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Young Adult About Death of a Loved One

Explore young adult books about death of a loved one for children.

417 books

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King of Scars #1

A young king battles gathering enemies at his borders while a dark magic grows inside him, threatening to destroy the ve

Cover of The Devil's Arithmetic

The Devil's Arithmetic

Hannah finds herself suddenly transported from a family dinner to 1940s Poland, where she must endure the reality of a d

Cover of The Girl, the Ring, & the Baseball Bat

The Girl, the Ring, & the Baseball Bat

Camille Gomera-Tavarez

For teens exploring the weight of family secrets and the desire for control as they navigate high school relationships a

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Six Crimson Cranes #3

A Forgery of Fate

Elizabeth Lim

Tru can paint the future, but to save her family from debt, she must marry a cursed dragon lord and help him infiltrate

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Defy the Night #1

Brigid Kemmerer

Tessa Cade steals Moonflower petals to heal a sick kingdom, but a desperate break-in at the palace reveals a truth that

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The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean

Hidden behind a locked door for years, Billy Dean emerges from his secret room into a broken world where he must face th

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"The President Has Been Shot!": The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

James L. Swanson

Archival photographs and a gripping minute-by-minute account bring the shocking 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy in

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Stoker & Holmes #2

The Spiritglass Charade

Colleen Gleason

Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes search for a missing boy in 1889 London, but the sudden arrival of vampires creates a muc

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And the Trees Stare Back

In 1989 Soviet Estonia, Vik's sister Anna returns from a cursed forest five years after vanishing, without having aged a

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James L. Swanson's Historical Assassination Series #1

Chasing Lincoln's Killer

James L. Swanson

Experience the pulse-pounding twelve-day manhunt for John Wilkes Booth through the swamps of Maryland and forests of Vir

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The Walter Boys #2

My Return to the Walter Boys

For the teenager navigating the pull between past comforts and future dreams, this sequel explores finding one's place i

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The Raven Duet #1

Trickster's Girl

Fifteen-year-old Kelsa teams up with a magical raven on a journey from Utah to Alaska to restore the world's broken magi

Cover of When My Heart was Wicked

When My Heart was Wicked

Tricia Stirling

Lacy is caught between the stepmother she loves and a birth mother who returns with dark, magical intentions to control

Cover of Trouble

Gary D. Schmidt

To honor his brother's memory, Henry hikes toward Mount Katahdin alongside an unexpected companion: the boy accused of c

Cover of The Summer of Broken Rules

The Summer of Broken Rules

Meredith returns to Martha’s Vineyard for a family wedding and joins a high-stakes game of Assassin, only to find hersel

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This is Not the End

Resurrection is a reality, but Lake Devereaux only gets one choice; she must decide which loved one to bring back to lif

Cover of Alice by Heart

Deep in a London Tube station during World War II, fifteen-year-old Alice uses a beloved story to make sense of loss and

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D.J. Rosenblum Becomes the G.O.A.T.

Grief, family secrets, and a delayed bat mitzvah collide as D.J. moves to a new town and tries to solve the mystery surr

Cover of When Haru Was Here

When Haru Was Here

Grief takes a strange turn for Eric when the boy he lost appears in a coffee shop, but only Eric can see him as the line

Cover of The Other Side of Dark

The Other Side of Dark

Katie sees shadows and flickering hallucinations after losing her mother, but a meeting with a mysterious boy at the par

Cover of Unbreakable

After a paranormal attack, Kennedy joins a misfit group of teens in a secret society dedicated to hunting demons and pro

Cover of The Edge of Anything

The Edge of Anything

Nora Shalaway Carpenter

A loner photographer and a sidelined athlete form a bond in the North Carolina mountains, helping each other face deep s

Cover of Sure Fire

Chance Twins #1

Jack Higgins, Justin Richards

After twins Rich and Jade move in with an estranged father they've never met, they witness his kidnapping and are thrust

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Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood

After losing their home, the Weston sisters are thrust into the status-obsessed world of Beverly Hills where they must l

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