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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
As twelve-year-old Brooklyn goes head-to-head against her rival to win her school's cookie-selling competition, her friends help her cope with the death of her mother and help her try to clinch the Cookie Queen title.
Author
Series
Coyote Sunrise volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
Almost a year after settling down in Oregon, Coyote embarks on a cross-country road trip with her dad to scatter her mom's ashes, but the journey takes an unexpected turn when she realizes the secret to the chosen resting place lies in a lost book.
4) Otherwood
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"'Hatred combined with lies and secrets can break the world.' Grandpa Zach used to say that before he died, but Stuey never really knew what he meant. It was kind of like how he used to talk about quantum physics, or how he used to say ghosts haunted the overgrown golf course. But then one day, when Stuey and his best friend, Elly Rose, are playing in the deadfall in the middle of the woods, something totally unbelievable happens. As Stuey and Elly...
6) Two
Author
Publisher
KO Kids Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
TWO's best friend is ONE...until THREE jumps in between them. A powerful story of friendship, loss, letting go, and self-discovery."--Provided by publisher.
7) Zombie Tag
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In the months since Wil Lowenstein's older brother Graham died, Wil has spent most of his time playing a game he invented but when he finds a way to bring Graham and others back from the dead, fighting zombies is suddenly no longer a game.
8) Pablo's pet
Author
Series
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"Pablo learns to deal with the loss of his much-loved pet fish with the help of his friends and family"--
12) Missing Okalee
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"When Pheobe's sister, Okalee, drowns in the river during their annual spring celebration, Phoebe is wracked with guilt to the point that she loses her singing voice"--
13) Missing Violet
Author
Publisher
Beaming Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Mia's best friend Violet gets sick and does not recover, Mia works through the stages of grief like the colors of the rainbow. Includes a note for parents, teachers, and caregivers.
14) The last forever
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"After her mother's death, it's all Tessa can do to keep her friends, her boyfriend, her happiness from slipping away. Even the rare plant her mother entrusted to her care starts to wilt. Then she meets Henry. Though secrets stand between them, each has a chance at healing...if first, Tessa can find the courage to believe in forever"--
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Hertle and Bertle were always a pair, though one was a turtle and one was a hare. They were utterly buddies, and best friends forever, and whenever you looked, you would find them together... until quite unexpectedly... the end came. When Hertle disappears for good, Bertle can only see a Hertle-shaped hole where his friend should be. He pleads with it, get angry with it, but the hole still won't bring his Hertle back. It seems like hope is lost......
17) Good-bye Fish
Author
Series
Publisher
Clavis
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Kitty is worried because Fish isn't swimming anymore. Dog and Kitty try to make Fish swim, but nothing works. Giraffe knows that Fish has died. Together, the friends bury Fish. Kitty is sad and wants to do something so she won't forget Fish.
18) My nana's garden
Author
Publisher
Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
A little girl visits her grandmother in different seasons, and together they explore the wonders of her garden. Until, one day, Nana isn't there anymore. But as winter gives way to spring, the girl learns that life goes on, and so does the memory of those we love. --
Author
Publisher
Merit Press, an imprint of F + W Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Ellery wants to die. Nothing is going right. Her younger sister is dead, and her family is in a shambles. But on the day that she tries to end it all, even the gun won't work. When she tries to return it, she's intercepted by a security guard who also happens to be a boy in one of her classes, Colter Sawyer. Colter recognizes Ellery's desperation and begins working hard to earn her trust. Why does this cute boy care about my worthless life?, Ellery...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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2023 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 4 & 5
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Sydney Taylor Book Award
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Sydney Taylor Book Award
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Description
A long ago "accident." An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn't know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her. That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything, including her best friend Kayla, and a mother who was once vibrant and popular, but who now can't always get out of bed in the morning. As tensions...
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