death

"Seventeen-year-old Tempe brings her dead sister back to life for twenty-four hours in hopes of unraveling the truth behind their parents' death"--Provided by publisher.

"Na has always been in the shadow of her younger brother, Bao-bao, her parents' cherished son. But when Bao-bao dies suddenly, Na realizes how little she knew him. And he wasn't the only one with secrets"--Provided by the publisher.

Jamal's best friend, Q, doesn't know he's about to die... again. He also doesn't know that Jamal tried to save his life, rescuing him from drowning only to watch Q die later in the hospital. Even more complicated, Jamal and Q haven't been best friends in two years; not since Jamal's parents died in a car accident, leaving him and his sister to carry on without them. Grief swallowed Jamal whole, and he blamed Q for causing the accident. But what if Jamal could have a second chance? An impossible chance that would grant him the opportunity to say goodbye to his best friend? A new health-care technology allows Q to be reanimated; brought back to life like the old Q again. But there's a catch: Q will only reanimate for a short time before he dies... forever.

"Joy Fonseca is dreading her thirteenth birthday, dreadingbeing reminded again about her best friend Lukas's sense-less death on this day, one year ago--and dreading thefact he may have heard what she accidentally blurted out to him the night before. Or maybe she's more worried he didn't hear. Either way she's decided: she will finally open the first clue to the annual birthday scavenger hunt Lukas left for the morning he died, hoping the rest of the clues are still out there. If they are, they might lead Joy to whatever last words Lukas wrote, and toward understanding how to grab to the future that is meant to be hers"--Publisher.

"After the sudden death of her mother, Sasha moves in with her grandparents and realizes new truths about herself"--Provided by publisher.

Rachel, having chosen to be mute following the sudden death of a classmate, shares responsibility with the other sixth-graders who decide not to report that the substitute teacher failed to show up.

"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 older brother to live up to. But when he unexpectedly dies, Micah's world is turned upside-down. With her anxiety growing, a serious boyfriend in the picture, and new feelings emerging, Micah begins to question what being the 'good girl' really means .. . and if it's worth it, anyway"--Provided by publisher.

Ryn, eighteen, trapped by a massive blizzard in the Denver airport, meets some unique characters who help her cope with survivor's guilt on the first anniversary of her best friend's death.

The only thing Rumi Seto knows for certain that she absolutely wants is to go on writing music with her younger sister, Lea, for the rest of her life. Then, Lea dies in a car accident, and Rumi finds herself sent away to live with her aunt in Hawaii while her mother deals with her grief. Rumi feels the loss, abandonment, and absence of her sister, mother, and of the music, but she also meets the "boys next door," one the smiling Kai, a teenage surfer, and the other the elderly George Watanabe, a man who is dealing with his own grief. With their help, Rumi may be able to find her way back to life, and finish the song she and Lea had been working on.

When her best friend, Elowyn, dies in a car accident, Kassey Messechek is devastated. Eventually, she forms a special relationship with the girl who received Elowyn's heart.