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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CONFox, 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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HAHVincent, 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 VINSelznick, Brian
Summary: An astounding new feat of storytelling from Brian Selznick, the award-winning creator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck. A ship. A garden. A library. A key. In Kaleidoscope, the incomparable Brian Selznick presents the story of two people bound to each other through time and space, memory and dreams. At the center of their relationship is a mystery about the nature of grief and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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Summary: While mourning her best friend, Natalie, an aspiring teen paranormal investigator, stays at the purportedly haunted Harlow Hotel where she finds more than she expected.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TURCouch, Robbie
Summary: Eighteen-year-old River Lang struggles after the death of his best friend and reluctantly joins a research study for struggling teens where he confronts his complex relationship with Dylan's ex, develops feelings for a charismatic jock, and uncovers unsettling truths about the study.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COUDeaver, Mason
Summary: "Everything happens for a reason. At least that's what everyone keeps telling Liam Cooper after his older brother Ethan is killed suddenly in a hit-and-run. Feeling more alone and isolated than ever, Liam has to not only learn to face the world without one of the people he loved the most, but also face the fading relationships of his two best friends in the process. Soon, Liam finds themself...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Push 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DEARitany, Alex
Summary: Navigating toxic friendships, grief, and the complexities of growing up, Nora's life takes a tragic turn when her best friend Julia dies, leaving her to unravel the secrets and lies hidden in their friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Summary: In the small town of Lawton, Alabama, star high school quarterback West Ashby meets new girl Maggie Carlton, both battling feelings of grief and sorrow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: Y FICTION GLIAcevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: "CAMINO RIOS lives for the summers, when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this year, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people. ... In New York City, YAHAIRA RIOS is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ACEPreston, Natasha
Summary: "A bind-up of two popular novels by author Natasha Preston--The Twin and The Lake"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PREDoktorski, Jennifer Salvato
Summary: Graduation was supposed to be a relief, but Quinn can't avoid the rumors that plagued her throughout high school-- or the barrage of well-intentioned questions about her college plans. Why does no one understand that it's hard for her to think about the future when her best friend is dead? Spending the summer with her aunt on the Jersey shore may be the fresh start Quinn so desperately needs....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2024
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Summary: Placed with a new foster family among Manhattan's elite--her last chance at adoption before she ages out of the system--17-year-old Mel must navigate through grief and depression as the anniversary of the worst day of her life approaches, before she loses herself and those she loves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HOLWarga, Jasmine
Summary: "Cora hasn't spoken to her best friend Quinn in a year. Despite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of grief. Cora is still grappling with the death of her beloved sister in a school shooting, and Quinn is carrying the guilt of what her brother did. On the day of Cora's twelfth birthday, Quinn leaves a box on her doorstep with a note. She has decided that the only way...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC WARMather, Janice Lynn
Summary: As she starts her senior year, six weeks after her brother Julian's suicide, Karmen struggles with strained family relationships, a distant best friend, and the search for understanding, but new friendships and a budding romance help her on her journey of healing and rediscovery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MATAnyakwo, Diana
Summary: It's 1990, and Lily is a sixteen-year-old girl living in Manchester, England. It has been five years since her father's death, and she is soon to return to her birthplace in Nigeria to reunite with her mother and siblings for the anniversary. As cold rain thunders on the British streets, Lily flashes back to her childhood in Lagos. The biracial daughter of a Nigerian father and an Irish mother,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IgKids 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ANYKenneally, Miranda.
Summary: To honor her dead boyfriend and cope with her grief and guilt, college student Annie trains for a marathon with athletic Jeremiah, who flirts with Annie on the trails and makes her feel alive and happy and guilty all at the same time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KENAlsaid, Adi
Summary: During her cross-country adventures following the tragic death of her family, Leila touches the lives of four strangers -- Hudson, Bree, Elliot, and Sonia. While forever changing the lives of these four, Leila also discovers an important truth about herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: Guilt-ridden and grieving seventeen-year-old Ella falls for her dead best friend Hayley's boyfriend Sawyer, but when she reads Hayley's journal, she discovers Sawyer has a much darker side.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2024
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Summary: Told in alternating perspectives, in a small town in Texas, mellophone player Weston Ryan and saxophonist Anna James are forced to work together on a duet for their school's marching band competition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SCHForman, Gayle.
Summary: In an attempt to understand why her best friend committed suicide, eighteen-year-old Cody Reynolds retraces her dead friend's footsteps and makes some startling discoveries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FOREtaat, Shideh
Summary: Set in 1996 southern California, high school senior Rana Joon wants to honor her deceased best friend by entering a rap contest and living authentically as a lesbian, but feels conflicted by her Iranian family's expectations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ETAGould, Courtney
Summary: Beck Birsching has been adrift since the death of her mother, a brilliant but troubled investigative reporter. She finds herself unable to stop herself from slipping into memories of happier days, clamoring for a time when things were normal. So when a mysterious letter in her mother's handwriting arrives in the mail with the words Come and find me, pointing to a town called Backravel, Beck...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023