Personal & Social Issues: Death & Bereavement (Children's/Teenage)

Daphne is unbearably sad and adrift. She feels the painful loss of her father acutely and seeks solace both in the security of her local library an...

A New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s BookNew York Public Library Best Books for KidsEzra Jack Keats Award Honor W...

When a girl with a troubled history of finding dead bodies investigates the murder of her ex, she uncovers a plot to put herself---and everyone she...

Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag 2020 Readers Awards 'With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . . The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING....

A book to help children and families cope with the loss of a baby. Children's Book Council: Spring 2024 Showcase: Reading List: Transformation   ...

  The spooky, swoony YA debut from BookTok star @Merrowchild! Someone is stripping Europe's most haunted city of its spirits. ...

My daddy died when I was (one...two...) three years old. Today we are out in the garden. It always makes me think about my daddy because he LOVED h...

Daphne is unbearably sad and adrift. She feels the painful loss of her father acutely and seeks solace both in the security of her local library an...

Real, compulsive and intense: Cat Clarke is the queen of emotional suspense. For fans of Jandy Nelson, Paula Hawkins, and Megan Abbott.'Emotive, cr...

Nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019. A novel set in Zimbabwe about hope - and its power to heal a family, a friendship or even a nation.For...

'The playful, obstinate and courageously humorous tone of Zephaniah's writing shines through ... hilarious and later heartbreaking' GuardianA teach...

_______________ 'A tale of modern star-crossed love' - School Library Journal 'Romance readers will stay up late to finish this very satisfying ...

A growing number of curious children discover their village’s most enigmatic figure has an unexpectedly beautiful job to do in what The New York Ti...

WINNER, 2020 Golden Grown Award, Best Young Adult Novel WINNER, Silver Medal, Foreword Reviews Indie Award, Best Young Adult Fiction WINNER, 2020 G...

A special 40th anniversary edition of the best-selling and award-winning classic about bereavement and understanding grief. Badger is so old that h...

This debut novel is a poignant exploration of grief, change, and hope, perfect for fans of Lisa Graff and Lindsey Stoddard. After Kitty’s mother d...

"Straightforward, gentle, useful, and engaging. " - Kirkus Reviews When Grandpa suggests that a caterpillar might die if Christopher puts it in a...

Waterstones Children's Book Award Winner and British Book Awards Nibbies Children’s Illustrated Book of the Year 2023! Celebrate love in all its f...

Toby's cat, Jack, is THE best cat EVER. But Jack is getting old, and Toby will miss his furry best friend terribly when he's gone. Then Toby meet...

  Meet Sam. He hasn't got forever, but he's going to make every minute count... Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Pri...

  The edge-of-your-seat YA thriller you've been looking for ... 'What a debut. So tense – and it didn't lead where I thou...

  #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Schwab invites readers to New Orleans in this instalment of her thrillingly spo...

Hazel Bly used to have the perfect family. But when a kayaking trip goes horribly wrong, Mum is suddenly gone forever and Hazel is left with a jagg...

Painting brings joy in a moment of grief in this moving and ultimately uplifting story inspired by the childhood of French portrait artist Élisabet...

Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing Rabbit and his mum have moved to the coast to run a small caravan park. Rabbit has been strugglin...

Joshua and his grandfather love being together. More than anything else they love fishing. But Grandpa gets ill and is in the hospital a long time....

Olivia and her dog Barkley are inseparable. He’s her sidekick, her partner in crime-fighting, doing good deeds, and sniffing out clues. They’re the...

This lyrical heartful story provides consent and gently encourage readers to move to a place of peace and acceptance despite the absence.   Loss be...

Olivia and her dog Barkley are inseparable. He's her sidekick, her partner in crime-fighting - they're the perfect pair. But then, Barkley dies and...

Once there was just air and grass and mud. Now it has turned into a real house. Building a mudbrick house is an adventure for everyone – Mum, Dad,...

It's handy having a dad who can fix just about anything. A young girl believes her father is the king of fixing things. But following the death of ...

An extraordinary new novel from Jasmine Warga, Newbery Honor–winning author of Other Words for Home, about loss and healing—and how friendship can ...

Grandmother Bear has gone for ever, and Little Bear is feeling sad. His mother wisely suggests that perhaps asking his woodland companions what say...

Saving the whales has been Coriander Cabot and her best friend Ella's dream since elementary school. But when tragedy strikes, Cor is left to compl...

A second novel from the bestselling author of Branford Boase-shortlisted and Carnegie-nominated Witch. An engrossing story of fathers and sons, dea...

A harrowing yet hopeful account of a teen living with Tourette Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder . . . and contemplating his own morality....

Experiencing loss as a teenager or young person can be extremely isolating. Madeleine Davies experienced this herself at the age of twelve years ol...