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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this thoughtful story of loss and recovery, a young boy's happy life is interrupted when his grandfather passes away. Now the boy's world is filled with big questions and difficult emotions. Then one day a chance encounter with two birds on the subway leads to a new connection and rediscovered joy.
62) One day
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First English-language edition.
Language
English
Description
"A boy’s grandfather goes away suddenly, never to return. How could he leave so suddenly? His smell remains in his sweater, and his shoes are there to be worn. Plus, his friends at the fountain just saw him! The boy lingers in the midst of his grandfather’s things and starts to imagine him returning to the planets and stars, the faraway home from which he must have come." --publisher's website
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
It is a beautiful spring day, and Luna is having a picnic in the park with her family, wearing her Mum's red hat. Luna's Mum died one year ago and she still finds it difficult to understand why. She feels that it may have been her fault and worries that her Dad might leave her in the same way. Her Dad talks to her to explain what happened and together they think about all the happy memories they have of Mum.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First North American edition.
Language
English
Description
Life is Like the Wind introduces the concept of death to young readers by likening life to the ever-moving wind. When the wind is present, things move and fly and flutter about. When the wind goes away, things become very still. From there, the authors explore the feelings we have when a loved one's life goes away, how we cope with missing them, and how we can celebrate their memory. It also introduces the various things people believe happens to...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition in Spanish.
Language
Español
Description
Julie Clarke, de diecisiete años, tiene todo su futuro planeado: marcharse de su pequeño pueblo junto a su novio, Sam, ir a la universidad en la ciudad, pasar un verano en Japón. Pero entonces Sam muere. Y todo cambia. Desesperada por escucharle una vez más, Julie llama al móvil de Sam para escuchar la grabación de su buzón de voz. Y Sam coge el teléfono.
Seventeen-year-old Julie fell in love with Sam the day she met him, and planned...
66) Corey's rock
Author
Pub. Date
2018, 2019.
Language
English
Description
A story that beautifully weaves together themes of bereavement, identity and hope, alongside the traditional selkie legend. "To enter into another person's story is perhaps the most moving and enlightening journey of life," writes Sita Brahmachari, and she does this brilliantly in her latest story. Ten-year-old Isla has moved from Edinburgh to the Orkney Islands with her parents, to start a new life after the death of Isla's beloved young brother....
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Primera edicíon.
Language
Español
Description
"Alex quiere mucho a su mama, pero ella ya no esta aqui. Ahora vive en las nubes. Los dias en que las nubes son blancas y brillantes, Alex se siente muy cerca de ella. Pero otras veces, las nubes son muy oscuras y la ech mucho de menos. Uno de esos dias de tormenta, Alex decide subir a la nube de mama para hablar con ella. En esta conmovedora historia sobre el duelo y en desconsuelo los ninos aprenden que, pese a las perdidas, siempre hay alguien...
68) Ghoster Heights
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When Ona and her father move into her Baba's apartment complex, she befriends the ghost she discovers haunting the boiler room, and uses her new ability to see spirits to help her new neighbors face their troubles and free themselves from their specters.
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