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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Penny and Tate have often clashed, despite their mothers' epic friendship; but now that they are living in the same house, beset by medical crises and Penny's problems dealing with the trauma of her father's death, they have to come to terms with their true feelings for each other.
142) A duet for home
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Language
English
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"At first, June can’t believe it: their new home is a homeless shelter? When she’s told she can’t bring her cherished viola inside, she’s convinced the worst luck in the world landed her at Huey House.
But Tyrell has lived at Huey House for three years, and he knows all the good things about it: friendship, hot meals, and the music from next door drifting through the windows. With his help, June begins to see things differently. Just as she’s...
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Aware their grandmother is gravely ill, four siblings make a pact to keep death from taking her away. But Death does arrive all the same, as it must. He comes gently, naturally. And he comes with enough time to share a story with the children that helps them to realize the value of loss to life and the importance of being able to say goodbye.
145) Hereafter
Author
Series
Hereafter trilogy volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amelia, long a ghost, forms a strong bond with eighteen-year-old Joshua, who nearly drowned where she did and who awakens in her long-forgotten senses and memories even as Eli, a spirit, tries to draw her away.
147) The runaways
Author
Publisher
Gecko Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
129 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Grandpa's in the hospital and hating it. He swears at the nurses and makes trouble for everyone. Dad finds it too stressful to visit, but Gottfried Junior visits Grandpa as often as he's allowed, and when he's not allowed, he goes anyway. Grandpa thinks only of the place he was happiest--the island where he lived with Grandma before she died. He wants to go back one last time, but they won't let him out of the hospital. Gottfried Junior and Grandpa...
149) Premonition
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A housewife's life is shattered when she finds out the her husband Jim is killed in a gruesome car accident, but when she awakes the next morning, he is still alive and well. As she keeps having dreams about his death, she must decide what to do.
150) 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...
151) The grief recovery handbook: the action program for moving beyond death, divorce, and other losses
Author
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st rev. ed.
Physical Desc
xvi, 173 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A year after losing her boyfriend, Trent, in an unexpected accident, Quinn Sullivan secretly tracks down the recipient of his donated heart in an attempt to heal, but ends up falling for him.
153) Maybe one day
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
386 p.
Language
English
Description
"Zoe thought that being cut from her ballet program was the worst thing that could happen, but when her best friend Olivia is diagnosed with a life-threatening disease, Zoe quickly learns that not being able to dance is the least of her problems"--
154) One small thing
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
[2018].
Physical Desc
299 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Beth's life hasn't been the same since her sister died. Her parents try to lock her down, believing they can keep her safe by monitoring her every move. When Beth sneaks out to a party one night and meets the new guy in town, Chase, she's thrilled to make a secret friend. It seems like a small thing, just for her. Only Beth doesn't know how big her secret really is... Fresh out of juvie and determined to start his life over, Chase has demons to face...
156) Homegoings
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 56 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African American funerals are brought to life. Filmed at the Owens Funeral Home in Harlem and the rural South, director Christine Turner's Homegoings takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration. It reveals the special status of undertakers in the community;...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"They say you can't go home again. But when her father is diagnosed with aggressive lung cancer and her mother with atypical Alzheimer's, New York-based actress Kate Mulgrew returns to her hometown in Iowa to spend time with her parents and care for them in the time they have left. The months Kate spends with her parents in Dubuque--by turns turbulent, tragic, and joyful--lead her to reflect on each of their lives and how they shaped her own. Those...
158) Many points of me
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Georgia finds a secret sketch her late father--a famed artist--left behind, the discovery leads her down a path that may reshape everything holding her family and friends together. Caroline Gertler's debut is a story about friendship, family, grief, and creativity.
Author
Publisher
ABRAMS, Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
In San Diego in 1918, as deadly influenza and World War I take their toll, sixteen-year-old Mary Shelley Black watches desperate mourners flock to séances and spirit photographers for comfort and, despite her scientific leanings, must consider if ghosts are real when her first love, killed in battle, returns.
160) Genuine Sweet
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Genuine Sweet, of tiny Sass, Georgia, can grant any wish . . . except her own. It's a peculiar predicament, considering how much she could use a few wishes. New friends help Genuine give her family a boost—and then she takes her gift global! Life finally seems to be on the mend. But when she's faced with unexpected trouble that no amount of wishing can fix, Genuine must puzzle out the difference between wishing for a better
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