The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander
Age: 9+
Interests: basketball, sports, brothers, twins, family, romance, sibling rivalry
The Crossover
08 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: basketball, death, family, poetry, romance, siblings, sports, twins
Out of the Dust
19 Jan 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, Uncategorized Tags: American history, death, family, farming, Great Depression, grieving, history, music, poetry
Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse
Age: 10 +
Interests: poetry, history, American history, the Great Depression, farming, death and grief, music
Missing May
21 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: death, friendship, grieving
Missing May
by Cynthia Rylant
Age: 8+
Interests: grieving, friendship
Walk Two Moons
26 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: death, divorce/separation, family, friendship, grandparents, love, mystery
Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech
Age: 10 +
Interests: mystery, family, death, grandparents, friendship, first love, divorce More
The Book Thief
22 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 11+, Movies, movies 10+ Tags: death, family, Germany, history, Holocaust, Jewish history, morality, orphans, politics, strong girls, violence, war, writers, WWII
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
Age: 11 +
Interests: history, WWII, war, Germany, Jewish history, Holocaust, orphans, strong girls More
The Graveyard Book
22 Sep 2014 2 Comments
in Books, books 10+ Tags: adoption, adventure, death, ghosts, monsters, orphans, violence
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
Age: 10+
Interests: ghosts, ghouls, violence, orphans, monsters, adopted family, adventure
A Gathering of Days
26 May 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: American history, country life, dealing with change, death, family, farm, history, morality, single parent
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-32
by Joan W. Blos
Age: 8+
Interests: history, American history, single parent families, farm life, country life, ethical questions, death
Just In Case
09 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 14+ Tags: angst, coming of age, death, England, fashion, illness, loneliness, love, teens
Just In Case
by Meg Rosoff
Age: 14+
Interests: teen angst, first love, fate, illness, death, coming of age, fashion, loneliness
Skellig
12 Mar 2014 2 Comments
in Books, books 9+ Tags: birds, death, dreams, illness, Magic, mystery
Harry and Hopper
10 Jun 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: death, dogs, father, grieving, pets, single parent
Harry and Hopper
by Margaret Wild
illustrations by Freya Blackwood
Age: 3+
Interests: dogs, pets, death, grieving, fathers, single parents
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