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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Lily loves helping in Grandma's beautiful garden. She and Grandpa help make sure everything's growing strong. One day, Grandpa lets her in on a secret: pointing to an ant, he says that everything is a part of something bigger. One ant is part of a colony. One rain drop becomes part of the ocean. One star is part of the universe. When Lily's Grandma passes away suddenly, Lily struggles to deal with and understand her grief. She comes to realise that...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Meredith Hall has a secret. Every night, she takes the ferry to meet Ben--her best friend and first love--who she has a second chance with. Though their relationship must remain a secret, Mer's determined to make it work. She lost Ben once before and discovered the awful reality: she doesn't know how to be happy without him. Until Wyatt washes ashore--a brash new guy with a Texas twang and a personality bigger than his home state. He makes her feel...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Dylan and her adored French mother dream of one day sailing across the ocean to France. Paris, Dylan imagines, is a place where her black skin won't make her stand out, a place where she might feel she belongs. But when she loses her mother in a freak accident, Dylan finds herself on a very different journey: a road trip across outback Australia in the care of her mother's grieving boyfriend, Pat. As they travel through remote towns further and further...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First North American edition.
Language
English
Description
Life is Like the Wind introduces the concept of death to young readers by likening life to the ever-moving wind. When the wind is present, things move and fly and flutter about. When the wind goes away, things become very still. From there, the authors explore the feelings we have when a loved one's life goes away, how we cope with missing them, and how we can celebrate their memory. It also introduces the various things people believe happens to...
667) Evacuation order
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sam lives alone with his mom and their dog in the idyllic seaside town of Santa Bonita. His father died when Sam was young, but his best friend Marco has been helping recreate his dad's old photos as part of a memorial project. One particularly warm October day, however, Sam smells something faint from far away. It's the scent of smoke. An unexpected southern California wildfire is whipping ferociously toward town. Sam, Marco, and...
Author
Series
Anna Hibiscus books volume 8
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American Edition.
Language
English
Description
"Anna Hibiscus has worries. Double and Trouble can't stay out of trouble, and it's Anna Hibiscus who gets the blame! And Grandfather is sleeping all the time. Will he get better? What can Anna Hibiscus do?--Page [4] of cover.
669) Out to sea
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
From the award-winning author of The Star in the Forest comes this heart- felt story about learning to cope with anxiety and grief. Out to Sea follows the journey of a young girl named Lara who is so sad after the death of her grandmother that her tears flood her room, her house, her town, and eventually sweep her out to sea. Adrift, she struggles to overcome her sadness until she discovers a pearl at the bottom of the ocean that triggers happy memories...
670) Te echaré de menos
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Primera edicíon.
Language
Español
Description
"Alex quiere mucho a su mama, pero ella ya no esta aqui. Ahora vive en las nubes. Los dias en que las nubes son blancas y brillantes, Alex se siente muy cerca de ella. Pero otras veces, las nubes son muy oscuras y la ech mucho de menos. Uno de esos dias de tormenta, Alex decide subir a la nube de mama para hablar con ella. En esta conmovedora historia sobre el duelo y en desconsuelo los ninos aprenden que, pese a las perdidas, siempre hay alguien...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Written by first-generation Latinx teens, this bilingual book - told in Spanish and English - follows Belinda, a young girl of Mexican and Salvadoran heritage who once loved to sing. But ever since her aunt's death, Belinda has been afraid to use her voice. When a new owner decides to paint over the mural that was created to honor her aunt, Belinda rallies the entire community together to stop it. Can Belinda lead her community and lift her voice...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Emily y su madre siempre tenían suerte, hasta que se les acabó: hace tres años su madre murió de cáncer y nada ha ido bien desde entonces. Todo cambia cuando Emily encuentra la lista de deseos para el verano que su madre escribió cuando tenía su edad, y emprende un viaje para marcar cada casilla y enfrentarse al mideo de perder la conexión con ella. Pero la lista la acerca cada vez más a su nueva amiga Blake...de maneras que su madre...
673) Te daría el sol
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"Una novela salvaje y profundamente conmovedora, con una brillante historia sobre el primer amor, la familia y la traición. Noah y su hermana gemela Jude son inseparables. El solitario Noah dibuja sin parar, y se ha enamorado en secreto de su enigmático vecino. La atrevida Jude salta desde altísimos acantilados, se pinta los labios de rojo y habla hasta por los codos. Pero tres años después, a los 16, los hermanos ya no se hablan. Algo pasó...
675) Everything is fine
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Unabridged, Library ed.
Language
English
Description
When her father leaves for a job out of town, Mazzy is left at home to try to cope with her mother, who has been severely depressed since the death of Mazzy's baby sister.
Author
Series
Tiny fox and great boar volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Tiny Fox and Great Boar have spent much of their time together playing, exploring, and adventuring. From beautiful forests all the way to the enchanting seaside, they have had such joyous times! When they set their sights on the marshy wetlands, they meet a young mayfly and become quick friends. But when their time with the mayfly is unexpectedly cut short, Fox and Boar experience true sadness. This sadness feels too much for Fox to bear, but luckily...
677) Bear Island
Author
Series
Edition
VOX edition.
Language
English
Description
Louise and her family are sad over the loss of their beloved dog, Charlie. "Life will not be the same," Louise says, as she visits a little island that Charlie loved. But on a visit to the island after Charlie's death, something strange happens: She meets a bear. At first, she's afraid, but soon she realizes that the bear is sad, too. As Louise visits more often, she realizes that getting over loss takes time. And just when she starts to feel better,...
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