Lowe, Mari
Summary: A long ago "accident." An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn't know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her. That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything, including her best friend Kayla, and a mother who was once vibrant and popular, but who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LOWMarta, Suzy Yehl.
Summary: This intimate and powerful book offers ground-breaking techniques and concrete strategies to help children of any age, such as: Games, activities, and play-based exercises that help children and teens process their emotions when they don't have the words to describe what they are feeling. Inspiring stories from two decades of Rainbows groups will comfort and encourage adults trying to cope and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 MARSummary: Ponette is a sad little girl. She has survived a car crash that killed her mother and left her with a broken arm. Her father takes to live with an aunt, who has two children roughly her age, explaining to his tearful, disbelieving daughter that her mother is not coming back. Not understanding the finality of death in an adult way, Ponette wonders why if Jesus gets to rise from the dead, why...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PONMadison, Megan
Summary: "Developed by experts in the fields of early childhood and activism against injustice, this topic-driven board book offers clear, concrete language and compelling imagery to introduce the concept of grief. This book aims to normalize the topic of death by discussing what it means and how it feels to experience loss. It centers around several questions that arise about grief and honest, simple...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rise 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 155.9 MADEmswiler, Mary Ann.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 EMSWorden, J. William (James William)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guilford Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 WORFitzgerald, Helen.
Summary: Provides suggestions for dealing with a child's emotional responses to death and helping a child adjust to a new life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 FITGootman, Marilyn E.
Summary: "The death of a friend is a wrenching event for anyone at any age and can spark feelings that range from sadness to guilt to anxiety. Teenagers especially need help coping with grief and loss. This sensitive book answers questions grieving teens often have, like "How should I be acting?" "How long will this last?" and "What if I can't handle my grief on my own?" The book also addresses the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Spirit Publishing Inc. 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 155.9 GOOWellins, Candy
Summary: George loves spending Saturdays with his grandmother, Stella. One day, Stella is gone and George is ready to cancel Saturdays--until a new addition to the family arrives and George finds a way to honor the memories of his beloved grandmother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Kids 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WELHigginbotham, Anastasia
Summary: "This exploration of grief and mourning recognizes the anger and confusion that a child feels around death while offering possibilities for celebrating life and love. This is the second book in the series, Ordinary Terrible Things, following the first installation, Divorce is the Worst"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Feminist Press at City University of New York 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Ford, Amy E.
Summary: "'It will never happen to us' But it did. Your child is experiencing what one in every five children in the U.S. experience before the age of 18--death of a loved one or an equally painful loss. How do you help your child get through this, especially whenyou might be dealing with your own grief? God sees your family's pain and longs to ease it. Dr. Amy Ford is a licensed professional counselor,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House Publishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 248.8 FORMaier, Inger M
Summary: Emily introduces her younger brother, Ben, to butterflies, which he calls "flying flowers," and when his illness makes him too weak to go see them she draws him pictures, but after his death she no longer wants to draw happy things. Includes note to parents
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAILupica, Mike
Summary: Sixth grade is supposed to be the year that Jack Callahan would lead his team to a record-shattering season and the Little League World Series, but after the death of his brother he loses interest in baseball and only Cassie, star of the girls' softball team, seems to understand.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Lupica 2015Jarratt, Claudia Jewett
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Common Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 JARShofner, Melissa Raé
Summary: "The death of a parent isn't easy for a person of any age. Children, who do not yet fully understand death, may have an exceptionally hard time when their parent passes away. This book touches on many of the emotions that a child might feel during this difficult time--including grief, guilt, and fear--and offers advice on how to talk about these feelings. Some of the changes that may occur in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 155 SHOSummary: Shot while General Franco was on his deathbed, the film melds the personal and the political in a portrait of the legacy of fascism and its effects on a middle-class family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CRIGould-Bourn, James
Summary: "Danny's life is falling apart. He's become a single father to eleven-year-old Will--who hasn't spoken since the death of his mother in a car crash a year earlier--and Danny has just been fired from his construction job. To make matters worse, he's behind on the rent and his nasty landlord is threatening to break his legs if he doesn't pay soon. Danny needs money, and fast. After observing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: FIC GOUCondie, Allyson Braithwaite
Summary: Following the sudden deaths of her father and autistic younger brother, Cedar Lee spends the summer working at a Shakespearean theater festival, making a new friend, and coming to terms with her grief
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CONNapolitano, Ann
Summary: "One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 other passengers board a flight in Newark headed for Los Angeles. Among them are a Wall Street wunderkind, a young woman coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, an injured vet returning from Afghanistan, a business tycoon, and a free-spirited woman running away from her controlling husband....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019
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Summary: The heroes' baseball team, the Traverse City Salmon, are playing the Garden City Sprouts in the little league championship game. The Sprouts throw a curve ball and turn into pinch-hitting plant monsters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2009