conde's ''Historia de la dominación de los árabes en España'', do not write that a king of caliph died, but that "he was delivered into his final reward or prize" or that "he passed into the mercy of the All-Powerful," or that "he awaited his fate so many years, so many moons, and so many days."»
* Comes up in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice''. When she hears that her big brother is going to leave the family to be married, little Bunny Whistler wails "I don't want Jerin to go away like Papa did!". Immediately Jerin assures her, "Papa died, honey. I'm not going to die. I'm just going to live at someone else's house." It's a subversion, but one that initially looks like this trope.
* In ''Literature/WatershipDown'', characters mostly use the phrase "to stop running" as [[DeadlyEuphemism a euphemism for death]]. That said, the concept of death is not swept under the rug at all, and is an omnipresent threat throughout the story, and the word "kill" is frequently used with no hesitation or sugar-coating.
* In ''Literature/IAmAmericaAndSoCanYou'', Stephen's parents apparently employed this trope by letting little Stephen know that his dog, Shasta, had moved to a big farm upstate. He takes this at face value, thinking his beloved pet had abandoned him in favor of more space to run around [[FridgeHorror and play with his grandfather]], and insisting that even though his ''new'' dog was better than Shasta ever was, even if he was getting slower in his old age.
* Used by special operatives in Creator/VladimirVasilyev's ''Literature/WolfishNature'' duology. The reason for that is that the dog-humans of this AlternateUniverse have mastered [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke genetic engineering]] and have subjected all people on the planet to the Bio-Correction centuries prior, which [[LegoGenetics removed everyone's "wolf gene"]] (i.e. the gene that allows a person to kill). Anyone who kills another person, even by accident, is usually driven insane by the act. In fact, any murders that happen are either the result of madmen or special operatives, who spend many years training to do so without going insane. Even then, the psychological toll of killing is such that they're afraid of even using the word "kill", lest the word itself push them over the edge. Instead, the word "fuse" (as in "dynamite fuse") is used, so an operative might be asked how many fuses he's had in his career (very few have anything even close to 10).
* In ''[[Literature/{{Clementine}} Clementine, Friend of the Week]]'', when Clementine loses her pet kitten, Moisturizer, she blames herself, but her father tells her that she's not to blame, that he got out because he was curious; kittens are curious. At that, Clementine is reminded of "a certain terrible saying regarding curiosity and cats," which she says that she is not going to repeat in her narration. However, she sees her father seeing her remember it and tells her that "But satisfaction brought him back" is the end of the saying. She replies simply that she hopes so.
* The children's picture book ''Benny and Penny in How to Say Goodbye'' is about death and averts this in that right in the beginning scene, Benny is jumping on leaves and Penny tells him on to because he'll hurt them, but Benny says that he can't because they're already dead. Penny wonders how long the leaves will be dead and Benny tells her "a long time." In the very next scene, Penny discovers a dead salamander and says that she thinks he's dead. Children's books meant to teach kids how to deal with loss and death almost always avert this trope.
* ''Literature/SurvivorDogs'':
** This is used a few times, such as when Lucky fears Alpha will "destroy" him, but it's usually averted. Death is described bluntly and only rarely are {{Deadly Euphemism}}s used. The series outright [[DownerBeginning begins]] with an earthquake that kills everyone in the shelter but two dogs.
** In the third book, Lucky and Mickey try to avoid outright mentioning their mother's death around the orphaned Fierce Dog litter. This only lasts a few pages as Alpha and the others have no such qualms.
** Subverted most notably in #22. Rachel initially ''wants'' to say she's going to 'destroy' SixthRangerTraitor David, but that's a 'weasel word' and she admits to herself (and the reader) that she wants to kill him. Badly. [[spoiler:While Cassie comes up with the only safe alternative to killing David,]] Rachel is stuck struggling with her violent tendencies for the rest of the series.
** Again subverted when a family of campers gets caught up in a battle between Yeerks and free Hork-Bajir, who have, until this point, stubbornly refused to believe that the battle was real no matter what evidence they'd shown. They'd ''appeared'' to believe, but we find that they didn't really get it until this scene happens: (Paraphrased)
--->'''Jake:''' Try not to get killed.\\
'''Camper:''' When you say killed, you mean killed as in "captured" or "stunned," right?\\
'''Jake:''' Unfortunately, I mean killed as in dead.
** In other instances, this trope is played straight - the kids talk about how the Yeerks would "destroy" them and their families, and so on, also using "annihilate" as a euphemism. However, as the Yeerks are parasites, these vague euphemisms could be used to mean "killed ''or'' infested".
* Creator/PiersAnthony does this on purpose in his ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' series. Instead of going to the bathroom or engaging in sexual activity, characters merely see ellipses.
* In ''Literature/TheLegendOfRahAndTheMuggles'', the BigBad seeks to assassinate the title character. That this is rendered as making him "sleep forever" is especially ridiculous in a story which [[AfterTheEnd begins with a global nuclear war]], though [[ParanoiaFuel one might well question the suitability of the latter for a children's story.]]
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** Assassins don't kill people. They are "inhumed".
** Deconstructed in ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'', where the Tooth Fairy's country is defined by the belief of children, looking like a children's drawing for instance, and death does not exist there because no-one tells children about it. People just ''disappear'' when fatally injured. And the molecular-thin blade of [[TheGrimReaper Death's]] sword cannot exist there.
--->''You don't die here. You just get old... listening to the laughter.''
* ''Literature/WarriorCats'':
** There are a few instances when main characters are dying where death is referred to as "going to hunt with [=StarClan=]" or something similar for poetic effect.
