Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief
HarperCollins Badgers Parting Gifts
Book SynopsisThe gentle message holds particular validity for children and is conveyed in a tenderhearted manner. —Booklist“Warm and sensitive.” —Publishers WeeklyAll the woodland creatures—Mole, Frog, Fox, and Rabbit—love old Badger, who is their confidante, advisor, and friend. When he dies, they are overwhelmed by their loss. Then they begin to remember and treasure the memories he left them.Told simply, directly, and honestly, this uplifting story will be of tremendous value to both children and their parents. A gentle classic that can help foster communication, care, and understanding.
£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Badgers Parting Gifts
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£9.24
Putnam Publishing Group,U.S. Last Summer with Maizon
Book SynopsisMargaret loves her parents and hanging out with her best friend, Maizon. Then it happens, like a one-two punch, during the summer she turns eleven: first, Margaret's father dies of a heart attack, and then Maizon is accepted at an expensive boarding school, far away from the city they call home. For the first time in her life, Margaret has to turn to someone who isn't Maizon, who doesn't know her heart and her dreams. . . . Ms. Woodson writes with a sure understanding of the thoughts of young people, offering a poetic, eloquent narrative that is not simply a story of nearly adolescent children, but a mature exploration of grown-up issues: death, racism, independence, the nurturing of the gifted black child and, most important, self-discovery.(The New York Times)
£7.59
Quarto Publishing PLC The HareShaped Hole
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£14.24
Frances Lincoln Ltd Antoine de SaintExupéry
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£13.32
Frances Lincoln Ltd It Wont Be Forever
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£14.61
Lutterworth Press Johns Book
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£19.80
Tundra Books Funeral Songs for Dying Girls
Book SynopsisAfter inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this brand-new young adult novel exploring grief and belonging by the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of The Marrow Thieves series.Winifred has lived in the apartment above the cemetery office with her father, who works in the crematorium, all her life, close to her mother's grave. With her sixteenth birthday only days away, Winifred has settled into a lazy summer schedule, lugging her obese Chihuahua around the grounds in a squeaky red wagon to visit the neglected gravesides and nursing a serious crush on her best friend, Jack.Her habit of wandering the graveyard at all hours has started a rumor that Winterson Cemetery might be haunted. It’s welcome news since the crematorium is on the verge of closure and her father’s job is being outsourced. Now that the ghost tours have started, Winifred just might be able to save her father’s job and the only home she’s ever known, not to mention being able to stay close to where her mother is buried. All she has to do is get help from her con-artist cousin to keep up the rouse and somehow manage to stop her father from believing his wife has returned from the grave. But when Phil, an actual ghost of a teen girl who lived and died in the ravine next to the cemetery, starts showing up, Winifred begins to question everything she believes about life, love and death. Especially love.
£16.19
Puffin Books Red Fox Road
Book SynopsisA thirteen-year-old girl on a family vacation becomes stranded alone in the wilderness when the family's GPS leads them astray. A compelling survival story for ages 10 to 14, for fans of Hatchet and The Skeleton Tree.Francie and her parents are on a spring road trip: driving from British Columbia, Canada, to hike in the Grand Canyon. When a shortcut leads them down an old logging road, disaster strikes. Their truck hits a rock and wipes out the oil pan. They are stuck in the middle of nowhere. Francie can't help feeling a little excited -- she'd often imagined how she'd survive if she got stranded in the bush, and now here they are. But will her survival skills -- building fires, gathering dandelion leaves and fir needles for tea -- be enough when hours stretch into days?
£15.29
Puffin Books Red Fox Road
Book SynopsisA thirteen-year-old girl on a family vacation becomes stranded alone in the wilderness when the family''s GPS leads them astray. A compelling survival story for ages 10 to 14, for fans of Hatchet and The Skeleton Tree.Francie and her parents are on a spring road trip: driving from British Columbia, Canada, to hike in the Grand Canyon. When a shortcut leads them down an old logging road, disaster strikes. Their truck hits a rock and wipes out the oil pan. They are stuck in the middle of nowhere. Francie can''t help feeling a little excited -- she''d often imagined how she''d survive if she got stranded in the bush, and now here they are. But will her survival skills -- building fires, gathering dandelion leaves and fir needles for tea -- be enough when hours stretch into days?
