death

Afraid that his beloved grandfather will die after suffering a heart attack, a nine-year-old boy agrees to join ten-year-old Dooley in performing a mysterious ritual called soul switching.

A young girl slowly grows to understand the death of her grandfather.

Grandpa's love of life insures that he is still present, after his death, in the lives of all who loved him.

Explains different customs of dealing with death and remembering the dead, such as funerals, burials, cremation, mourning, wills, and memorials.

Text and photos teach about death, covering such topics as life spans, ways that animals and people die, the process of decomposition, funeral customs, and afterlife beliefs, stressing that death is a part of the cycle of life.

A boy discovers that he doesn't have to feel personally responsible for his uncle's drowning.

In an attempt to overcome his grief, a boy tries to think of the ten best things about his dead cat.

After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.

The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.

After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.