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

A poignant story about dealing with grief through the magic of reading and friendship.

A second novel from the bestselling author of Branford Boase-shortlisted and Carnegie-nominated Witch.

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Bastien Bonlivre is in trouble again.

The real world is a hostile place for twelve-year-old Bren, his schooldays stalked by vicious bully, Shaun, and his family life fractured at home.

From the bestselling queen of heart and humour, JENNY PEARSON, comes a great big soaring adventure about family and finding happiness.

An exhilarating, awe-inspiring debut from a master storyteller writing for children for the first time, perfect for fans of Philip Pullman, Katherine Rundell and Eva Ibbotson.

The open door felt like an invitation, or a trap.

As the brutal Second World War stretches on with no end in sight, life for ordinary Dutch people in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands is fraught with peril and hardship.

Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer returns with a thrilling naval adventure inspired by the incredible history of the Second World War Arctic convoys.

Jojo Locke's dad disappeared six years ago.

Annie's family work hard to survive on their Ohio farm.

Winner of the Quiz Writers' Choice Award for Secondary FictionNominated for the Carnegie Medal for WritingShortlisted for the Branford Boase Award and Diverse Book AwardAfter a shocking event leaves Tyrese struggling with grief, he's taken to visit family in Jamaica.

Madina's family have fled war to seek asylum in Europe and begin a hopeful new life.

The multi-award-winning story about the incredible friendship between a young boy and a silverback gorilla in the Second World War, inspired by a true story.

Ever since his dad died in a shock accident, thirteen-year-old Gabe's world has been turned upside-down and back to front.

Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag 2020 Readers Awards'With a bolt of lightning on my kicks .

A deadly contagion races through England.

Thrilling, tense and hard-hitting, Chessboxer is perfect for fans of Netflix's The Queen's Gambit'Gripping and surprising.

Dallas's life was turned upside down the day her mum was killed in a traffic accident.

A New York Times bestseller Get Out meets Holly Jackson in this YA social thriller where survival is not guaranteed.

Winner of the ALAN Amelia Elizabeth Walden AwardLonglisted for the Carnegie MedalI've always loved when the light finds the broken spots in the world and makes them beautiful .

Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the UKLA Book AwardWinner of the Young Quills Historical Fiction Award Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, Diverse Book Award and Iris AwardLonglisted for the YA Jhalak Prize Nobody free till everybody free.

Winner of the middle grade STEAM Book PrizeOrdinary is what most people are and I am not.

A poignant book about new horizons and saying goodbye from best-loved creators: John Burningham and Helen OxenburyMiles is a difficult dog who loves to ride in his motor car.

Shortlisted for CrimeFest Best Crime Novel for Young Adults 2019.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL and the CLIPPA'Hoop kings SOARin kicks with wings.

LONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDALAn achingly funny, touching story for anyone who has been thrown in at the deep end.

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'Hard-hitting, heartbreaking and hopeful, We Are Young is a must read.

Fans of All the Bright Places and The Fault in Our Stars will fall head-over-heels for this wonderfully original portrait of love and loss.

A moving, lyrical picture book about a young girls love for her granddad and how she copes when he's gone, written by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho.

Death has been a source of grief and uncertainty for humanity throughout history, but it has also been the inspiration for a plethora of fascinating traditions.

Death has been a source of grief and uncertainty for humanity throughout history, but it has also been the inspiration for a plethora of fascinating traditions.

'Action-packed, compelling and ultimately moving' A Hermit's Progress BlogspotOwen Smith is worried about his dad.

Strange rituals, hauntings and the occult collide in this darkly memorable YA thriller.

Why do people die?

Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award 2020A crumbling stone soldier sits on a bench in the park.

An uncompromising and heartbreaking end to the story of Nicky and Kenny, the beloved brothers of the Truth of Things quartet, beautifully told in McGowan's gritty realism.

Real, compulsive and intense: Cat Clarke is the queen of emotional suspense.

Why doesn't Berra have a grandfather?

Why doesn't Berra have a grandfather?

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The Runaways is an inter-generational adventure filled with warmth and humor from one of the world's great writers for children.

When Zeus, king of the gods, made enemies, he just hurled a thunderbolt at them.

It's handy having a dad who can fix just about anything.

Although it is 1969 and the end of a decade that has brought tremendous social change even in southweatern Ontario, 14-year-old Annie Ward has experienced little of "e;love, peace, and understanding.