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"Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. Anna is worried: her twin brothers, Double and Trouble, have boundless energy and won't stop climbing. Meanwhile Grandfather is tired and can't stay awake. In this final book, Anna proves just how amazing she truly is."--Page 4 of cover.
5) Dear Mr. G
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Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A child forms a friendship with an elderly neighbor In a series of letters"--Provided by publisher.
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With the help and support of his family and friends, Little Tree learns to cope with his father's death by discovering what is really important in life, and that his father's memory will carry on. Julia, and a lovable cast of trees, offers a warm approach to the difficult subject of death and dying.
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"Jack loves and misses his bus-driving grandfather. When Grandpa Nod died, Jack's mother said Jack was too young to go to the funeral. One day after school, Jack gets on the wrong bus. To his surprise, he discovers Grandpa Nod is in the driver's seat of the empty bus. By the end of the ride, Jack had had the chance to tell his grandfather how much he misses him"--P. [4] of cover.
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Mrs. Ewing's complete works volume 6
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English
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Orphan Margery Vandaleur tells the story of the deaths of her parents in India, her return to England, and her friendship with Eleanor Arkwright.
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Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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After her grandfather's death, a young girl explores her Baba Bazorg's house. As the girl wanders through the house, almost idly, her Baba Bazorg's house stands in for the man himself, with each object she describes standing as a touchstone to a memory, and each memory serving as a window into the relationship between the child and her grandfather. As she looks through its rooms, the things she sees and the object she touches bring to life memories...
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Declan O'Brien always had a gentle word to share, odd phrases he liked to repeat, and songs to sing while he played basketball. His favorite song was Dona Nobis Pacem, "Grant Us Peace." His family loved him deeply and always knew they were loved in return. but a terrible accident one day changes their lives forever, and Fiona and Finn O'Brien are left without a father. Their mother is at a loss. What words are there to guide them through such overwhelming...
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Clavis Publishing
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2019.
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English
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A philosophical conversation about death from the author of I Give You My Heart. "Are you going to die, Grandpa?" "Someday, sweetheart. But I hope not too soon." Their simple exchange covers a lot of philosophical ground. Grandpa allows that "no one really knows" what happens after death, but he tells Christopher that some people think of heaven ("a place without sadness or war"), others of rebirth ("each time, you get wiser"), and others of "nothing"...
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American Classics - Fiction
Framingham - Banned Books
STO: Banned & Challenged Books
Wayland YA Booklists: Dealing with Grief & Loss
Framingham - Banned Books
STO: Banned & Challenged Books
Wayland YA Booklists: Dealing with Grief & Loss
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The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. All summer, Jess pushed himself to be the fastest boy in the fifth grade, and when the year's first school-yard race was run, he was going to win. But his victory was stolen by a newcomer, by a girl, one who didn't even know enough to stay on the girls'...
19) The woods
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Yellow Jacket
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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After a tragic explosion causes twelve-year-old Lenora to lose her family, she goes to live with her estranged uncle at his estate, where, in spite of being warned against it, she explores the surrounding woods, hoping to find a way to be reunited with her family.
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