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2) Wintergirls
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Description
Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In the two years since his mother was killed in an automobile crash, Colin has been anticipating further disasters, writing down what to do in the event of an avalanche or mentally practicing the Heimlich maneuver just in case--but the real trouble is that his mathematician father is obsessed with a classic math problem and has a hoarding problems that is spiraling out of control, leaving Colin desperate to hide this chaos from his friends and everyone...
9) Mockingbird
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Description
Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home she seeks closure by working on a project with her father.
10) A summer to die
Author
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Meg envys her sister's beauty and popularity. Her feelings don't make it any easier for her to cope with Molly's strange illness and eventual death.
Author
Series
Sally the dog series volume 8
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A beloved dog dies and goes to Heaven where she lives happily and helps to find her family on earth a new pet.
15) Elsewhere
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
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Description
After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live."
16) Bone dog
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Although devastated when his pet dog dies, a young boy goes trick-or-treating and receives a timely visit from an old friend during a scary encounter with graveyard skeletons.
17) Ghoulish song
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When the music of a bone flute given to her by a goblin separates Kaile's shadow from herself, her family believes she has died and become a ghoul, and Kaile must set out to prove that she still lives.
18) 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.
19) The forever dog
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Mike and his dog Corky plan to be best friends forever, so when Corky becomes sick and dies, Mike is angry about the broken promise.
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.
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