Badger's friends are sad when he dies but treasure the memories he left them. 'The gentle message holds particular validity for children and is conveyed in a tenderhearted. ..manner.'-- Book1ist.

When Ruby's grandmother, Miss Eula goes to visit her new grandbaby in Hawaii, Ruby is sure that she will have a lonely, empty, horrible summer without her in boring old Halleluia, Mississippi. What happens instead? She makes a new fri...

Illus. in full color. 'In this gentle, moving story, Elfie, a dachshund, andher special boy progress happily through life together. One morning Elfie doesnot wake up. The family grieves and buries her. The watercolor illustrations,ten...

The young narrator's best friend, Rudi, is very sick, and it's hard for her to understand. When Rudi dies, the narrator and the other children in school help to build a pond by the big knobby oak to remember him by. A hummingbird feed...

Although seniors Trisha and Christina shared many dreams of going on to college, lives are shattered when Christina is killed in a car accident, Trisha's boyfriend Cody ends up in a coma, and Christina's boyfriend Tucker, who was driv...

Dawn Rochelle has been through chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplnt, and the death of her best friend. Now a sophomore in high school, she wants nothing more than finally to live a normal life and be an ordinary high school student....

Now a major motion picture, discover the beloved Newbery Medal-winning story of Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke. Join Jess and Leslie as they form an unlikely friendship and create the imaginary land of Terabithia. There they rule as ki...

Thirteen-year-old Brodie Lynch was ready for the perfect summer of adventure along the awesome Blackwater River. That was before everything changed forever. When a harmless prank goes too far, the unthinkable happens. Brodie's lies ma...

After Baby dies, Willa Jo and Little Sister are sent to live with Aunt Patty while their mother goes off on her own to cope with the loss, yet Willa Jo has pain too and only wishes she could be with her mother during these difficult t...

What if you had only one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life? Samantha Kingston has it all: the world's most crush-worthy boyfriend, three amazing best friends, and firs...

Written for children who may not survive their illness or for the children who know them, this tale helps address feelings of disbelief, anger, and sadness, along with love and compassion. Amanda and Little Tree discover that their fr...

COURAGE WEARS MANY FACES The Civil War may be over, but for twelve-year-old Will Page, the pain and bitterness haven't ended. How could they have, when the Yankees were responsible for the deaths of everyone in his entire immediate ...

Kino lives on a farm on the side of a mountain in Japan. His friend, Jiya, lives in a fishing village below. Everyone, including Kino and Jiya, has heard of the big wave. No one suspects it will wipe out the whole village and Jiya's f...

Ben Wolf has big things planned for his senior year. Had big things planned. Now what he has is some very bad news and only one year left to make his mark on the world. How can a pint-sized, smart-ass seventeen-year-old do anything...

Mog was tired. She was dead tired...Mog thought, 'I want to sleep forever.' And so she did. But a little bit of her stayed awake to see what would happen next. A beautifully illustrated story with a new cover reissue that bids a fond ...

A place of salmon runs, ancient totems, and a lesson a young vicar must learn.... Amid the grandeur of the remote Pacific Northwest stands Kingcome, a village so ancient that, according to Kwakiutl myth, it was founded by the two...

Girl meets boy.Girl loses boy.Girl gets boy back......sort of.Ava can't see him or touch him, unless she's dreaming. She can't hear hisvoice, except for the faint whispers in her mind. Most would think she'scrazy, but she knows he's h...

Sixteen-year-old Blake and his younger brother, Quinn, are exact opposites. Blake is the responsible member of the family. He constantly has to keep an eye on the fearless Quinn, whose thrill-seeking sometimes goes too far. But the st...

Together, they won college football's highest award.This is a true, memorable, compassionate story of courage and love between two brothers. In 1973, while John Cappelletti was winning the Heisman Trophy as the outstanding college foo...

When May dies suddenly while gardening, Summer assumes she'll never see her beloved aunt again. But then Summer's Uncle Ob claims that May is on her way back--she has sent a sign from the spirit world.Summer isn't sure she believes in...

A young boy grieves the loss of his best friend and thinks about how things would be if he were still alive.

Seven months ago, on a rainy March night, sixteen-year- old Willow's parents drank too much wine and asked her to drive them home. They never made it—Willow lost control of the car and her parents died in the accident. Now she has l...

The critically acclaimed, bestselling novel from Gayle Forman, author of Where She Went, Just One Day, and Just One Year. Soon to be a major motion picture, starring Chloe Grace Moretz!  In the blink of an eye everything change...

Friendship, perseverance, and the power of belief shine in this novel about a girl trying to stay connected to her late mother. Posthumous "will have a powerful impact on readers." -Kirkus ReviewsWhile living in Paris, Elli...

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Lynn Anderson comes The Vanishing Season, at once haunting and lovely, with a gut-wrenching final twist that will keep readers on their toes. It's perfect for fans of Gayle Forman, Lauren My...

Mark grapples with the loss of his twin sister in this heart-wrenching novel of grief and resilience from National Book Award finalist Carrie Arcos.Mark knows grief. Ever since the accident that killed his twin sister, Grace, the only...

Sixth-grader Iris Abernathy hates life in Corvallis, Oregon, where her family just moved. It's always raining, and everything is so wet. Besides, nothing has felt right since Iris's best friend, Sarah, died.     When Iris meets Bo...

Go on a journey of discovery, magic, science, and hope with this remarkable debut novel about a girl\'s powerful connection to a mysterious lake.\r\n\r\n Twelve-year-old Addie should stay away from Maple Lake. After all, her twin brot...

Twelve-year-old Clare Burch has just lost the person she loves most in the world. She wonders if her feelings of sorrow and self-blame over her grandfather's death will ever go away. Out of the blue, a special request sends Clare on ...

Austin Parker is on a journey to bring truth, beauty, and meaning to his life. Austin Parker is never going to see his eighteenth birthday. At the rate he's going, he probably won't even see the end of the year. The doctors say his c...