£8.54
Tundra Books Green Mountain Academy
Book SynopsisA daring rescue in the middle of a snowstorm in this compelling Red Fox Road companion survival story for ages 10 to 14, for fans of Hatchet and The Skeleton Tree.After a family trip turned disastrous when their truck broke down in the middle of an old logging road in Oregon, Francie is now back in British Columbia. People try to make things as normal as possible for her, but they don't understand that trying to be normal in your old life that's exploded is the worst feeling in the world. Luckily for Francie, the wilderness is still soothing, and an opportunity to attend the Green Mountain Academy, a tiny boarding school perched on the side of a mountain, seems perfect. It's a new start, with new friends and a chance at a new family. But when a winter storm hits, knocking out all the power, news that a small plane has gone missing unsettles Francie. Knowing that the chance of survival in the middle of a wild nighttime snowstorm diminishes over time,
£8.54
Tundra Books A Green Velvet Secret
Book SynopsisLetters from beyond the grave and a green velvet dress reveal a secret about Yardley''s beloved grandmother; for fans of The Parker Inheritance and The List of Things That Will Not Change and ages 10 and up.It''s always hard to lose a friend, but for Yardley O''Hanlon it''s devastating. Her best friend is her wild and wonderful grandmother Gidge. They''re two fashionable peas in a quirky little pod. They spend all their time together sewing and crafting and creating beautiful things — until Gidge dies, and Yardley loses her for good.Or does she?Yardley isn''t convinced. Gidge was a big believer in reincarnation. She promised she''d never leave Yardley, and Gidge always kept her promises. So when a stylish older woman walks into the Over Easy Vintage Emporium where Yardley is helping out, Yardley is sure it''s her grandmother, back from the dead. But her happiness doesn''t last long, as the woman runs away in terror and no one else beli
£15.29
DK Lost in the Clouds
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An aid for grieving families." – Booklist
£999.99
Amazon Publishing Goodbye Sheepie
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£12.99
Candlewick Press,U.S. A Monster Calls
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£19.54
Candlewick Press,U.S. The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep Voices from the
Book SynopsisIn powerful, vivid verse, the master behind The Watch That Ends the Night recounts one of history’s most harrowing—and chilling—tales of survival.In 1846, a group of emigrants bound for California face a choice: continue on their planned route or take a shortcut into the wilderness. Eighty-nine of them opt for the untested trail, a decision that plunges them into danger and desperation and, finally, the unthinkable. From extraordinary poet and novelist Allan Wolf comes a riveting retelling of the ill-fated journey of the Donner party across the Sierra Nevadas during the winter of 1846-1847. Brilliantly narrated by multiple voices, including world-weary, taunting, and all-knowing Hunger itself, this novel-in-verse examines a notorious chapter in history from various perspectives, among them caravan leaders George Donner and James Reed, Donner’s scholarly wife, two Miwok Indian guides, the Reed children, a sixteen-year-old orpha
£19.54
Candlewick Press,U.S. See You at Harrys
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£9.49
Candlewick Press,U.S. The Dog Ray
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£13.59
Candlewick Press,U.S. The Dollar Kids
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£16.19
Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books Fracture
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£11.88
Chronicle Books Angel Catcher for Kids A Journal to Help You
Book SynopsisAngel Catcher for Kids offers a healthy way for a child to cope with the painful and often confusing process of grieving. Designed to help a child overcome the loss of a loved one, this journal also invites the child to record precious memories of the special person who has died. Angel Catcher for Kids will help a child to catch-and hold-an angel.
