death

High school senior Miranda Sanchez wants to change her boring life and, despite the concerns of her friend Sammy, she decides to become a "wild child," until her partying ends up in disaster.

Following the death of their parents in an automobile accident, fifteen-year-old Matthew and his younger, deaf sister run away to Los Angeles where he becomes the only suspect in her brutal beating and murder.

Texan William Kennedy agrees to help a distant cousin to exorcise the ghost of a girl the cousin murdered.

Instead of a fresh start, high school provides more grief and isolation to Echo, whose older sister died a year earlier, but insights gained from Zo?e's diary--a fifteenth birthday gift from Zo?e's boyfriend--about her sister's life and death change Echo in ways she could have never expected.

At a time when her life is consumed by the exhausting task of growing up, Carrie's stable home life is deastically altered.

In the afterlife for the fourth time, seventeen-year-old Elliot knows she has one last chance but before she can begin her fourth life she must delve into her past, earn the forgiveness of her best friend, reconnect with her soul mate, and set things right for the future.

When Jacob wakes up in the middle of a field, he realizes that the only thing he remembers is his name, and when he arrives at a nearby town he becomes aware that everyone there is also suffering from amnesia.

When his beloved grandfather is killed in a storm while leading the swan flock south for the winter, Moonshadow is reassured by his father that the flock will go on with Grandfather always in their hearts.