Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief

An expert at fierce scowls and unpleasant grimaces, twelve-year-old Kaitlin Anderson presents a tough face to the world, usually hiding her quirky, imaginative nature.

In this dark and moving young adult novel, sixteen-year-old Naomi's best friend has moved away, and Naomi herself is starting at a new high school.

An expert at fierce scowls and unpleasant grimaces, twelve-year-old Kaitlin Anderson presents a tough face to the world, usually hiding her quirky, imaginative nature.

Maggie Davis is a young girl who lives in Chester, Nova Scotia, near Halifax, when her beloved Uncle Nick is killed by diabetes.

And these are they.

Two girls, from very different places, are brought together in a tale of loss, courage and family.

Leon's twin, Lenny, had the best imagination in the world.

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018Longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2018In three years I will be able to vote and I will still have less power than I did at the moment that I saw that email, which was such a tiny thing but look what happened.

'Gorgeous, heartbreaking, and ultimately life-affirming' Nicola Yoon'Hold on to your heart: this book will wreck you, fix you, and most definitely change you' Becky AlbertalliCan a text message destroy your life?

Ever since tragedy struck her family, Petula has learned to see danger everywhere - whether it's crossing the road or eating a poached egg.

A heartbreaking story, narrated by twelve-year-old Jack, whose family is caring for fourteen-year-old Joseph.

Longlisted for the Carnegie MedalWinner of the American Library Association Morris Award for best debut YAWinner of the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult FictionA Buzzfeed Best of 2016 book Goodreads Choice Awards finalistA Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2016Publishers Weekly Best of 2016Dill is a misfit in his small, religious Tennessee town.

Thirteen-year-old wrestling fanatic Henry used to have a normal life.

Over a hundred years ago, a faithful little dog called Bobby kept a fourteen-year vigil by his master's graveside in Greyfriars churchyard in Edinburgh.

Grace put out her hand, almost touching the mirror.

'Grandpa stopped speaking the day he killed my brother, John.

I pretend I am a princess, so that I can try and behave like one Without her beloved father and miles from home, it is very hard for Sara Crewe to like her new life at boarding school.

Amber, Geena and Jazz have been through some tough times.

It's peculiar how no-words can be better than words.

Written and illustrated by the talented and award-winning author-illustrator Rebecca Cobb, this extraordinary book deals with the loss of a parent from a child's point of view.

During the summer of her GCSEs Kite's world falls apart.

Jesse Harmon will never forget the night his sixteen-year-old younger brother, Bry, was killed by a drunk hit-and-run driver.

This sensitively written guide will help children to understand and come to terms with death and grief, whether they are dealing with the death of a loved one themselves, or whether they want to help a friend who is bereaved.

'The whistling had started on their first night.

'The middle grade book everyone's going to be obsessed with this summer' Louie Stowell, author of LokiFor fans of ONWARD and A Monster Calls, this is an unmissable illustrated story about grief and love for young readers 9 and up.

It is Edinburgh, 1822, and young Robbie is eight years old when he witnesses his mother's pain and subsequent death from an operation - without anaesthetic - to remove a tumour from her breast at the hands of Dr Knox.

Winner of the Guardian children's book prize 2015I'm the one who's left behind.

Emma Putnam is dead, and it's all Sara Wharton's fault.

Before her mother died, Shelby promised three things: listen to her father, love as much as possible, and live without restraint.

Winner of the 2012 Branford Boase Award, this is Annabel Pitcher's stunning debut about ten-year-old Jamie, and the way his life and his family are shaped by the sister in an urn on the mantelpiece.

Gary was flicking beany gunge on my flawless new Ellesse top - I was yelling at him.

Theres a fine line between the living and the dead, and Marshall is determined to cross it in this gut-wrenching debut novel.

Discover a heartwarming story that will help children understand and prepare for a loss.

A young gymnast learns that it's not the winning or losing that counts in life, but the "e;getting up"e; and moving on.

Maddie's life is a tangled mess of secrets.

A mesmerizing psychological thriller inspired by a true storyThree years ago, thirteen-year-old Danny Geller vanished without trace.

When her mother dies from a snake bite, Comity's life in the Australian outback changes for ever.

Us.

Skiff Beaman has a problem.

The first time I was born, I was Emma.

Caitlin misses her brother every day.

Everyone says that Max is drowned, but Charlie thinks differently: she was in the mill-pool with him, and knows exactly what she saw.

_______________'A tale of modern star-crossed love' - School Library Journal'Romance readers will stay up late to finish this very satisfying and heartfelt read' - Booklist_______________Secret letters spark true love in this emotionally compelling romance from the author of the New York Times bestselling Cursebreakers series.

Moya.

From the acclaimed author of Sunday Times bestseller Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.

WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS TEEN & YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018LONGLISTED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019Angry, stirring and tender, this is a bold, questioning exploration of the lengths to which we'll go for the people we love.

WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2016Fourteen-year-old Charlie Law has lived in Little Town, on the border with Old Country, all his life.

Mallory's life is falling apart.

By the time seventeen-year-old Delaney Maxwell is pulled out of the icy waters of a frozen lake, her heart has stopped beating.

'The playful, obstinate and courageously humorous tone of Zephaniah's writing shines through .