£12.65
MP - University Of Minnesota Press Isabelle Day Refuses to Die of a Broken Heart
Book SynopsisIt’s the Midwest in the early 1960s, and Isabelle is reeling from a loss that’s too hard to think—let alone talk—about. With characteristic sensitivity and wit, Jane St. Anthony reveals how a girl’s life clouded with grief can also hold a world of promise.Trade ReviewNot since Charlotte’s Web have I read a book that pays as much homage to the power of friendship. Isabelle is a survivor; you can’t help but cheer for her. Jane St. Anthony creates characters that captivate your heart and stay with you long after you reluctantly come to the end of the book.—Loretta Ellsworth, author of Unforgettable"Gently depicted incidents of everyday life believably provide a balm for Isabelle’s aching soul. Stories for the middle grade audience that deal with the suicide of a parent are few, and this one, sensitive but never syrupy, stands out."—Kirkus Reviews"Well-drawn characters distinguish an understated story about facing loss and keeping an eye out for moments of brightness during difficult times."—Publishers Weekly"I’m sure my younger self, the one that loved “Little Women” and “Daddy Long Legs” would have kissed this book after she finished and hugged it for a long while."—Words&Dreams"A thoughtful, often somber story, this will be appreciated most by fans of the earlier novels."—Booklist"Quirky and wry, this is a sensitive, yet funny book about dealing with loss. "—For the Love of Books"A funny and absorbing book about learning to deal with grief. "—Bookology"Isabelle’s growing closeness with old and young alike allows exchanges of confidences that prove that refusing to die of a broken heart needn’t be just wishful thinking. With love and friendship, it is profoundly possible."—Star TribuneTable of ContentsContents1. Unhappy Halloween2. Don’t Mess with the Spirits3. Landlady Alert4. Walking to Bedlam5. Beneath the Silver Tray6. Sea of Doilies7. Breakfast Hostage8. Saved by Grace9. Bitter Rain10. Cemetery Delegation11. Rescue Mission12. Hospital Bound13. Breaking the Rules14. No Turning Back15. History of Loss16. Backbone Engaged17. A Little Less Sorrow18. “Clair de Lune”19. An Unwrappable Gift20. Speaking the Unspeakable21. Light Up22. Snow AngelsAcknowledgments
£999.99
Holiday House Inc The Space Were in
Book SynopsisTen-year-old Frank has trouble navigating his relationship with his younger brother Max who is autistic.Frank loves soccer, codes, riding his bike, and playing with his friends. His brother Max is five. Max only eats foods that are beige or white, hates baths, and if he has to wear a t-shirt that isn't gray with yellow stripes he melts down down down. Frank longs for the brother he was promised by his parents before Max was born--someone who was supposed to be his biggest fan, so he could be the best brother in the world. Instead, Frank has trouble navigating Max's behavior and their relationship. But when tragedy strikes, Frank finds a way to try and repair their fractured family and in doing so learns to love Max for who he is. In her debut novel, Katya Balen uses her knowledge of autism and experience working with autistic people to create an intriguing and intense yet always respectful family story.For readers of Counting by 7s and T
£15.29
Holiday House Inc The Space Were in
Book SynopsisTen-year-old Frank has trouble navigating his relationship with his younger brother Max, who is autistic. Now in paperback. Frank loves soccer, codes, riding his bike, and playing with his friends. His brother Max is five. Max only eats foods that are beige or white, hates baths, and if he has to wear a t-shirt that isn't gray with yellow stripes he melts down down down. Frank longs for the brother he was promised by his parents before Max was born--someone who was supposed to be his biggest fan, so he could be the best brother in the world. Instead, Frank has trouble navigating Max's behavior and their relationship. But when tragedy strikes, Frank finds a way to try and repair their fractured family and in doing so learns to love Max for who he is. In her debut novel, Katya Balen uses her knowledge of autism and experience working with autistic people to create an intriguing and inte
