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Lowe, Mari

Summary: A long ago "accident." An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn't know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her. That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything, including her best friend Kayla, and a mother who was once vibrant and popular, but who...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LOW

Connor, Leslie

Summary: As he grieves his best friend Benny's death, Mason and his friend Calvin, who are targeted by the neighborhood bullies, create an underground haven for themselves, but when Calvin goes missing Mason finds himself in trouble.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CON

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION CON

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CON

Sriram, Meera

Summary: "Asha travels with her parents from America to India to mourn her grandmother's passing. Asha's grief and anger are compounded by the empty yellow suitcase usually reserved for gifts to and from Grandma. What memories will Asha's yellow suitcase hold now that grandmother is gone?"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penny Candy Books 2019

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Cheng, Charlotte

Summary: A young girl finds comfort and solace in fond memories of her deceased, beloved grandfather, which help her cope with his death.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books 2024

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Fox, Helena

Summary: "Sixteen-year-old Biz sees her father every day, though he died when she was seven. When he suddenly disappears, she tumbles into a disaster-land of grief and depression from which she must find her way back"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Dilloway, Margaret

Summary: Struggling with grief over her uncle's death, twelve-year-old amateur astronomer Tuesday Beals makes a discovery that could save her favorite astronomy spots in Zion National Park from the threat of a new housing development.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPubishers 2022

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DIL

Hahn, Erin

Summary: As he attempts to fulfil a list left behind by his deceased best friend, nineteen-year-old Case meets eighteen-year-old Winnie, a hardworking ranch hand with aspirations of her own, and together they embark on an unexpected journey as they chase down their rodeo dreams.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2024

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HAH

McBride, Amber

Summary: In the future, a Black girl known only as Inmate Eleven is kept confined -- to be used as a biological match for the president's son, should he fall ill. She is called a Blue -- the color of sadness. She lives in a small-small room with her dog, who is going wolf more often - he's pacing and imagining he's free. Inmate Eleven wants to go wolf too, she wants to know why she feels so Blue and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MCB

Williams, Alicia

Summary: A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wants him to grow up tough and unfeeling. It's the last few months of eighth grade, and Isaiah feels lost. He thought his summer was going to be him and his boys Drew and Darius, hanging out, doing wheelies, watching martial arts movies, and breaking tons of Guinness World Records before high...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WIL

Gastaldi, Federico

Summary: A young boy grieves when his pet fish dies, but his heart is full of the good memories he had with his fish friend.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023

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Meddour, Wendy

Summary: Henry loves talking with Grandpa, but Grandpa has stopped listening. Mom says to just give him time. But Henry wants to talk to Grandpa now. So Henry tries his favorite game--Top Threes. And something amazing happens.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019

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Gemeinhart, Dan

Summary: Almost a year after settling down in Oregon, Coyote embarks on a cross-country road trip with her dad to scatter her mom's ashes, but the journey takes an unexpected turn when she realizes the secret to the chosen resting place lies in a lost book.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GEM

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GEM

Davies, Nicola

Summary: A young boy and his family are trying to overcome the loss of his father. The natural world becomes part of the healing process.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Graffeg 2017

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DAV

Fipps, Lisa

Summary: Poverty-stricken Joseph bravely rides out all the storms life keeps throwing at him.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2024

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Huntoon, Caroline

Summary: Still coping with the death of their father, twelve-year-old Mars tries to figure out their place on and off the rink as they navigate being nonbinary in a traditionally gendered sport.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HUN

Wang, Andrea

Summary: "A family feud before the start of seventh grade propels Meilan from Boston's Chinatown to rural Ohio, where she must tap into her inner strength and sense of justice to make a new place for herself"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WAN

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WAN

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WAN

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WAN

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WAN

Ludwig, Trudy

Summary: A Japanese family mourns the loss of a wife and mother by making origami cranes and using the Wind Telephone to communicate their feelings of loss and yearning.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LUD

Lawrence, Iain

Summary: Separated from his siblings in the midst of a dangerous forest fire, 11-year-old Virgil must find a way to survive using only his wits and the lessons his late mother taught him about the wilderness.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC LAW

Warga, Jasmine

Summary: Cora is grappling with the death of her sister in a school shooting, and Quinn is carrying the guilt of what her brother did. She has decided that the only way to fix things is to go back in time and stop her brother.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC WAR

Stokes, Mason

Summary: "A gay teenager in 1990s Wyoming must contend with the violent loss of a loved one."--Provided by Publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers

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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC STO

Vincent, Rachel

Summary: Michaela is a junior in high school, close with her single mom. Her dad lives a few towns away and pops in and out of her life only on holidays and birthdays. They barely know each other beyond surface obligations. That is, until her mom dies. Suddenly on her own, Michaela has to move in with her Dad . . . and learns he's been married with kids all this time, and she was the product of an...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC VIN

Patterson, James

Summary: When Rafe Khatchadorian enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend, "Leo the Silent," to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule in the school's code of conduct.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jimmy Patterson Books, Little, Brown, and Co. 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PAT

Polydoros, Aden

Summary: Lithuania, 1943. A father drowns in the all-consuming grief of a daughter killed by the Nazis. He can't bring Chaya back from the dead, but he can use kishuf, an ancient and profane magic to create a golem in her image. A Nazi killer, to avenge her death. When Vera awakens, she can feel her violent purpose thrumming within her. But she can also feel glimpses of a human life lived, of stolen...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC POL

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC POL

Li, Christina

Summary: The only thing Rosalind Ling Geraghty loves more than watching NASA launches with her dad is building rockets with him. When he dies unexpectedly, all Ro has left of him is an unfinished model rocket they had been working on together. Benjamin Burns doesn't like science, but he can't get enough of Spacebound, a popular comic book series. When he finds a sketch that suggests that his dad created...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LI

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