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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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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

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

Copies Available at Kingsley

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

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

Deuker, Carl

Summary: "Nate plays soccer, but he doesn't love it. He plays because it's what his family expects. Then Lucas Cawley moves in across the street. Lucas isn't like any of Nate's sports friends--he's poor, his parents are mostly absent, and he's devoted to his sister, Megan, who has a learning disability. Lucas may be an outcast at school, but he and Nate find common ground in their fierce games of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

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

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

Maddox, Jake

Summary: Twelve-year-old Aisha finds comfort in sailing after a tragedy, but when she sets sail one night, pursued by her brother Sai, they must work through their feelings and trust each other to survive a storm. Includes glossary, discussion questions, writing prompts, and information about ocean sailing.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MAD

Parsons, Mark H.

Summary: Seventeen-year-old Jamison finds hope after the loss of his mother, and recognizes the role that family, friends, and even strangers can play in the healing process if you are open and willing to share your experience with others.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC PAR

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

Vickers, E. B. (Elaine B.)

Summary: Eighteen-year-old Calli finds herself alone after the loss of her father--until a bruised and broken girl shows up on her property, forcing her to face the present, rethink her future, and unearth the skeletons of her own past.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023

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

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

Farquhar, Polly

Summary: Stuck in summer school and grieving over her grandfather's death, everything seems to be falling apart for Lolo Weaver, so she hatches a plan to fix things by stealing back her grandfather's dog, whose new owner happens to be a new classmate from summer school.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023

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

Knowles, Johanna

Summary: Twelve-year-old Fern feels invisible in her family, where grumpy eighteen-year-old Sarah is working at the family restaurant, fourteen-year-old Holden is struggling with school bullies and his emerging homosexuality, and adorable, three-year-old Charlie is always the center of attention, and when tragedy strikes, the fragile bond holding the family together is stretched almost to the breaking...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2012

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Knowles 2012

Sekaran, Shanthi

Summary: Twelve-year-old Boomi accidentally travels back in time to 1986 Thumpton-on-Soar, England, where she meets her late father as a child, changing her life forever.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SEK

Tse, Cai

Summary: "A boy feels his passion for lion dancing re-igniting after the death of his father, and so he decides to join the local junior team, where his ex-best friend becomes his new rival"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024

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Warga, 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...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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

Mather, 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024

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

Etaat, 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 2023

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

Sharpe, Tess

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Summary: Penny and Tate have often clashed, despite their mothers' epic friendship; but now that they are living in the same house, beset by medical crises and Penny's problems dealing with the trauma of her father's death, they have to come to terms with their true feelings for each other.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023

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

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

Spinelli, Eileen

Summary: Still grieving for her father, twelve-year-old Birdie struggles to adjust to many changes, including when her grandmother, her mother, and her best friends all begin dating.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2019

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

Carman, Patrick

Summary: Stanley Darrow isn't sure what to expect when the mysterious Mr. Gedrick appears on his doorstep. He is certain, however, that his family could use Mr. Gedrick s help: Their lives and their house have been a mess since Stanley's dad died.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017

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

Rogers, Shannon C. F.

Summary: Marisol and her mom were forever locked in an argument with no beginning and no end. When her mother dies suddenly, Marisol is left with no one to fight against, haunted by all the things that she both said and didn't say. When Marisol sleeps with her best friend's boyfriend--- and then punches said best friend in the face--- she is left alone with nothing but a burning anger. As a new...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2023

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

Kemp, Laekan Zea

Summary: Danna Mendoza Villarreal's grandfather is slowly losing himself as his memories fade, and Danna's not sure her plan to help him remember through the foods he once reviewed will be enough to bring him back. Especially when her own love of food makes her complicated relationship with her mother even more difficult. Raúl Santos has been lost ever since his mother was wrongly incarcerated two years...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023

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

Lockhart, E.

Summary: Carrie Sinclair tells the ghost of her son Johnny about the summer of 1987, when "the boys" arrive on Beechwood Island, setting off events that will haunt her for years to come.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC LOC

Yamasaki, Katie

Summary: A young boy passes a painting of a hand on a wall in his neighborhood and watches others placing their own hands against it. The act means something different for each of them: Ms. Iris tells him it is a link to her home country; for Devin, it connects him to his older sister, who just left for college; for Savannah, it reminds her of her grandmother who passed away. The boy thinks of those who...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YAM

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE YAM

Kara, Jessica

Summary: A year ago, Gage survived a car accident that killed his best friend, Hunter. Without the person who always brought out the best in him, Gage doesn't know who he is. He likes working as a fry cook and loves his small-town friends and family, but they weren't in the wreck and he can't tell them how much he's still hurting. He just wants to forget all his pain and move on. So when his stepdad...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publising Co. 2023

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

Wellins, Candy

Summary: George loves spending Saturdays with his grandmother, Stella. One day, Stella is gone and George is ready to cancel Saturdays--until a new addition to the family arrives and George finds a way to honor the memories of his beloved grandmother.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Kids 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WEL

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