£8.54
Holiday House Inc A Walk in the Woods
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£16.14
Holiday House Inc Lolo Weaver Swims Upstream
Book SynopsisNot since Ramona Quimby has a character marched right out of a book with so much bravado, humor, and heart.--Barbara O'Connor, New York Times bestselling author of WishA headstrong girl’s quest to steal back her family’s dog goes awry in this humorous and compassionate novel.Lolo is stuck in summer school with a teacher who is out to get her while her family is still reeling from her grandfather’s death. Even his dog is mourning, howling outside all night and every night. Finally, lovable old Hank is sent to a farm across the lake that takes foster dogs.And it’s all Lolo’s fault. Lolo knows she has to get Hank back. In a tippy canoe, Lolo crosses the almost-dried-out lake to steal her dog back. But she runs into Noah, a student in her summer school class and Hank's new owner—and he loves Hank as much as she does.As Lolo’s plan unravels and her uneasy alliance with Noah grows into a frie
£16.14
United Church Press Water Bugs and Dragonflies
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£17.05
Tundra Books Me Death An Afterlife Adventure
Book SynopsisThe story of one boy’s experience with the (not so) sweet hereafter.Fresh from having stolen a piece of fruit and taunting the grocer, Jim, a fourteen-year-old wannabe gangster, bully, and car thief, is run over by a car. What follows is a hilarious, bleak, and ultimately hopeful visit to the afterworld, courtesy of Richard Scrimger, one of the country’s finest writers. This is an afterlife peopled with unforgettable characters that might be drawn from video games: angry Slayers, tearful Mourners, and scary Grave Walkers. Jim meets them all and is given the chance to return to earth with the extraordinary gift of knowing what happens when we die. Now he must deal with living demons, including a neighborhood torturer and a truly creepy older sister. With imagery from the mean streets as well as the arcade, Me and Death is thought-provoking, exciting, sad, and funny — sometimes all at the same time.
£11.66
Parenting Press Incorporated On the Wings of a Butterfly A Story about Life
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£14.20
Quality of Life Publishing Co Isabelles Dream A Story and Activity Book for a
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£9.71
Quality of Life Publishing Co Weird Is Normal When Teenagers Grieve
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£9.95
Paw Prints Publishing Love Max and Teddy
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£10.44
Paw Prints Publishing Con Carinõ Max Y Teddy Love Max and Teddy
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£12.87
Square Fish The HalfOrphans Handbook
Book SynopsisFor fans of John Green and Emily X.R. Pan, The Half-Orphan''s Handbook by Joan F. Smith is a coming-of-age story and an empathetic, authentic exploration of grief with a sharp sense of humor and a big heart.It's been three months since Lila lost her father to suicide. Since then, she's learned to protect herself from pain by following two unbreakable rules: 1. The only people who can truly hurt you are the ones you love. Therefore, love no one. 2. Stay away from liars. Liars are the worst.But when Lila's mother sends her to a summer-long grief camp, it's suddenly harder for Lila to follow these rules. Potential new friends and an unexpected crush threaten to drag her back into life for the first time since her dad's death.On top of everything, there's more about what happened that Lila doesn't know, and facing the truth about her family will be the hardest part of learning how a broken heart can love again.An Imprint B
£10.44
Roaring Brook Press Becoming a Queen
