loss (psychology)

Miranda Tennant, hiding a tragic secret, hopes to lose herself in York, England, and avoid the ghosts said to haunt the quaint city, and meeting Nick, a mysterious and intense boy, proves a welcome distraction until her interest is captured by another, even more handsome boy, in a house across from hers, who seems to be trying to give her a message.

Alice Bliss, whose father has been deployed to Iraq, struggles to cope with his absence while falling in love with the boy next door and navigating her complicated relationship with her mother.

Anuradha Patwardhan, a young woman blessed with legendary beauty, leaves her family home to meet her future husband, carrying with her a gift for song that spell-binds any man she meets.

Fifteen-year-old Tess DeNunzio attempts to work through her guilt and grief over the death of her three-year-old half-sister Zoe by writing letters to the child who was struck and killed by a car on September 11, 2001, while Tess was supposed to be watching her.

Thirteen-year-old Wendy, grieving the death of her mother in the collapse of the World Trade Center, is taken to live with her father in California where she learns important life lessons from a variety of people before returning home to her stepfather and brother, where she feels she truly belongs.

Four years after her mother walked out, Natalie Gordon travels to Florida in the hopes of finding her mother, herself, and the truth about what love really is.

Siobh?n and her father continue to feel sad in the years following the death of Siobh?n's mother, until Siobh?n follows the advice of a mysterious woman.

Presents the concept of death as a naturally occuring part of life and discusses how children can cope with the feelings of loss and grief that accompany the death of a family member or friend.

Presents the experiences of people who survived disasters of various kinds, telling how their lives have changed as a result, and discussing the effects of surviving when others did not and dealing with grief and loss.

Matthew Shepard was murdered because he was gay. His mother shares the story behind the headlines, interweaving her memories of Matthew and the challenges she faced, with her family, confronting his death. She also gives an account of how she and her husband helped prosecutors convict Matthew's murderers.