death

"Sent to Jesus Camp by his nonreligious parents, Nick gains a new perspective on his sister's suicide and the secret he has been keeping about it, with the help of new friends and the ghost of Jack Kerouac"--OCLC.

"'One summer's day we started a business called Funerals Ltd., to help all the poor dead animals in the world. Esther did the digging, I wrote the poems, and Esther's little brother, Puttie, cried.' Captures the child's perspective, balancing compassion and humor. This is a very funny story about a topic that touches all of us"--Publisher.

"Franny Callaghan feels invisible. With a missing mother only seen occasionally who speaks to the family through the closed door of her bedroom or the ensuite bathroom and a father and younger sister, who travel most of the time, home long enough to wash their underwear and re-pack before heading to the next competition so her sister can be an Olympic speed skater, Franny feels alone most of the time. Franny's brother died a few years before and is only seen in the photos on the wall and rarely spoken since the day of his big funeral and the subsequent coverage of the tragic accident that killed eight members of the Ridgewood High School Orchestra and one teacher. Now Franny Callaghan remains ... just the awkward middle kid in a family that used to look like everyone else's. What if Franny just took off to go see her brother's favorite band on the anniversary of his death? Maybe that would be the jolt her family so badly needed" --Back cover.

"Everyone loves Eva. Beautiful, bright, fun, generous--she's perfect. So when her dead body is found in a ditch in the local woods the only thing anyone wants to know is: Who could have done this? It has to be Luke, her boyfriend. He has the motive, the means, the opportunity and he's no stranger to the police. Even though the picture is incomplete, the pieces fit. But as time passes, stories change"--OCLC.

After his mother's death, Kaede develops some behavior problems and is sent to Japan to spend time with his estranged father and an older half brother.

"Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream. There are some differences. This America been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those Indigenous and those not. Some of these forces are charmingly everyday, like the ability to make an orb of light appear or travel across the world through rings of fungi. But other forces are less charming and should never see the light of day. Elatsoe lives in this slightly stranger America. She can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed down through generations of her Lipan Apache family. Her beloved cousin has just been murdered, in a town that wants no prying eyes. But she is going to do more than pry. The picture-perfect facade of Willowbee masks gruesome secrets, and she will rely on her wits, skills, and friends to tear off the mask and protect her family. "--Provided by publisher.

Emily Lonergan's best friend died last year. And Emily hasn't stopped grieving. Lizzie Porter was lively, loud, and fun---Emily's better half. Emily can't accept that she's gone. When Lizzie's parents and her sister come back to town to visit, Emily's heartened to see them. The Porters understand her pain. They miss Lizzie desperately, too. Desperately enough to do something crazy. Something unthinkable. Suddenly, Emily's life is hurtling toward a very dark place---and she's not sure she'll ever be able to return to what she once knew was real.

Starting to emerge from her shell in the months after devastating losses, Annie Lee takes piano lessons from an elderly mall pianist before his disappearance forces her to break a promise to a new friend.

"Annie Lee's daddy won't stop leaving his record player on, and his whiskers are in the sink every morning. Except Annie Lee's daddy died eighty-three days ago. Annie Lee doesn't like the word "ghost," but whatever is going on isn't making things easier for her and Mama. Mama works around the clock, barely making ends meet, and Annie Lee's best friends ditched her over the summer. She's starting middle school without a soul to sit by at lunch -- until she meets tough skater girl Mitch. Mitch might need a friend as badly as she does, but after losing so much, Annie Lee can't chance losing more. Mitch isn't the only new friend Annie Lee has made. Ray is an elderly pianist whose music is pure magic. He sees right through her imaginary invisibility cloak, and when Annie Lee begs for piano lessons, he agrees to teach her. But after Ray goes missing, finding him means breaking a promise to Mitch. Faced, once again, with losing the people she's grown close to, Annie Lee will have to make a choice: hide under the invisibility cloak that's been keeping her safe, or risk admitting how much she needs Mitch and Ray, even if it means getting hurt."--.

"When Stieg Larsson died, the author . . . had been working on a true mystery . . .: the assassination on February 28, 1986, of Olof Palme, the Swedish prime minister. It was the first time in history that a head of state had been murdered without a clue who'd done it--and on a Stockholm street at point-blank range. Internationally known for his fictional villains, Larsson was well acquainted with their real-life counterparts and documented extremist activities throughout the world. For years he'd been amassing evidence that linked their terrorist acts to what he called 'one of the most astounding murder cases' he'd ever covered. Larsson's archive was forgotten until journalist Jan Stocklassa was given exclusive access to the author's secret project. In 'The Man Who Played with Fire,' Stocklassa collects the pieces of Larsson's true-crime puzzle to follow the trail of intrigue, espionage, and conspiracy begun by one of the world's most famous thriller writers. Together they set out to solve a mystery that no one else could"--Amazon.