Book SynopsisA vibrant and emotional novel from debut author Dan Clay about a boy who turns toward love, self-expression, and drag when the unthinkable happens, perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Julie Murphy.If only Mark Davis hadn't put on a dress for the talent show. It was a jokeother guys did it toobut when his boyfriend saw Mark in that dress, everything changed.And now, fresh on the heels of high school heartbreak, Mark has given up on love. Maybe some people are just too much for this worldtoo weird, too wild, too feminine, too everything. Thankfully, his older brother Eric always knows what to say to keep Mark from spinning into self-loathing. Be yourself! Your full sequin-y self.But Mark starts to notice signs that his perfect older brother has problems of his own.When the source of Mark's strength suddenly becomes the source of his greatest pain, the path back to happiness seems impossible. Searching for a way out, Mark slips into a dress to ju
£15.19
St Martin's Press Id Rather Burn Than Bloom
Book SynopsisPacked with voice, Shannon C.F. Rogers'' I''d Rather Burn than Bloom is a powerful YA novel about a Filipina-American teen who tries to figure out who she really is in the wake of her mother''s death.Some girls call their mother their best friend. Marisol Martin? She could never relate. She and her mom were forever locked in an argument with no beginning and no end. Clothes, church, boys, no matter the topic, Marisol always felt like there was an unbridgeable gap between them that they were perpetually shouting across, one that she longed to close. But when her mother dies suddenly, Marisol is left with no one to fight against, haunted by all the things that she both said and didn't say. Her dad seems completely lost, and worse, baffled by Marisol''s attempts to connect with her mother''s memory through her Filipino culture. Her brother Bernie is retreating further and further into himself. And when Marisol sleeps with her best friend''s boyfr
£15.29
Palgrave USA In the Key of Us
Book SynopsisStonewall Book AwardsMike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Honor BookFrom the author of the critically acclaimed novel For Black Girls Like Me and the Schneider Family Book Award Winner Forever Is Now, comes a coming-of-age story surrounding the losses that threaten to break us and the friendships that make us whole again. Thirteen-year-old Andi feels stranded after the loss of her mother, the artist who swept color onto Andi's blank canvas. When she is accepted to a music camp, Andi finds herself struggling to play her trumpet like she used to before her whole world changed. Meanwhile, Zora, a returning camper, is exhausted trying to please her parents, who are determined to make her a flute prodigy, even though she secretly has a dancer's heart.At Harmony Music Camp, Zora and Andi are the only two Black girls in a sea of mostly white faces. In kayaks and creaky cabins, the two begin to connect, unraveling
£10.51
Square Fish Deep in Providence
Book SynopsisHaunting, intimate, and beautifully told: a magical debut novel from a writer to watch. Emily M. Danforth, national bestselling and award-winning author of The Miseducation of Cameron PostA spellbinding young adult fantasy debut following three best friends who turn to magic when they''re haunted by a friend''s death...and perhaps her spirit, combining the atmospheric thrills of The Hazel Wood with the nuanced realism of Erika L. Sanchez.For best friends Miliani, Inez, Natalie and Jasmine, Providence, Rhode Island has a magic of its own. From the bodegas and late-night food trucks on Broad Street to The Hill that watches over the city, every corner of Providence glows with memories of them practicing spells, mixing up potions and doing séances with the help of the magic Miliani's Filipino grandfather taught her.But when Jasmine is killed by a drunk driver, the world they have always known is left haunted by grief...and Jasmine''s lingerin
£12.59
WW Norton & Co All That It Ever Meant
Book SynopsisFamily, grief, ghosts, and a mystery: this clever and compelling young adult novel heralds a masterful new voice from Zimbabwe.
