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

When Evie Mei discovers that her recently passed mother was the head of a guild of magical weavers, she enters the Chinese netherworld to try and bring her back in this middle-grade debut.

Badger is so old that he knows he must soon die, so he does his best to prepare his friends.

Penelope (Lo) Marin has always loved to collect beautiful things.

A remarkable story about love, loss and the power of the imagination, from an award-winning, celebrated writer for children.

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

If Roald Dahl had written A Monster Calls .

Thirteen-year-old Martin and his younger brother Charlie are on a very special journey.

There's no telling who might write back .

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.

"e;A spooky, funny, magical and atmospheric adventure with a compelling hero you will adore.

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.

Winner of a Moonbeam Children's Book Award 2017I Have a Question about.

When we were on a No Girls Allowed!

My daddy died when I was (one.

It is a beautiful spring day, and Luna is having a picnic in the park with her family, wearing her Mum's red hat.

When Mia learns that her mother has died, all the colour in her world changes to a dreary grey.

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.