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2) Missing May
Author
Language
English
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Description
After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living.
3) 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.
5) Slob
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Picked on, overweight genius Owen tries to invent a television that can see the past to find out what happened the day his parents were killed.
6) I was here
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In an attempt to understand why her best friend committed suicide, eighteen-year-old Cody Reynolds retraces her dead friend's footsteps and makes some startling discoveries.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Description
After the death of her father, Amy, a high school student, and Roger, a college freshman, set out on a carefully planned road trip from California to Connecticut, but wind up taking many detours, forcing Amy to face her worst fears and come to terms with her grief and guilt.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Lindsay, a former child star whose career ended when she developed the ability to hear what anyone, anywhere says about her and apparently suffered a nervous breakdown, comes to see this as an asset when, after her father's death, she learns that she is not alone.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
After her father's death, aspiring sixth-grade writer Addy McMahon feels like she is cursed with bad luck, and when she temporarily loses her best friend, and is forced to admit that her mother is dating again, she vows she will never write another word.
12) Through to you
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"When a teen boy loses the love of his life in a car accident, he'll do anything to get her back--even travel to another universe"--Provided by publisher.
13) Oh Yeah, Audrey!
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Months after the death of her mother, sixteen-year-old Gemma Beasley and friends she met through her Tumblr page meet in New York City to celebrate the life and style of Audrey Hepburn and her famous character, Holly Go Lightly.
Author
Series
Sal and Gabi novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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MID Once Upon A Summer Reading
Science Fiction - MID
Description
In order to heal after his mother's death, thirteen-year-old Sal learns to reach into time and space to retrieve things--and people--from other universes.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year old Jessie, still grieving over her mother's death, must move from Chicago to "The Valley," with a new stepfamily but no new friends until an anonymous fellow student emails and offers to help her navigate the school's treacherous social waters.
16) Bird
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jewel was born on the day her brother Bird died and lives in a house of silence and secrets, but a new boy in her Iowa town may help find the answers Jewel wants despite her Jamaican grandfather's warning that he is a "duppy," a malevolent spirit.
17) Let's get lost
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
During her cross-country adventures following the tragic death of her family, Leila touches the lives of four strangers -- Hudson, Bree, Elliot, and Sonia. While forever changing the lives of these four, Leila also discovers an important truth about herself.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Nora has always dreamed of going to Paris with her grandmother, but when her grandmother dies it seems like Paris is gone with her--until Nora finds three airline tickets in a trunk, and sets out to persuade her mother to use them.
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