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1) Missing May
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living.
3) Low country
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Caroline Venable, the wife of a wealthy land developer, is still struggling to come to terms with the death of her daughter five years earlier, and when her husband reveals his plans to build a resort on a family-owned island which has always been Caroline's only refuge, she knows she must do something to redeem herself and the land.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Hailey Dean, a young psychology student at the time of her fiance's murder, devotes herself to making sure other violent criminals are brought to justice, but the gruesome case of a serial murderer in Atlanta prompts her to return to New York and her work as a therapist, only to have a copycat killer set his sights on her.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Emily is devastated when her husband, Sandy, dies in a tragic accident, and as her life crumbles around her, she finds solace in the company of Einstein, an intuitive white dog, unaware that Sandy's soul has taken up residence in Einstein and that Sandy is trying to help Emily build a new future for herself.
10) Norwegian wood
Author
Publisher
Vintage International
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Toru, a young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, but before they can find true love with one another, they must come to terms with the tragic death of their best friend.
11) Goodbye Mousie
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A boy grieves for his dead pet Mousie, helps to bury him, and begins to come to terms with his loss.
Author
Publisher
Dial Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Ellie Lerner, having felt like her career and marriage were on hold since the death of her infant daughter, moves from Boston to London to try and help her deceased friend's daughter cope with the effects of seeing her mother murdered and finds her life being transformed.
13) Missing mommy
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Daddy comforts and reassures a very young boy after Mommy dies.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2017].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Living with her warden father in an apartment above a 1950s prison, Cammie O'Reilly struggles to come to terms with the loss of her mother, who died saving her from harm when she was a baby, and interacts with some of the reformed inmates.
16) No right turn
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
After three years of wanting only to be invisible, sixteen-year-old Jordan begins to recover from his father's suicide and start living again when a neighbor's vintage Corvette Stingray opens up new possibilities for him.
17) Millions
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After their mother dies, two brothers find a huge amount of money which they must spend quickly before England switches to the new European currency, but they disagree on what to do with it.
19) Bird Lake moon
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Mitch, spending the summer with his grandparents at Bird Lake after his parents' separation, becomes friends with ten-year-old Spencer, who has returned with his family to the lake where his little brother drowned years earlier, and as the boys spend time together and their friendship grows, each of them begins to heal.
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