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61) Mixed up
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-olds Reef and Theo have a mutual problem: their memories are getting mixed up, and that means that Reef is losing his memory of his mother, recently dead of COVID, which terrifies him--but for Theo his new memories are helping him deal with his domineering father.
Reef and Theo don't know what's happening to them. They'll be going about their days and then suddenly they'll have these strange flashes of memory -- but the memories don't...
62) Flight: a novel
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The new novel from the critically acclaimed author of Want, told through the shifting voices of a family gathering for Christmas in upstate New York after the death of their beloved matriarch, at odds over the settling of her estate-a novel about art, grief, shame, ambition, joy, and the American safety net. It's December 22nd and siblings Henry, Kate, and Martin have converged with their spouses on Henry's house in upstate New York. This is the...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
124 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
For thirty years, since the publication of his first novel Americana Don DeLillo has lived in the skin of our times. He has found a voice for the forgotten souls who haunt the fringes of our culture and for its larger-than-life, real-life figures. His language is defiantly, radiantly American. Now, to a new century, he has brought The Body Artist In this spare, seductive novel, he inhabits the muted world of Lauren Hartke, an artist whose work defies...
64) Better place
Author
Series
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
159 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dylan just moved to a new house, with no friends, and a mother who doesn't have time for him. Luckily, he has his grandad. Together, they are Red Rocket and Kid Cosmo, who save the universe every day with the power of imagination! But one day, Dylan learns that his grandad is suddenly gone... to a "better place." Now, Kid Cosmo will have to save the day, all by himself.
65) Dog crazy
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
As a pet bereavement counselor, Maggie Brennan uses a combination of empathy, insight, and humor to help patients cope with the anguish of losing their beloved four-legged friends. Though she has a gift for guiding others through difficult situations, Maggie has major troubles of her own that threaten the success of her counseling practice and her volunteer work with a dog rescue organization. Everything changes when a distraught woman shows up at...
Author
Language
English
Description
John David Anderson, author of the acclaimed middle grade novels 'Sidekicked' and 'The Dungeoneers,' returns with a heart-shatteringly brilliant new novel: a realistic contemporary story of three boys and their relationships with a very special teacher. Everyone knows there are different kinds of teachers. The good ones. The not-so-good ones. The boring ones, the mean ones, the ones who try too hard. The ones who are kind of fun but also kind of annoying....
Author
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
332 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After Paul Stutzman lost his wife to breast cancer, he sensed a tug on his heart-the call to a challenge, the call to pursue a dream. Paul left his stable career, traveled to Georgia, and took his first steps on the Appalachian Trail. What he learned during the next four and a half months changed his life-and will change readers' lives as well. In Hiking Through, readers will join Paul on his remarkable 2,176-mile hike through fourteen states in search...
Author
Publisher
John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Kensington trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve months after her younger sister Anahita's death, Mitra Jahani reluctantly returns to her parents' home in suburban New Jersey to observe the Iranian custom of "The One Year." Ana is always in Mitra's heart, though they chose very different paths. While Ana, sweet and dutiful, bowed to their domineering father's demands and married, Mitra rebelled, and was banished. Caught in the middle is their mother, Shireen, torn between her fierce love...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
260 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"On a summer day in New York Jonathan Santlofer discovers his wife, Joy, gasping for breath on their living room couch. After a frenzied 911 call, an ambulance race across Manhattan, and hours pacing in a hospital waiting room, a doctor finally delivers the fateful news. Consumed by grief, Jonathan desperately tries to pursue life as he always had--writing, social engagements, and working on his art--but finds it nearly impossible to admit his deep...
Publisher
Sesame Street Workshop
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 28 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (12 p., 12 p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 20 cm.) + 1 book (18 p., 18 p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 20 cm.) + 1 guide (8 p. : col. Ill. ; 28 cm.)
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Families Grieve" presents families' personal stories about coping with the death of a parent, as well as strategies that have helped these families move forward.
71) Cat heaven
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
God created Cat Heaven, with fields of sweet grass where cats can play, kitty-toys for them to enjoy, and angels to rub their noses and ears.
72) H is for hawk
Author
Language
English
Description
An award-winning best-seller from the UK recounts how the author, an experienced falconer grieving the sudden death of her father, endeavored to train for the first time a dangerous goshawk predator as part of her personal recovery.
"As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T.H. White's tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White's struggle...
73) Good mourning
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"In this funny, insightful memoir, a young socialite risks social suicide when she takes a job at a legendary funeral chapel on New York City's Upper East Side. Good Mourning offers a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most famous funeral homes in the country--where not even big money can protect you from the universal experience of grieving. It's Gossip Girl meets Six Feet Under, told from the unique perspective of a fashionista turned funeral...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Two years after a tragedy saddles him with viral fame, twelve-year-old Simon O'Keeffe and his family move to Grin And Bear It, Nebraska, where the internet and cell phones are banned so astrophysicists can scan the sky for signs of alien life, and where, with the help of two new friends, a puppy, and a giant radio telescope, Simon plans to restart the narrative of his life.
Author
Language
English
Description
Living in rural Virginia, ten-year-old Jess and Leslie become special friends as they create a magical secret world that they call Terabithia. But when a tragic accident causes Leslie's death during a storm, Jess is forced to face life alone.
"This Newbery Medal-winning novel by bestselling-author Katherine Paterson has been a modern classic about friendship and loss for forty years. Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest...
78) M is for monster
Author
Publisher
Surely Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
211 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A scientist attempts to bring her younger sister back to life with her unexpected results in this Frankenstein-inspired graphic novel about ghosts, identity, and family.
80) Afterlove
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
383 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this powerful, all-encompassing YA love story, a girl who becomes a grim reaper must figure out what the future holds--especially when it comes to the girlfriend she left behind. When Ashana Persaud meets Poppy Morgan on a school trip, she's sure it's too good to be true. Ash has never had much luck with girls, but Poppy proves different. Coffee dates turn to museum trips until, soon, the two girls can see a future together--one that's seemingly...
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