bereavement

Laurel Daneau, having lost her mother, grandmother, and home in Hurricane Katrina, thinks things are going well with her new life as a cheerleader and the girlfriend of basketball start T-Boom, but after T-Boom introduces her to meth and she finds the drug helps her deal with her past, she must rely on the help of an artist named Moses and her friend Kaylee to overcome the addiction.

Two otters are always together, always sharing adventures--until one day one of them is gone, and nothing is the same.

After Eric Ly's best friend and crush Daniel dies, he becomes wrapped up in imaginary scenarios he creates in his head that help him manage his grief. Then one day Haru, a boy he met last summer in Japan, comes into his life but no one can see him but Eric. Now Eric feels less alone and but soon the line between his imagination and what is real begins to blur and Eric is forced to face what has happened in his life.

Provides a guide for teens on dealing with grief and loss, and describes the grieving process, different kinds of losses, how to get help, and more.

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.

"An inclusive, age-appropriate, illustrated kids' book designed to help young children understand their own grief. The examples and . . . illustrations are rooted in real life, exploring the truth of loss and change, while remaining comforting and hopeful. Broad enough to encompass many forms of grief, this book reassures kids that they are not alone in their feelings, and even suggests simple things they can do to feel better, like drawing, dancing, and talking to friends and family"--Provided by publisher.

"After losing her beloved sister three years ago, Savannah Litchfield has been living half a life. Now seventeen--the age Poppy died--the pain of losing her is worse than ever. When Savannah's therapist suggests a trip around the world to help teens stricken by loss, she reluctantly agrees to it, clutching the unread journal Poppy left her as she goes. Cael Woods is angry. One year after losing his older brother--the person who meant the world to him--his life has spiraled into a heady void of nothing. Once the most promising hockey player in the junior league, Cael can no longer step onto the ice without being paralyzed by memories of his brother. When his parents sign him up for a trip abroad for grieving teens, no part of him wants to go--but he does. As Cael and Savannah embark on a journey of healing, they learn to find solace together, discovering a glimmer of light only the other can bring. And the harder they fall, the more they heal the fractured fragments of their hearts, piece by broken piece"--Amazon.

After the tragic death of her boyfriend Alex, Sarah finds comfort in nightly talks with Jake, Alex's friend, but when their growing closeness turns into something more, they wonder if they're betraying Alex--and if their relationship is worth fighting for.

Tess Medina is dealing with the loss of her beloved father, a new school, and the troubling fact that the thing she enjoys most in life, baking, seems to be making her increasingly ill--something she is trying to hide from everybody.