£9.52
Clarion Books Things That Grow
Book SynopsisAfter her grandmother dies, a girl travels to different gardens to scatter her ashes, learning about life and love along the way. From Love Letters advice columnist and podcast host Meredith Goldstein, this emotionally resonant novel with a touch of humor is perfect for fans of Robin Benway and Jenna Evans Welch. When Lori’s Dorothy Parker–loving grandmother dies, Lori’s world is turned upside down. Grandma Sheryl was everything to Lori—and not just because Sheryl raised Lori when Lori’s mom got a job out of town. Now Lori’s mom is insisting on moving her away from her beloved Boston right before senior year. Desperate to stay for as long as possible, Lori insists on honoring her grandmother’s last request before she moves: to scatter Sheryl’s ashes near things that grow. Along with her uncle Seth and Chris, best friend and love-of-her-life crush, Lori sets off on a road trip to visit her gran
£999.99
Inkyard Press North of Happy
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£16.14
Melissa de la Cruz Studio Grave Mistakes
Book SynopsisMiddle school is hard?add a deadly embarrassing family and a huge secret, and it''s nearly impossible.An Addams-esque family faces a perilous plot in this energetic, ghostly middle grade mystery.Molly Dade has big problems. She?s got an important violin audition coming up, she?s been paired with her nemesis for a group project, and she?s struggling to hide a life-or-death secret from…well, from everyone. It wasn?t long ago that the Dades were just a regular Maine family living in their reportedly haunted house in the local cemetery. But then Molly?s mom and twin brother Marty were killed in a freak accident. And Molly, her older brother Timothy, and her father became the town?s newest bereaved family.Except Mom and Marty are still very much present. No one knows why, but Mom is now a ghost and Marty is a poltergeist. Oh, and there?s also Molly?s younger sister Dyandra, who is a zombie.Keeping all this supernatural stuff a secret from everyone is hard work, especially when the dead (undead?) members of the family still want to participate in things like the Parent Teacher Association meetings or come to the (very public, very potentially embarrassing) school concert.When Dad?s new cemetery assistant seems to know the Dade family secret, Molly and Marty worry about the future of their family. And when Marty begins to regain his memories of the explosion that killed him and Mom, the twins realize that the situation might be even more grave than they thought. Someone might be after the Dade family?but who? And why?
£12.34
Random House USA Inc The Burn Journals
Book SynopsisFans of Thirteen Reasons Why, Running with Scissors, and Girl, Interrupted will be entranced by this remarkable true story of teenage despair and recovery.“[The Burn Journals] describes a particular kind of youthful male desolation better than it has ever been described before, by anyone.” —Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday DemonIn 1991, fourteen-year-old Brent Runyon came home from school, doused his bathrobe in gasoline, put it on, and lit a match.He suffered third-degree burns over 85% of his body and spent the next year recovering in hospitals and rehab facilities. During that year of physical recovery, Runyon began to question what he’d done, undertaking the complicated journey from near-death back to high school, and from suicide back to the emotional mainstream of life.
£999.99
Picture Window Books Saying GoodBye to Uncle Joe
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£999.99
Thorndike Striving Reader A Monster Calls
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£999.99
American Psychological Association Remembering Ethan
Book SynopsisOne of Bank Street’s 2021 Best Children’s Books of the Year Ethan is gone, but he won’t be forgotten as his sister rallies her family to never forget. Includes a note with recommendations of what to say and how to help children after the death of a loved one. Trade Review“A family begins healing following a devastating loss… the child has real agency; Sarah effects change in the family dynamic that leads to cathartic healing. The delicate illustrations are expressive and effective. Useful psychologist's tips in the backmatter guide adults in helping children discuss the death of a family member. Gentle, comforting bibliotherapy.” * Kirkus Reviews *“This touching picture book is heartbreakingly beautiful. The feelings that Sarah has as well as her parents are gently there for the reader to think about, especially if they have lost a loved one. Telling the story from Sarah’s point of view gives a voice to the feelings children may have after losing a sibling or other special person.” * WriteKnit *“A heartfelt and tender book about a family dealing with the loss of a child…. This book is a great resource for families to help their child deal with grief.” * Talking About Books for Kids *“Remembering Ethan is a timely story concerning the loss of a loved one and the grief a young child and her parents inevitably experience. It is a valuable contribution to the seemingly limited body of children’s literature on the topic…. The warm illustrations throughout this poignant text bring it to life, adding emotion and realism to the contents.” * Seattle Book Review *“Broaching a difficult but important topic, this heartbreaking story takes on a family’s loss in a delicate and relatable way… the work encourages communication and connection in desperate times…. This is an important work on mental health, for any collection aimed at early childhood audiences.” * School Library Journal *“A heart-breaking and heart-wrenching, a fact of life of resource for children that have lost a sibling.” * Sunday Gatherings *
£13.99
B.E.S. Publishing I Miss My Pet A First Look at When a Pet Dies
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£9.41
Orca Book Publishers Saving Wolfgang
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£14.20
