grief

When Adam MoynihanEU(tm)s oldest brother died, his life fell apart around him. Now his mom cries constantly, he and his remaining brother canEU(tm)t talk without fighting, and the father he always admired moved out when they needed him most. Jolene Timber is used to being a pawn in her divorced parentsEU(tm) war. But when she develops an unlikely friendship with a boy who spends every other weekend in the same apartment building that she does, suddenly the future seems less bleak. Can the boy who thinks forgiveness makes him weak and the girl who thinks love is for fools find something real together? TheyEU(tm)ll find out... every other weekend.

"After moving cross-country with her sister, Eva Sylvan begins having dreams with devasting real-life effects on the already hostile town people; to stop these dreams and save the town, Eva must investigate her family's magic-filled history and confront her guilt over her father's death"--OCLC.

Seventeen-year-old Julie fell in love with Sam the day she met him, and planned to attend college with him; but then Sam died. Getting rid of his things and trying to erase him from her life is not working, so, desperate to hear his voice one more time, Julie calls his cell phone. She expects to hear his voicemail--but then Sam answers, and suddenly their phones become the living connection between them, a connection Julie finds impossible to let go.

"Kate Spencer lost her mom to cancer when she was 27. In The Dead Moms Club, she walks readers through her experienceof stumbling through grief and loss, and helps them to get through it, too. This isn't a weepy, sentimental story, but rather a frank, up-front look at what it means to go through gruesome grief and come out on the other side. Covers how losing her mother changed nearly everything in her life: both men and women readers who have lost parents or experienced grief of this magnitude will be comforted and consoled"--Provided by publisher.

Tips, stories, and advice help teenagers cope with the grief they feel when a peer, loved one, pet, or celebrity dies.

Challenging conventional wisdom on grief, a pioneering therapist offers a new resource for those experiencing loss When a painful loss or life-shattering event upends your world, here is the first thing to know: there is nothing wrong with grief. "Grief is simply love in its most wild and painful form," says Megan Devine. "It is a natural and sane response to loss." So, why does our culture treat grief like a disease to be cured as quickly as possible? In It's OK That You're Not OK, Megan Devine offers a profound new approach to both the experience of grief and the way we try to help others who have endured tragedy. Having experienced grief from both sides-as both a therapist and as a woman who witnessed the accidental drowning of her beloved partner-Megan writes with deep insight about the unspoken truths of loss, love, and healing.

Devastated when her parents are killed in a car accident, sixteen-year old Jackie moves from New York City to Colorado to live with her mother's best friend, who has twelve children, including two boys who start to show an interest in Jackie that goes beyond brotherly.

"When a Battle of the Bands competition is announced, Flora and her friends are thrilled. Flora wants her string quartet to play a classical song like they always do, but her friends want to play something new. Then, Simon, a talented drummer, who is struggling with a recent loss, invites Flora to join his rock trio. For Flora, finding harmony with her friends, music, and family just became more complicated."-- Provided by publisher.

"When seventeen-year-old Asher embarks on a road trip from New Jersey to Graceland to get revenge on the drunk driver who killed his mom, he brings along three new friends from his bereavement groups"--Provided by publisher.