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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
After a busy summer training Sprocket, the service dog she has been raising, Nicki's school year gets off to a rough start as she works on reconciling her two best friends, accepting that Sprocket will soon leave for placement with someone who needs him, and awaiting the birth of the twins her mother is expecting. Includes essay on service dogs.
2) Rabbityness
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a rabbit whose love of music and art inspires other rabbits even after he disappears.
Author
Series
Eleanor Kane books volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When nine-year-old Eleanor's beloved babysitter Bibi moves away to care for her ailing father, Eleanor must spend the summer adjusting to a new babysitter while mourning the loss of her old one.
Author
Series
Binny Cornwallis volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Binny struggles to cope with her father's death and the loss of her beloved dog while she adjusts to a new home that might be haunted by her horrible Aunt Violet.
12) Henry and Bea
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Bea's best friend, Henry, seems sad and stops talking to her, she gently tries to find out what is wrong.
13) The pond
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A touching picture book for children about a young boy and his family overcoming the loss of his father. This colorful, emotional book is filled with natural imagery, centering on a small pond in the garden, and will teach children not only about death and loss, but the importance of the natural world.
16) Confetti girl
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
After the death of her mother, Texas sixth-grader Lina's grades and mood drop as she watches her father lose himself more and more in books, while her best friend uses Lina as an excuse to secretly meet her boyfriend.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A foster child named Angel and twelve-year-old Stella, who are living with Stella's great-aunt Louise at the Linger Longer Cottage Colony on Cape Cod, secretly assume responsibility for the vacation rentals when Louise unexpectedly dies and the girls are afraid of being returned to the foster care system.
18) A stitch in time
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In 1927 Vermont, eleven-year-old Donut, recently orphaned after the death of her beloved pops, stands to lose everything when she learns her Aunt Agnes plans to move her to Boston, but little does her aunt know that Donut has no intentions of leaving her friends or her home.
19) Where Lily isn't
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
It is hard to lose a pet. There is sadness, but also hope-for a beloved pet lives on in your heart, your memory, and your imagination.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: When she finds a feather, Grandma Dot adds it to her collection. Feathers, she tells her two granddaughters, remind Grandma Dot of people she's lost. At first, the girls see the feathers as fun to play with. But soon, Grandma Dot's feathers take on larger meanings - of comfort, remembrance, and love.
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