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1) Baby
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
Taking care of a baby left with them at the end of the tourist season helps a family come to terms with the death of their own infant son.
4) Clementine
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Two years after her sister's tragic death, fourteen-year-old Clementine still struggles with overwhelming guilt and grief and feels disconnected from the world around her.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"After her mother dies, twelve-year-old Talia McQuinn goes to the Arctic with her father, a whale researcher. Over the course of one summer, and through several unlikely friendships, Talia learns that stories have the power to connect us, to provide hope, and to pull us out of the darkness"--
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Ever since her brother Floyd died, Summer's world has been falling apart. Her mom is a ghost of her former self, her older sister is angry all the time, and her dad wants to move the family to Australia. It seems like the only thing unchanged in their lives is Floyd's guitar, which was returned to the family perfectly unharmed by the bombing that killed him.
Once Summer arrives in Australia, she feels even further away from Floyd than before. Until...
10) The bug cemetery
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Neighborhood children imaginatively stage funerals for dead bugs, but they experience real sadness following the death of a pet.
Author
Series
Effie Maloney books volume 1
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Effie is dealing with a lot of problems, including some missing money, losing her best friend, the death of her grandfather and more, and her mean older sister Maxey is making things even worse.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Bernadette and Rodney are the best of friends. Rodney's not so good at playing cards, but he's great at staring contests. His favorite food is lettuce, though he eats it VERRRRRRY SLOOOOOWLY. And he's such a joker! When Bernadette goes to sleep at night, Rodney is always there, watching over her from his tank. As the seasons pass, Rodney moves slower and slower, until one day he stops moving at all. Without Rodney, Bernadette...
15) Angel and Bavar
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After the death of her parents, Angel has a lot to get used to. The last thing she's interested in is making new friends, until she meets Bavar, a strange boy who slips through the shadows.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Cora hasn't spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of grief. Cora is still grappling with the death of her beloved sister in a school shooting, and Quinn is carrying the guilt of what her brother did. On the day of Cora's twelfth birthday, Quinn leaves a box on her doorstep with a note. She has decided that the only way to fix things is to go back in time to the moment before...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: One morning, Fox is drawn toward the forest. There, in a clearing, he sees something small and silent, perhaps forgotten. It’s a bird, lying as still as can be. Fox is confused, upset, and angry. Is the bird broken? Why doesn’t it move or sing, no matter what Fox does? His curious antics are spied by a little moth, who shares a comforting thought about the circles in the sky-that the sun, even after it sets, is reflected...
19) Goodbye, bear
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
“Bear died on a Friday, while sunlight speckled the grass and caterpillars nibbled leaves in the forest.” Beaver and Mole, two of Bear's friends, return some of bear's belongings to his tree house, not quite understanding why their friend is no longer with them. The two cry together, sit quietly together, and feel angry together over the loss of their friend-but they gradually realize that Bear wouldn't want them to be unhappy, so they decide...
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