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Young Adult About Saying Goodbye – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Young Adult About Saying Goodbye

Explore young adult books about saying goodbye for children.

137 books

Cover of Time After Time

Time Between Us #2

Time After Time

Tamara Ireland Stone

For the teen navigating the ache of a long-distance relationship and the heavy realization that love sometimes requires

Cover of Back When You Were Easier to Love

Back When You Were Easier to Love

Emily Wing Smith

For the teenager grappling with the confusing end of a first love and the difficult realization that a person they adore

Cover of Outcasts

For the teen grappling with the weight of their choices and the high cost of protecting those they love while facing an

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Cover of Kill All Happies

Kill All Happies

Rachel Cohn

Vic plans to go out with a bang by throwing a massive secret party, saving a local landmark from bankruptcy, and finally

Ages 14–18

Cover of The Pearl Thief

Code Name Verity

The Pearl Thief

During her final summer at her family's estate, Julie must find a missing archivist and a hoard of lost pearls to clear

Cover of The Road to Damietta

The Road to Damietta

For the teenager grappling with how to love someone whose path is radically different from their own, or exploring the t

Cover of Out of Here: A Senior Class Yearbook

Out of Here: A Senior Class Yearbook

The hidden connections between Stacey and her classmates surface as they navigate the highs and lows of their final year

Cover of The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig

The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig

Experience the messy, on-again-off-again chaos of 1994 Wisconsin as Amy and Craig survive seven disastrous breakups to t

Cover of We Used to Be Friends

We Used to Be Friends

For the teenager navigating the painful, quiet end of a once-unbreakable bond. This story explores how best friends can

Cover of Last Chance Dance

Last Chance Dance

For the teenager navigating the sting of a sudden breakup and the pressure to find their 'forever' person before high sc

Cover of United We Spy

Gallagher Girls #6

For the teenager who is navigating the high stakes of growing up while trying to find where they truly belong among thei

Cover of Intensely Alice

Intensely Alice

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

A summer visit to see Patrick at college takes an unexpected turn when a life-changing incident pulls Alice and her frie

Cover of The Starlight Claim

The Boy in the Burning House #2

The Starlight Claim

Tim Wynne-Jones

For the teenager grappling with the heavy silence of an unsolved loss and the desperate need to find answers where the a

Cover of The End

London’s kids face their final stand as a massive battle erupts against Saint George’s army of sickos.

Cover of These Witches Don't Burn

These Witches Don't Burn #1

These Witches Don't Burn

Isabel Sterling

For the teen navigating the complexities of their first major breakup while trying to find where they fit in their commu

Cover of Lies We Tell About the Stars

Lies We Tell About the Stars

For the teenager grappling with a friend's sudden disappearance or the heavy weight of secrets following a life-altering

Cover of Red Moon at Sharpsburg

Red Moon at Sharpsburg

As the Civil War rages around her, India Moody studies science with a neighbor and finds the courage to survive the terr

Cover of Boardwalk

Katherine Applegate

For the teen weighing the excitement of new beginnings against the fear of leaving a first love behind during a pivotal

Cover of This Is Not a Love Letter

This Is Not a Love Letter

Jessie navigates the sharp edges of a small town as she moves through the dizzying highs of a first romance and the heav

Cover of The Map of Tiny Perfect Things

The Map of Tiny Perfect Things

For the teenager grappling with the weight of the future or the pain of a recent loss, this story finds beauty in the mu

Cover of The Silent Stars Go By

The Silent Stars Go By

For the teen navigating the weight of a difficult secret or the pressure of social expectations. A quiet, moving story a

Cover of The Love That Split the World

The Love That Split the World

During her final summer in Kentucky before college, Natalie encounters a mysterious apparition and a new boy named Beau

Cover of Picture Me Gone

Picture Me Gone

Twelve-year-old Mila travels to upstate New York to help her father find his missing best friend. Along the way, she beg

Cover of The Clones

The Virtual War Chronologs #2

Gloria Skurzynski

Fifteen-year-old Corgan has won a virtual war, but now he faces the high-stakes challenge of raising a clone of the muta

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Saying Goodbye by Age Group

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