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Dog Heaven
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Cynthia Rylant (Illustrator)
God created Dog Heaven, a place where dogs can eat ice cream biscuits, sleep on fluffy clouds, and run through unending fields.
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Whirligig
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Paul Fleischman
When 16-year-old Brent Bishop inadvertently causes the death of a young woman, her mother requests that, as his repentance, Brent travel to the corners of the United States--Washington, California, Florida, and Maine--to create whirligigs in her daughter's image. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
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Don't Die, My Love
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Lurlene McDaniel
Julie Ellis and Luke Muldenhower believe they are meant to be together always. From the sixth grade through high school, Luke and Julie never lost each other. When Luke can't shake what he thinks is a virus, Julie persuades him to see a doctor. Luke's test results are alarming, but Julie believes the strength of their love will see them through ...
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Mick Harte Was Here
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Barbara Park
Phoebe Harte movingly describes the effect of her younger brother's fatal cycling accident on her and her family, while sending a subtle message about bicycle safety (Mick would have survived his accident had he been wearing a helmet). Mostly though, this is the story of a sister who misses her brother dearly.
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Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs
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Tomie dePaola (Illustrator)
As a young boy author/illustrator Tomie DePaola loved visiting the house where both his grandmother and great-grandmother lived. Because his great-grandmother lived upstairs she was called Nana Upstairs and because his grandmother lived downstairs she was called Nana Downstairs. Tomie enjoyed spending time with both of them and later, after they ...
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After the Storm
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Lauren Brooke
Amy attempts to treat Spartan, the horse involved in the accident that killed Amy's mother. But Amy soon learns Spartan is not the only who has wounds yet to heal. Although Amy is helping out with the horses at Heartland again, she is still weighted by a sense of guilt for her mother's death. And she misses her mum too much to dismiss her fear ...
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Tears of a Tiger
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Sharon Mills Draper
After a night of drinking and driving, 17-year-old Andrew Jackson must deal with his guilt and depression over causing a car accident that killed his best friend. The story is told through newspaper articles, journal entries, homework assignments, letters, and conversations.
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The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages
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Leo Buscaglia
This parable about the cycle of life is told via the story of Freddie the Leaf, who is born in spring, grows and changes through summer and fall, and finally falls from his tree in winter.
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Summer Promise
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Robin Jones Gunn
When 14-year-old Christy Miller goes to spend the summer at her wealthy aunt and uncle's beach house in Newport, California, she realizes that it could be the best vacation of her life. But Christy also discovers that the season holds heartache, after a friend dies in a drug-related surfing accident.
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I Heart You, You Haunt Me
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Lisa Schroeder
Heartbroken after her boyfriend Jackson dies, 15-year-old Ava is thrilled to find out Jacksons spirit is unwilling to let go just yet. However, Ava soon realizes having a ghost for a boyfriend is neither easy nor fulfilling. How will Jackson react when he learns Ava is ready to move on? Original.
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Deadline
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Chris Crutcher
At the beginning of his senior year, Ben Wolf discovers he has an aggressive form of leukemia. Ben decides to tell no one; he wants his last year of school to be normal. Only, not telling the truth is the same as lying, and it takes Ben almost a year to figure that out. And what a year it is.
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The Memory String
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Eve Bunting, Ted Rand (Illustrator)
When Laura's father marries his girlfriend Jane, Laura is not happy about the situation. The only thing that makes it easier is the comfort she finds in a string of buttons her mother gave to her before she passed away. Each button represents a family story that's been passed down from generation to generation. But when the string breaks and the ...
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Before I Die
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Jenny Downham
This intensely moving debut novel--a "Publishers Weekly" Best Children's Book of the Year--tells the story of a dying girl who tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up.
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Hit and Run
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Lurlene McDaniel
As the lives of people who never wanted to hurt others intersect, harsh realities of choices that cannot be changed are explored in this new novel by the author of the Angels in Pink series.
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What's Heaven
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Maria Shriver, Sandra Speidel (Illustrator)
Maria Shriver, noted journalist and member of the Kennedy clan, offers a question/answer book on the subject of death. When her young daughter Kate began asking questions about the death of her great-grandmother, Rose Kennedy, Shriver found that answering Kate's questions in a straightforward, yet gentle and easy-to-understand manner not only ...
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Big Wave
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Pearl S Buck
"The author's famous story of a Japanese boy who must face life after escaping the tidal wave destruction of his family and village . . ."--"Booklist." Illustrated with 18th- and 19th-century Japanese prints.
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Wall
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Eve Bunting
A young boy and his father visit the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial to find the name of the boy's grandfather.
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Right Behind You
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Gail Giles
When he was nine years old, Kip McFarland murdered another child. He set him on fire. After years of serving out a sentence in a ward with hardened juvenile offenders, Kip is declared rehabilitated. Beginning a new life as a freshman in Indiana, Kip changes his name to Wade and starts with a clean slate. Popular, atttrractive and the star of ...
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A Thanksgiving Wish
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Michael Rosen, John Thompson, M.D. (Illustrator)
Amanda worries Thanksgiving will never be the same after her Grandmother's death. The little girl remembers a family tradition of pulling wishbones that have been saved throughout the year--and everyone discovers the power and comfort embedded in heritage. Color illustrations throughout.
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Raina's Story
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Lurlene McDaniel
The second of McDaniel's Angels in Pink trilogy. Raina looks forward to spending time with Hunter during their last year of high school together. Everything is going well until Raina's old boyfriend Tony shows up and threatens to ruin her relationship with Hunter.
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Tenth Good Thing about Barney
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Judith Viorst
A sensitive and straightforward story of how a family handles the death of a beloved cat, Barney.
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Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead
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Elisa Amado, Joya Hairs (Photographer)
Every year on November 2, the Day of the Dead, the villagers of Santiago Sacatepequez in Guatemala fly some of the biggest kites in the world in memory of their deceased loved ones. Juan has built a kite every year with his grandfather. Since his grandfather has died, Juan must now carry on the tradition alone. Beautiful photographs show Juan, ...
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Something for Joey
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Richard Peck
True-life story of pro-football star John Cappelletti and his younger brother Joey, stricken with leukemia.
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Missing May
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Cynthia Rylant
Summer, orphaned at the age of six, finally ends up living with her Uncle Ob and Aunt May, and at last finds a family. When May dies six years later, Summer must help both herself and her uncle overcome their grief. Winner of the 1993 Newbery Medal.
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Love Ruby Lavender
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Deborah Wiles
She's resourceful, she's feisty. She's in for some big surprises. Meet Miss Ruby Lavender! Woe is Ruby Lavender. She used to have a fun life, until her Yoo-Hoo-drinking, pink muumuu-wearing, best friend of a grandmother up and left for Hawaii to spend the summer with her new (smelly) grandbaby. Now Ruby is stuck in boring old Halleluia, ...
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