Death & Loss

1. Death & Loss Print & Web Resources compiled by Reba Tierney

2. Death of a Parent • Let’s Get Lost by Sarra Manning (Mother) • Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson (Mother) • Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline Wilson (Mother) • Say the Word by Jeannine Garsee (Mother)

3. Death of a Parent • What Girls Learn by Karin Cook (Mother) • Saying it out Loud by Joan Abelove (Mother) • Alison’s Rules by Catherine Clark (Mother) • Zen & Xander Undone by Amy Kathleen Ryan (Mother)

4. Death of a Parent • A Death in the Family by James Agee (Father) • Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson (Father) • Martyn Pig by Kevin Brooks (Father) • Putting Makeup on Dead People by Jen Violi (Father)

5. Death of a Parent • Swallowing Stones by Joyce McDonald (Father) • Five Minutes More by Darlene Ryan (Father) • Defining Dulcie by Paul Acampora (Father) • Sign Language by Amy Ackley (Father)

6. Death of a Sibling • Deadville by Ron Koertge (Sister) • The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson (Sister) • Many Stones by Carolyn Coman (Sister) • The Anatomy of Wings by Karen Foxlee (Sister)

7. Death of a Sibling • A Map of the Known World by Lisa Ann Sandell (Brother) • Punkzilla by Adam Rapp (Brother) • Broken Soup by Jenny Valentine (Brother) • Choices by Deborah Lynn Jacobs (Brother)

8. Death of a Friend • Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King • All We Know of Heaven by Jacquelyn Mitchard • Love You Hate You Miss You by Elizabeth Scott • Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper

9. Death of a Friend • Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson • M+O 4EVR by Tonya Cherie Hegamin • A Love Story Starring my Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner • Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray

10. Death of a Friend • Last Ride by Laura Langston • Freeze Frame by Heidi Ayarbe • Emako Blue by Brenda Woods

11. Death of a Boyfriend/Girlfriend • Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler • The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard • You are Not Here by Samantha Schutz

12. Death of a Boyfriend/Girlfriend • I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder • If You Come Softly & Behind You by Jacqueline Woodson

13. Death of a Boyfriend/Girlfriend • Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen • A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks • No More Us for You by David Hernandez

14. Dealing with Death • Before I Die by Jenny Downham • Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom • Deadline by Chris Crutcher • Blind Faith by Ellen Wittlinger

15. Dealing with Death • Willow by Julia Hoban • Remembering Raquel by Vivian Vande Velde • Breathless by Lurlene McDaniel

16. Should I Stay… • If I Stay by Gayle Forman • Heaven Looks A Lot Like The Mall by Wendy Mass • Exit Point by Laura Langston • Between by Jessica Warman

17. …or Should I Go? • The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold • Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin • The Everafter by Amy Huntley

18. Coping After Loss • The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life For All Ages by Leo Buscaglia • Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss by Pat Schwiebert • Write From Your Heart: A Healing Grief Journal by Katherine Patterson

19. Non-Fiction Titles • Loss: Understanding the Emptiness by Eileen Kuehn • What Do You Want to do Before You Die? by Ben Nemtin, Dave Lingwood, Duncan Penn, Jonnie Penn • Still Here With Me: Teenagers and Children on Losing a Parent by Suzanna Sjoqvist

20. Web Resources • The End of Life: Exploring Death in America http://www.npr.org/programs/death • KidsHealth- Death & Grief http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/emotions/someone_died.html • Pet Loss Support Hotline http://www.vet.cornell.edu/Org/PetLoss/

21. I’d like to thank….. Images taken from www.amazon.com & www.goodreads.com