death

When the child feels the cool, smooth fingers of his dead grandfather, he finally understands that Grandpa no longer lives in the house which was his body.

Harry is devastated when he returns home from school to find that his beloved dog, Hopper, will no longer be there to greet him.

When a little boy spends Christmas with his dying cousin, they discover that Santa really does exist.

In love with the girl he sneezed on the first day of school and best pals with Marshall, the "One Eyed Jack" of friends, seventh-grader Milo Cruikshank misses his mother whose death has changed everything at home.

The story of a girl and an older man at a Fourth of July party that ends in tragedy.

Sadako, hospitalized with leukemia, races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes in an attempt to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.

After spending eight months in a mental institution following a suicide attempt, seventeen-year-old Conrad returns home and finds that he must rebuild his life.

Examines the unanswered questions surrounding circumstances of President Kennedy's assassination.

Contains case studies that provide a variety of perspectives on how different children dealt with their feelings about the death of a friend or loved on, and includes checklists of what to do or where to go for help, and resources for more information.

Explains the basic principles of grief and mourning, and features practical ideas teens can use to help themselves deal with the loss of a loved one.