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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
472 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After her mother's suicide, grief-stricken Leigh Sanders travels to Taiwan to stay with grandparents she never met, determined to find her mother who she believes turned into a bird.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After his father's death, seventh-grader Sam West is whisked from Louisiana to Oklahoma, where he discovers a mysterious tree trunk that leads to a world where Pa is still alive.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A tumultuous love affair between Reena and Sawyer ends when Sawyer abruptly abandons their Florida town, causing Reena to bear their child alone and struggle with mistrust when Sawyer returns three years later.
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion, an imprint of Buena Vista Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First Edition,
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
305 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Simon O'Keefe tells a lot of stories: like how his family was driven out of Omaha by alpacas. And how his church-deacon dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. And how his undertaker mom occasionally has to wrangle emus.
But the story Simon doesn't tell is the one he'd do anything to forget: Simon is the only survivor of a school shooting. That story has followed him everywhere--everywhere except his new home in the National Quiet Zone,...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself"--
86) As you wish
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In Madison, a small town in the Mojave Desert, everyone gets one wish that will come true on his or her eighteenth birthday, and Eldon takes his very seriously.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Zinnia's last-day-of-school got off to a bad start when she ended up in the vice principal's office for yarn-bombing a statue of the school mascot, but it is about to get a whole lot worse--because, thanks to the incompetence of Bee 641, a colony of commercial, migratory bees escaping from a truck has settled their colony in her hair.
Author
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
184 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Kate is having a wonderful summer, playing baseball and taking a poetry class, until her mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer, causing Kate to struggle to keep her faith and trust in God.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Offers a comforting story for readers of all ages grieving the loss of a pet that depicts an idyllic heaven for animals.
"With all of my heart, I believe it is true, that there is a heaven for animals, too. The heaven of animals is a magical place. Angels know every dog's favorite game; cats bask in their own rays of sunshine; horses thunder across the sky. The loss of a pet is heartbreaking. But in the heaven of animals, the love you have for your...
90) Chasing Redbird
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
261 p.: 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Zinnia Taylor uncovers family secrets and self truths while clearing a mysterious settler trail that begins on her family's farm in Kentucky.
Author
Publisher
Paraclete Press Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A picture book to guide the reader through different emotions and reactions related to grieving.
The text and illustrations of this lushly colored picture book guide the reader through different emotions and reactions related to grieving, including shock, tears, anger, and hope. My Favorite Color is Blue. Sometimes. is a children's picture book by design, but accessible to people of all ages.
Following the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School...
92) Hello, Goodbye
Author
Publisher
SparkPress, a BookSparks imprint
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year-old Hailey Rogers is sure her summer is ruined when her parents tell her she has to spend a few days a week, every week, helping her grandmother, Gigi. Although Gigi only lives across town, Hailey never sees her and knows little about her. But Gigi is full of surprises--and family secrets. Throw in the gorgeous boy down the street, and Hailey's ruined summer might just be the best of her life. Then tragedy strikes, lies are uncovered,...
94) Everlife
Author
Series
Everlife volume 3
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 17
Physical Desc
492 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tenley "Ten" Lockwood knows the fate of the Everlife rests on her ability to unite the realms and destroy the Prince of Ravens. When betrayal leads to defeat and Ten finds herself bonded to the enemy, an unthinkable choice may be the only answer.
95) Kindred souls
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
119 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten year-old Jake shares a special bond with his grandfather, Billy, but when Billy asks Jake to build him a sod house, Jake is not sure he wants to do it.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
98) Dan Unmasked
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
This heartfelt middle grade debut about grief, creativity, and the healing power of friendship shows that not all heroes wear capes and is perfect for fans of John David Anderson and Ali Benjamin.
Whether they’re on the baseball field or in Nate’s basement devouring the newest issue of their favorite comic book, Dan and Nate are always talking. Until they’re not.
After an accident at baseball practice, Nate’s fallen into a coma. And if Dan...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
201 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tyler Feder shares her story of her mother's first oncology appointment to facing reality as a motherless daughter in this frank and refreshingly funny graphic memoir."--
100) Broken things
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
An unforgettable, mesmerizing tale of exquisite obsession, spoiled innocence, and impossible friendships. It's been five years since Summer Marks was brutally murdered in the woods. Everyone thinks Mia and Brynn killed their best friend. That driven by their obsession with a novel called The Way into Lovelorn the three girls had imagined themselves into the magical world where their fantasies became twisted, even deadly. The only thing is: they didn't...