grief

"When thirteen-year-old Katie McCabe' s dad gets sick and is hospitalized, she' s sent to live with her uncle in a strange town. But within days of arriving, her dad unexpectedly dies. Struggling with her new reality, Katie is lost. She doesn't fit in at her new home and never will. It only gets worse when Katie starts her freshman year of high school and begins to have run-ins with the son of the man who owns the town-- a powerful man with ties to her family' s past. Then one day, she is attacked from behind. Blindfolded and slung across the back of a horse, Katie is taken up into the hills. Dumped in the middle of the wilderness in an oncoming storm, she is left to find her way home. But how will she survive?"--Amazon.

Two years after her sister's tragic death, fourteen-year-old Clementine still struggles with overwhelming guilt and grief and feels disconnected from the world around her.

"In Shajarpur, everyone is always happy. The weather is always perfect. But newcomer Savi, a lonely teenager, doesn't know what happiness means anymore. If she were to make a list of things that were the absolute worst, moving to Shajarpur would be right on top. Well, right after missing her father, who just died of a heart attack. As Savi grapples with loss in a strange new town, she discovers something startling. Not only can she communicate with her father's plants--all forty-two of them--she can talk to the giant ficus tree behind her school. Savi soon learns that Tree (as they are known) knew her father as well and that their friendship was at the heart of a magical network of animals and plants working together to protect Shajarpur. However, Tree is in danger, along with everything else, and needs Savi's help. As she joins with all kinds of living things to save the town, Savi is shocked to find she is happy again, even if forces of nature are beyond her control"--Dust jacket.

With the help of her family, friends, and school counselor, Raya finds a way to grieve the loss of her unborn sister Nura, and to share the love she will always feel for her.

Still reeling from the death of his little brother and the sudden departure of his first love Meg, Otis throws himself into swim training with Dara, until Meg returns for the summer and Otis tries to rekindle their relationship.

After a traumatic accident, Kyle feels lost until he meets Marley, who seems like the girl of his dreams, but as they grow closer he fears he is headed for another crash.

Twelve-year-olds Reef and Theo have a mutual problem: their memories are getting mixed up, and that means that Reef is losing his memory of his mother, recently dead of COVID, which terrifies him--but for Theo his new memories are helping him deal with his domineering father.

Still coping with the death of their father, twelve-year-old Mars tries to figure out their place on and off the rink as they navigate being nonbinary in a traditionally gendered sport.

A group of animal friends navigates a new school year together as they grieve the loss of their friend, Rosie.

Twelve-year-old Indian-American Pandita Paul deals with change, grief, friendship, and growing up in a community facing a housing crisis.