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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LOWWoodfolk, Ashley
Summary: We've lost everything...and found ourselves. Loss pulled Autumn, Shay, and Logan apart. Will music bring them back together? Autumn always knew exactly who she was- a talented artist and a loyal friend. Shay was defined by two things- her bond with her twin sister, Sasha, and her love of music. And Logan has always turned to writing love songs when his real love life was a little less than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ember 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WOOLockington, Mariama
Summary: While twelve-year-old Andi has suffered from anxiety attacks ever since her mother died ten months ago, Zora starting hurting herself whenever she feels out of control; they are both at Camp Harmony, an elite summer music camp, trying to deal with their problems and also the stress of competition--but as the summer passes they find themselves increasingly drawn to each other, and maybe not just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LOCLaCour, Nina
Summary: Marin hasn't spoken to anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows the truth about those final weeks. Not even her best friend Mabel. But even thousands of miles away from the California coast, at college in New York, Marin feels the pull of the life and tragedy she's tried to outrun. Now, months later, alone in an emptied dorm for winter break, Marin waits....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC LACLaCour, Nina
Summary: After leaving her life behind to go to college in New York, Marin must face the truth about the tragedy that happened in the final weeks of summer when her friend Mabel comes to visit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LACCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC LACWalther, K. L.
Summary: Even though she is still grieving over her sister's death, eighteen-year-old Meredith Fox plans to reconnect with family and friends when they gather on Martha's Vineyard for her cousin's big wedding--unless she gets distracted by a week-long game of Assassin and a handsome groomsman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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3 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WALStocker, Shannon
Summary: "When Twyla begins struggling with health issues the doctors dismiss as minor, she finds herself searching for answers on her own, while also dealing with friendship fallouts and the lingering effects of her mother's death as she navigates her freshman year of high school"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blink
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC STOZentner, Jeff
Summary: "One day Carver Briggs had it all -- three best friends, a supportive family, and a reputation as a talented writer at his high school, Nashville Academy for the Arts. The next day he lost it all when he sent a simple text to his friend Mars, right before Mars, Eli, and Blake were killed in a car crash. Now Carver can't stop blaming himself for the accident, and he's not the only one. Eli's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ZENMcWilliams, Kelly
Summary: Harriet Douglass lives with her historian father on an old plantation in Louisiana, which they have transformed into one of the South's few enslaved people's museums. Mother and daughter duo Claudia and Layla Hartwell plan to turn the property next door into a wedding venue, and host the offensively antebellum-themed wedding of two Hollywood stars. Harriet tried to convince them to change their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCWZentner, Jeff
Summary: "Looks at a teen's life after the death of his best friend and how he navigates through the guilt and pain by celebrating their lives--and ultimately learning to forgive himself"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ZENCovey, Sean.
Summary: Goob's friends help him after his grandpa passes away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E COVNeilson, Riss M.
Summary: After Jasmine is killed in a car accident, her remaining best friends Miliani, Inez, and Natalie plan to resurrect her using magic learned from Miliani's Filipino aunt, but their actions have dangerous consequences that threaten themselves and those they care about.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC NEISchumacher, Ashley
Summary: Since her mother's death, Madeline "Gwen" Hathaway has been determined that nothing in her life will change ever again. She keeps extensive lists in journals, has had only one friend since childhood, and looks forward to the monotony of working the ren faire circuit with her father. They arrive at the end-of-tour stop to find the faire is under new management and completely changed. Arthur, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SCHWeir, Ivy Noelle
Summary: "Mary Lennox is a loner living in Silicon Valley. With her parents always working, video game and tech become her main source of entertainment and 'friends.' When her parents pass away in a tragic accident, she moves to New York City to live with her uncle who she barely knows, and to her surprise, keeps a gadget free home. Looking for comfort in this strange, new reality, Mary discovers an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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Summary: "When the Russo family returns home from vacation to discover their nanny, Ruby, has unexpectedly passed away, Matthew takes the news the hardest. After weeks of reeling, his three best friends decide to cheer him up with a night of junk food, prank calls, and scary movies. But their plans for a sleepover are jeopardized when Matt's single mother -- unable to take any more time off of work --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2021
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Summary: In wintry Colorado during the 1930s, eleven-year-old Dessa Dean mourns the death of her beloved mother, but the arrival of an injured dog and the friendship they form is just what they need to change their lives forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joanna Cotler Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NUZCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC NuzCouch, 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 COUYumoto, Kazumi
Summary: When the Bear's friend, the little bird, dies, Bear is inconsolable. Full of grief, he locks himself in his house and ventures out again only when the smell of spring grass blows in through his window. He meets a wildcat and finally feels understood. As the cat plays his violin, Bear remembers all the fun he had with the little bird. Now he can say goodbye to his friend, because he knows he'll...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gecko Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YUMLi, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LIDeaver, 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 DEAPerkins, Mitali
Summary: Twelve-year-old Indian-American Pandita Paul doesn't like change. She's not ready to start middle school and leave the comforts of childhood behind. Most of all, Pandita doesn't want to feel like she's leaving her mother, who died a few years ago, behind. After a falling out with her best friend, Pandita is planning to spend most of her summer break reading and writing in her favorite secret...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PERJohnson, Abigail
Summary: A year ago, Brooke Covington lost everything when her beloved older brother, Jason, confessed to the murder of his best friend, Calvin. Brooke and her family became social pariahs, broken and unable to console one another. Brooke's only solace remains the ice-skating rink, where she works but no longer lets herself dream about a future skating professionally.When Brooke encounters Calvin's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION JOHHanna Alkaf
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Najwa Bakri is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend and Scrabble Queen, Trina, a year after the fact when her Instagram comes back to life with cryptic posts and messages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HANForman, 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