** The word "pregnant" is never used, regardless of how often characters have been pregnant throughout the series. They simply say "bearing kits" or something similar. This can be somewhat justified, because that could actually be how cats talk, similar to the series' use of GoshDangItToHeck.
** There is also when Lionblaze is trying to threaten [[spoiler:Ashfur]] and he says "I can beat you in a fight if I have to," even though it's somewhat obvious he's threatening to kill him.
** At one point, they refer to Scourge having "destroyed" [[spoiler:Tigerstar]], but they probably used that word because [[CruelandUnusualDeath saying he "killed" him]] would have been a ''huge'' understatement.
** Subverted in ''Into the Wild'':
--->'''Firepaw:''' He wants to get rid of Ravenpaw.\\
'''Graypaw:''' Get ''rid'' of him? You mean ''kill'' him?
** Because of the usual lack of squeamishness, when characters kept referring to [[spoiler:Hollyleaf]] as having been "lost" instead of "killed" when a rockfall collapsed on her and they assumed NoOneCouldSurviveThat, fans figured she was alive since they made such a point of avoiding the word.
* PlayedForDrama in ''Literature/ATreeGrowsInBrooklyn'', where Francie is made by her mother to cross out every instance of the word "drunk" (a frequent condition of her father) in her diary and replace it with "sick."
* The ''Literature/GreenSkyTrilogy'' doesn't have issues describing something as dead, but as pacifists, they replace the word "kill" with "dead", and stigmatize the usage as a verb.
* A culture described in ''Literature/RumoAndHisMiraculousAdventures'' raised children with no concept of death so that they would be [[FearlessFool abnormally fearless]].
* The novel ''The Impossible Bird'' plays this trope a bit more literally: only people who have killed someone are physically capable of saying the word "die." (It's never explained exactly why this is so, although all the killing does turn out to be important to the plot.)
* From [[Creator/JorgeLuisBorges Borges']] "Narrative Art and Magic": «Saracen historians, whose works are the source of José Antonio Conde's ''Historia de la dominación de los árabes en España'', do not write that a king of caliph died, but that "he was delivered into his final reward or prize" or that "he passed into the mercy of the All-Powerful," or that "he awaited his fate so many years, so many moons, and so many days."»
* Comes up in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice''. When she hears that her big brother is going to leave the family to be married, little Bunny Whistler wails "I don't want Jerin to go away like Papa did!". Immediately Jerin assures her, "Papa died, honey. I'm not going to die. I'm just going to live at someone else's house." It's a subversion, but one that initially looks like this trope.
* In ''Literature/WatershipDown'', characters mostly use the phrase "to stop running" as [[DeadlyEuphemism a euphemism for death]]. That said, the concept of death is not swept under the rug at all, and is an omnipresent threat throughout the story, and the word "kill" is frequently used with no hesitation or sugar-coating.
* In ''Literature/IAmAmericaAndSoCanYou'', Stephen's parents apparently employed this trope by letting little Stephen know that his dog, Shasta, had moved to a big farm upstate. He takes this at face value, thinking his beloved pet had abandoned him in favor of more space to run around [[FridgeHorror and play with his grandfather]], and insisting that even though his ''new'' dog was better than Shasta ever was, even if he was getting slower in his old age.
* Used by special operatives in Creator/VladimirVasilyev's ''Literature/WolfishNature'' duology. The reason for that is that the dog-humans of this AlternateUniverse have mastered [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke genetic engineering]] and have subjected all people on the planet to the Bio-Correction centuries prior, which [[LegoGenetics removed everyone's "wolf gene"]] (i.e. the gene that allows a person to kill). Anyone who kills another person, even by accident, is usually driven insane by the act. In fact, any murders that happen are either the result of madmen or special operatives, who spend many years training to do so without going insane. Even then, the psychological toll of killing is such that they're afraid of even using the word "kill", lest the word itself push them over the edge. Instead, the word "fuse" (as in "dynamite fuse") is used, so an operative might be asked how many fuses he's had in his career (very few have anything even close to 10).
* In ''[[Literature/{{Clementine}} Clementine, Friend of the Week]]'', when Clementine loses her pet kitten, Moisturizer, she blames herself, but her father tells her that she's not to blame, that he got out because he was curious; kittens are curious. At that, Clementine is reminded of "a certain terrible saying regarding curiosity and cats," which she says that she is not going to repeat in her narration. However, she sees her father seeing her remember it and tells her that "But satisfaction brought him back" is the end of the saying. She replies simply that she hopes so.
* The children's picture book ''Benny and Penny in How to Say Goodbye'' is about death and averts this in that right in the beginning scene, Benny is jumping on leaves and Penny tells him on to because he'll hurt them, but Benny says that he can't because they're already dead. Penny wonders how long the leaves will be dead and Benny tells her "a long time." In the very next scene, Penny discovers a dead salamander and says that she thinks he's dead. Children's books meant to teach kids how to deal with loss and death almost always avert this trope.
* ''Literature/SurvivorDogs'':
** This is used a few times, such as when Lucky fears Alpha will "destroy" him, but it's usually averted. Death is described bluntly and only rarely are {{Deadly Euphemism}}s used. The series outright [[DownerBeginning begins]] with an earthquake that kills everyone in the shelter but two dogs.
** In the third book, Lucky and Mickey try to avoid outright mentioning their mother's death around the orphaned Fierce Dog litter. This only lasts a few pages as Alpha and the others have no such qualms.
