death

A child and her grandmother feel sad when Grandpa dies, but as time passes, funny memories of him make them laugh and feel better.

Twelve-year-old Tommy Gallagher, the bravest and toughest football player on the field, faces his biggest battle ever when his father, a Boston firefighter, is fatally injured while rescuing a child.

Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.

When Old Turtle dies and is taken back by the sea, his friends remember that he was a wonderful teacher and friend who made his world a better place.

A fourteen-year-old living with his grandparents learns his father is to be released from prison after killing his mother and feels apprehensive about renewing the relationship. Based on true events.

"Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects--and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. Will Light's noble goal succeed, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?"--P. [4] of cover.

After her mother's death, it's all Tessa can do to keep her friends, her boyfriend, and her happiness from slipping away. Even the rare plant her mother entrusted to her care starts to wilt. Then on a trip to her grandmother's she meets Henry. Though secrets stand between them, each has a chance at healing if first, Tessa can find the courage to believe in forever.

Teens Victor Benucci and Madeline Falco sit in separate police interrogation rooms telling about the misfits who brought them together and their journey sparked by a message in an urn.

Realizing that he has come to the end of his days, Old Coyote recalls many of the good things about his life.

"Sally and her brothers are walking along the dunes in their Maine town when they come across an enormous whale stranded on the beach. One brother runs for help, and many people rally to respond. But the tide is going out quickly, and the whale is just so big..."--Dust jacket.