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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.
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.
4) Missing May
Author
Language
English
Formats
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.
6) 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.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Tara Doucet is grieving for her grandmother, and her family is falling apart around her, but it seems like her grandmother has preplanned an elaborate itinerary for her to follow which will lead her and her sister Riley from Louisiana to a South Pacific island and into danger--and everywhere she turns butterflies follow.
9) 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.
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
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Appears on list
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
[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.
14) 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.
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"--
16) 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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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.
19) 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.
20) 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.
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