A Taste of Blackberries

A child grapples with the death of a close friend.

By: Doris Buchanan Smith
Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope

A grieving aardvark finds hope with support from a friend.

By: Donna O'Toole
Blow Me a Kiss, Miss Lilly

Sara misses her older friend Miss Lilly when she becomes ill.

By: Nancy White Carlstrom
Bridge to Terabithia

Two friends create a secret world; one dies suddenly.

By: Katherine Paterson
Facing Change: Falling Apart and Coming Together Again in the Teen Years

Strategies for teens coping with change and grief.

By: Donna B. O'Toole
Goodbye Rune

A young girl grieves her best friend after an accidental drowning.

By: Marit Kaldhol
Grief is a Mess

An illustrated approach to difficult feelings and grief.

By: Jackie Schuld
Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens: 100 Practical Ideas

Practical ideas for teens to express grief.

By: Alan D. Wolfelt
Ida, Always

A story of friendship and grief told through two polar bears.

By: Caron Levis
Living When a Young Friend Commits Suicide (Or Even Starts Talking About It)

Offers guidance to adolescents confronting the suicide of a friend or concern about a friend contemplating suicide.

By: Earl A. Grollman
My Yellow Balloon

A picture book about grief and letting go.

By: Tiffany Papageorge
Say Goodnight, Gracie

A teenager grieves after her best friend dies in an accident.

By: Julie Reece Deaver
The Berenstain Bears Lose a Friend

Sister Bear and her family respond to the death of a pet fish.

By: Stan and Mike Berenstain
The Book Thief

A novel set in Nazi Germany, narrated by Death.

By: Markus Zusak
The Class in Room 44: When a Classmate Dies

Explores feelings and remembrance after a classmate dies.

By: Lynn B. Blackburn
The Fall

A novel engaging bullying and its aftermath.

By: James Preller
The Fault in Our Stars

A novel about teenagers navigating love, serious illness and death.

By: John Green
The Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends

Guide to emotions and changes after a death.

By: Helen Fitzgerald
The Invisible String

A story about the connections between loved ones during separation and grief.

By: Patrice Karst
Timothy Duck

A duck describes feelings after the death of his favorite boy.

By: Lynn B. Blackburn
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