 | Ice Lolly
Publication Date: January 7, 2010| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up A heart-warming gem of a novel about a very special girl who suddenly finds herself all alone in the world… Laurel is only twelve when her mum dies and she is shipped off to stay with relatives she hardly knows. Her new family don't seem to care about anything Laurel loves, including books and Mr Pooter, her old marmalade-coloured cat. So Laurel decides that she won't feel anything: she'll become Ice Lolly, the girl with the frozen heart. But a special friend and a mysterious letter open up new possibilitie...
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 | Mending Peter's Heart
Publication Date: June 1995| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Mending Peter's Heart is a book designed to help a childcome to terms with the emotional issues raised by loss. In this case,it is through the loss of a beloved pet, Mishka, that Peter has to facethe realities of death and dying. A sensitive neighbor comes to Peter'said and places the loss of Mishka into a larger understanding andcompassionate framework. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
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 | Missing Girls
Release Date: April 23, 2001| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up It's 1967, and Manhattan is full of "missing girls"-runaways looking for freedom.In nearby Queens, Carrie Schmidt feels like she's missing, too-missing from her own life. Ever since her mother died four years ago, it's as if she's been sleepwalking. Then Carrie meets Mona, who knows the secret of "lucid dreaming," being awake inside your dreams. Their friendship is Carrie's chance to find her mother-and wake up to her future. ...
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 | Fairy Dust
Release Date: January 22, 2002| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up When Ruthie's mother is called away on a long business trip, suddenly nothing seems to be going right. Ruthie's father just can't keep things together, and each sitter is worse than the last.Until Alice.When Alice steps into Rut ie's life, the weak winter light recedes. The air seems warm, and everything is brighter. Here is the baby-sitter who can change Ruthie's world -- or destroy it. ...
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 | I Miss Matthew
Release Date: August 6, 2008"I Miss Matthew" was written for the young child whose brother or sister has died. Designed to be shared by the grieving child and a caring adult, the book encouragesexpression of feelings and thoughts related to this devistating loss. Young children can relate to the main character and may even recognize some of their own behaviors unique to the children's grieving process. The book opens up communication which is vital to healing and serves as a gentle guide offering subtle suggestions on how to help the hurting child. "I Miss Matthew", was written by Psychother...
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 | The Light of Stars
Publication Date: December 1, 2003The Light of Stars speaks to the rhythm of the sea, the cycle of birth, life and death, and how the light of the spirit shines forever.A little girl and small white dog wandering the beach discover the story of the starfish who are born from stars to play upon the ocean.When the stars become tired and lonely for the sky, their light returns to the heavens to shine upon earth.This comforting fable reaasures and sustains both children and adults in times of loss and grief. ...
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 | Jonas Wept
Publication Date: February 24, 2011Jonas WeptJonas is consumed with anger after the death of his father, a Baptist minister.Then his teacher Ms. Welch, introduces him to Michael, a pen pal from New York. Jonas learnsthat Michael's father was killed in the attack on the World Trade Center. Michael has had timefor the healing process to begin and replace those feelings of anger with hope. Therefore, heattempts to give Jonas helpful insights on how to cope. Unfortunately, Jonas is a bit reluctant toaccept the advice. So, he continues to suffer from nightmares, feelings of guilt, and bitterness....
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 | Feather Boy
Release Date: November 11, 2003| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up Catherine would say it all began in a time that is yesterday and tomorrow and eternally present. But then Catherine’s a storyteller. I’m not a storyteller. I’m just the guy it happened to.Everyone knows a Robert. He’s the guy who’s never picked for the team, the one who sits alone in the classroom. So no one is more surprised than Robert himself when a strange old lady sends him on a quest to solve the mystery of derelict Chance House. Legend has it that a boy once fell to his death fr...
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 | Lyrics of the Heart
Publication Date: February 17, 2012Kristi's life falls apart the day that she wakes up to find that her father has been in a tragic accident. And with the doctors uncertain of her father's future, Kristi struggles to pick up the pieces and answer the ultimate question: how do you continue to live when the one you love most may never wake up again? In this short novella, author Alexandra Lanc fuses the art of the short story and the poem to bring together a heart-breaking tale of the events that change our lives, and the unexpected miracles that can forever alter them. This Special Edition pa...
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 | God Listens When You're Sad: Prayers When Your Animal Friend Is Sick Or Dies
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 | Missing You
Publication Date: November 1, 2005| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Because she feels so closely connected to her family and ancestors, a wise, young girl honors them by trying to live a righteous life. This comforting, and soothing book, can help anyone through the difficult loss of a loved one. ...
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 | Heartbeat of Halftime (Junior Jellybean Books)
Release Date: September 1, 1998| Age Level: 9 and up...
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 | Lucky's Mountain (Orca Young Readers)
Release Date: March 1, 2007| Grade Level: 3 and up...
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 | Gracias Tejon (Spanish Edition)
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 | Kira-Kira
Publication Date: May 17, 2005| Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up A New York Times Bestseller A 2005 Newbery Medal Winner An ALA Notable Book Kira-kira - glittering - is how Katie's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. When their family moves to Georgia, Lynn teaches Katie her special way of viewing the world. But then Lynn becomes desperately ill . . . ...
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 | Marissa
Publication Date: January 13, 2009Marissa Goodwell is a ten-year-old girl who thought nothing could be more perfect in her life.She has a loving mother, a father with a perfect job at the Wilmington Healthy and Nutritious Food Company, and a smart little brother.When her father receives an assignment to go to another country to find healthy and exotic foods, Marissa thought nothing could go wrong.But a surprising tragedy strikes, and the Goodwells need to find a way to get through it.Things keep getting worse and worse for this household.What will Marissa have to do to keep her family from b...
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 | In Spite of Killer Bees
Release Date: November 26, 2002| Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up In Spite of Killer Bees is a novel about not giving in and not giving up. Aggie and her two sisters have had to move to the small village that had been their father’s childhood home. Their mother is long gone, and their father – who’d been in and out of prison – has died. Although the village holds little charm for the girls, they have hopes. It seems that their late grandfather has made them heiresses.In the small, judgmental village, Aggie must fight to keep her diminishing family toge...
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 | Finding Day's Bottom
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 | Let's Talk About Going to a Funeral (The Let's Talk Library)
Publication Date: August 1998| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
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 | A Hundred Days from Home
Publication Date: October 11, 2002| Age Level: 11 and up An adolescent boy struggles with the loss of one friendship and the flowering of a new one.The mouth of the basin had washed away so that the pool had emptied with the runoff from the storm, but the tree still stood, now taller than Elam, the center of a sandy bowl.Elam's mouth dropped open in surprise. Irises had shot up, crowding the edges of the bowl, their green, spear-like leaves reaching toward the sun. And they were in full bloom, their blues and purples reflecting the depth of the sky overhead."It's . . . it's not possible," he...
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