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"A boy dealing with the loss of his father describes the many waves of emotion that come with the grieving process: sad waves, mad waves, fear waves, even happy waves. As the boy and his family learn to adjust to life without Dad, the waves still come, but with help from friends, they learn to cope and heal"--
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Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Amanda the squirrel is upset that she is going to lose her friend Gentle Willow, but the tree wizards give advice that helps both her and Gentle Willow accept the change that comes with death. Includes a note to parents.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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When the school assigns each eighth-grader the name of a teenager who died in the past year as a lesson in mortality, Worm Tarnauer, who thrives on being invisible, doesn't count on Becca Finch, the seventeen-year-old car crash victim who changes everything.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Estranged from the best friend whose brother killed her sister in a school shooting, a grieving Cora receives a message on her twelfth birthday from her friend, asking for her help with creating a time portal to prevent the tragedy.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, Lolly Rachpaul struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastically creative LEGO city at the Harlem community center.
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Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Ben learns why the love of his life Mira and her sister drowned themselves when he receives a post-mortem letter from Mira challenging him to find and decode notes hidden in the seven places where they secretly touched.
8) Spin
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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When DJ ParSec (Paris Secord), rising star of the local music scene, is found dead over her turntables, the two girls who found her, Kya (her pre-fame best friend) and Fuse (her current chief groupie) are torn between grief for Paris and hatred for each other--but when the lack of obvious suspects stalls the investigation, and the police seem to lose interest, despite pressure from social media and ParSec's loyal fans, the two girls unite, determined...
13) Thirteen chairs
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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When Jack enters the deserted house in his neighborhood, he finds a group of people who invite him to take the thirteenth chair in the room and share a story--in the house where the ghosts meet
14) Night star
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Ever and Damen are determined to remain together, but first they must each face rivals, jealous friends, and even their own worst fears.
16) Belladonna
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Series
Belladonna volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Nineteen-year-old orphan Signa Farrow confronts Death--and her own deathly powers--when she investigates the mysterious murder of a relative at the Thorn Grove estate.
17) When
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Maddie Flynn cannot help but see the death date of everyone she meets or sees in a photograph or on-screen, and her alcoholic mother exploits this by having her do readings for money, but when Maddie predicts the death of a young boy, she becomes the center of an FBI investigation.
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Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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When Albie's mother dies from cancer, his father explains that she may be alive in a parallel universe, so he decides to universe-hop and find her with the help of a banana, a laptop, and a box.
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Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When his beloved grandfather is killed in a storm while leading the swan flock south for the winter, Moonshadow is reassured by his father that the flock will go on with Grandfather always in their hearts.
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