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Fox, Helena

Summary: "Sixteen-year-old Biz sees her father every day, though he died when she was seven. When he suddenly disappears, she tumbles into a disaster-land of grief and depression from which she must find her way back"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FOX

Polacco, Patricia

Summary: Soon after her beloved grandmother's death, Trisha's family moves to a diverse California neighborhood where she meets Stewart and his grandmother, Miss Eula, who brings people together to help a grieving neighbor.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2018

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Polacco 2018

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE POL

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POL

Pennypacker, Sara

Summary: A foster child named Angel and twelve-year-old Stella, who are living with Stella's great-aunt Louise at the Linger Longer Cottage Colony on Cape Cod, secretly assume responsibility for the vacation rentals when Louise unexpectedly dies and the girls are afraid of being returned to the foster care system.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PEN

Forman, Gayle

Summary: "Around the time that Freya loses her voice while recording her debut album, Harun is making plans to run away from everyone he has ever loved, and Nathaniel is arriving in New York City with a backpack, a desperate plan, and nothing left to lose. When a fateful accident draws these three strangers together, their secrets start to unravel as they begin to understand that the way out of their...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FOR

Meddour, Wendy

Summary: Henry loves talking with Grandpa, but Grandpa has stopped listening. Mom says to just give him time. But Henry wants to talk to Grandpa now. So Henry tries his favorite game--Top Threes. And something amazing happens.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MED

Davies, Katharine.

Summary: "By turns comic and moving, The Madness of Love is a deftly woven tale of mistaken identity, bold moves, and unrequited desires. Valentina, a clerk in a London bookstore, is still reeling after her twin brother broke a childhood promise and ran off without her to exotic lands. When she cuts her hair, masquerades as a gardener to the melancholic Leo, and moves to the remote seaside town of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Trade Paperbacks 2005

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAV

Thomas, Leah

Summary: When the Vasquez siblings' father left, there was an absence in their lives-- until a shimmering figure named Luz appeared in the canyon behind their house. He shot hoops with Hank's hands. He showed Ana cinematic beauty behind her eyelids. He spoke kindly to Milo. But when Luz left, he took something from each of them. As a new school year begins, Hank, Ana, and Milo question how can they ever...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC THO

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC THO

Ogawa, Yōko

2 holds on 2 copies

Summary: "On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses--until things become much more serious. Most of the island's inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those few imbued with the power to recall the lost objects live in fear of the draconian Memory Police, who are committed to ensuring that what has disappeared remains...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2019

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OGA

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OGA

Eicher, Jerry S.

Summary: "Ella Yoder has moved into her dream house. In the stillness of the great house, Ella ponders her options. How is she to survive on her own? How will she ever forget Aden? What is to become of her? Two would-be suitors soon make their intentions known, but Ella is unsure of her own feelings. As she agrees to take care of Preacher Stutzman's three motherless girls, Ella's heart is touched by...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House Publishers 2011

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC EIC

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EIC

Yumoto, Kazumi

Summary: When the Bear's friend, the little bird, dies, Bear is inconsolable. Full of grief, he locks himself in his house and ventures out again only when the smell of spring grass blows in through his window. He meets a wildcat and finally feels understood. As the cat plays his violin, Bear remembers all the fun he had with the little bird. Now he can say goodbye to his friend, because he knows he'll...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gecko Press 2023

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Torres, Jennifer

Summary: After her father's landscaping business fails and the family loses their house, sixth-grader Griselda Zaragoza follows her sister's example and begins selling Alma cosmetics while hiding her changed circumstances from friends.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019

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Blake, Ashley Herring

Summary: For two years, twelve-year-old Hazel has coped with her Mum's accidental death by overprotecting her sister and Mama, but when Mama reconnects with her first love, roles begin to shift.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLA

Griffin, Molly Beth

Summary: Lily is moving into her grandmother's farm in Iowa, and she is sad about all the changes necessary in her life--but on the long drive her grandmother challenges her to find ten beautiful things that they can share together.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021

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Woodfolk, Ashley

Summary: "Meet the Flyy Girls. The group of girls who seem like they can get away with anything. Veteran author Ashley Woodfolk pens a gorgeous and dynamic series of four Harlem highschoolers, each facing a crossroads of friendship, family, and love. Micah Dupree had always liked being the "good girl." She was happy painting, going to church, and acing her school projects. After all, she had a perfect...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2020

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WOO

Kalmar, Daphne

Summary: "In 1927 Vermont, eleven-year-old Donut, recently orphaned after the death of her beloved pops, stands to lose everything when she learns her Aunt Agnes plans to move her to Boston, but little does her aunt know that Donut has no intentions of leaving her friends or her home." --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2018

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KAL

Lies, Brian

Summary: Farmer Evan and his dog do everything together, especially in the garden -- but when his dog passes away Evan lets his garden fill with weeds until a pumpkin vine brings new hope.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2019

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Mahdavi, Azam

Summary: "After a young girl's mother dies, Empty appears and silently takes up the big blank space left behind. For some time, the girl can't connect with her dad or any friends, and Empty is her closest companion. But then, a happy reminder of her mom pops up one day, and this bit of joy helps the little girl open up to the world around her. Empty stays around, but the little girl starts to connect...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books 2023

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Kuhlman, Evan.

Summary: In the wake of his father's sudden death, twelve-year-old Finn feels he is becoming invisible as his hair and skin become whiter by the day, and so he writes and illustrates a book to try to understand what is happening and to hold on to himself and his father.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2008

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Stacks, Call number: JFIC KUH

Moore, Hadley

Summary: "Not Dead Yet studies the uncertainties of loss, turning a gaze toward the often-silenced voices of the infirm, elderly, and adolescent. Rich in humor and honesty, Hadley Moore's debut collection of short stories presents a contemporary set of narratives from a lush cast of characters. We find the protagonists of her stories tenderly revealing their pain after the loss of loved ones and coping...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Autumn House Press 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOO

Quindlen, Anna

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are left to struggle without the woman who centered their lives. Bill Brown finds himself overwhelmed, and Annie's best friend Annemarie is lost to old bad habits without Annie's support. It is Annie's daughter, Ali, forced to try to care for her younger brothers and even her father, who manages to...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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Cross-Smith, Leesa

Summary: "Evi--a classically-trained ballerina--was nine months pregnant when her husband Eamon was killed in the line of duty on a steamy morning in July. Now, it is winter, and Eamon's adopted brother Dalton has moved in to help her raise six-month-old Noah"--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hub City Press 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CRO

Hulse, S. M.

Summary: A former prison guard and talented fiddler returns to his Montana hometown to bury his wife and confront an inmate who, twenty years earlier, held him hostage during a prison riot.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Hulse 2015

Fraser, Anthea

Summary: "Mark Richmond's trip to York takes a surprise detour when he runs into Helena Crawford and ends up accompanying her to her parents' ruby wedding anniversary in Drumlee, Scotland. Six months earlier, Mark attended Peter Kingsley's sixtieth birthday party - the father of his now-estranged wife, Sophie - where Peter was unexpectedly taken ill. Mark's father, Charles, has been friends with Peter...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRA

Hornbacher, Marya

Summary: In the aftermath of her husband's devastating suicide, Claire Schiller moves with their two young children into the home of her in-laws during an oppressive Minnesota winter and shares unexpected moments of comfort, healing, and humor.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOR

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