Grief, Loss Andterminal Illness*

Grief, Loss andTerminal Illness*

/ Defining Dulcie
Acampora, Paul
Sixteen-year-old Johanna, one of the best students in her class, develops a passionate attachment for troubled seventeen-year-old Paul and finds her plans for the future changing in unexpected ways.
/ Mercy Lily
Albert, Lisa
Lily, a trained veterinary assistant, struggles after her mother is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, but after she begins to administer a bee sting therapy when traditional treatments fail, Lily comes to recognize her mother no longer wants to live.
/ Let’s Get Lost
Alsaid, Adi
During her cross-country adventures following the tragic death of her family, Leila touches the lives of four strangers--Hudson, Bree, Elliot, and Sonia. While forever changing the lives of these four, Leila also discovers an important truth about herself.
/ Wintergirls
Anderson, Laurie Halse
Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
/ Me and Earl and the Dying Girl: a novel
Andrews, Jesse
Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
/ There Will Come a Time
Arcos, Carrie
Overwhelmed by grief and guilt after his twin sister Grace's accidental death, seventeen-year-old Mark Santos is persuaded by her best friend to complete the "bucket list" from Grace's journal.
/ Sacred
Arnold, Elana K.
Since her older brother died, Scarlett has felt emotionally cutoff from everyone on Catalina Island--except for her horse--and struggles with anorexia, but when she meets a strange boy named Will Cohen, Scarlett begins to rediscover herself.
/ One Death, Nine Stories
Aronson, Marc and Charles R. Smith Jr.
A collection of nine stories by nine authors about people who were affected by the death of nineteen-year-old, Kevin Nicholas.
/ Freak Magnet
Auseon, Andrew
Two teenagers who are burdened by grief and loss, Charlie and Gloria, meet in a chance encounter and their relationship grows and the pair begins to develop a strong connection to one another.
/ Freeze Frame
Ayarbe, Heidi
Fifteen-year-old Kyle believes he does not deserve to live after accidentally shooting and killing his best friend.
/ Words and Their Meanings
Bassett, Kate
Seventeen-year-old Anna O'Mally is a gifted writer but for the past year, since her beloved uncle Joe died, she has been wrapped in grief that seems impenetrable until a strange email suggests she did not know Joe as well as she thought--and he was not the saint she believed he was.
/ Gil Marsh
Bauer, A.C.E.
High school track star Gil Marsh comes to terms with the loss of his close friend and teammate Enko and his own mortality while on a journey to find Enko's grave in this modern retelling of the ancient Sumerian tale of Gilgamesh.
/ Never Ending
Bedford, Martyn
Traumatized by grief and guilt after her younger brother dies during a family vacation, fifteen-year-old Shiv is sent away to an exclusive clinic that claims to "cure" people like her.
/ Store Bought Baby
Belton, Sandra
The death of Leah's beloved older brother, and her parents' reactions to the tragedy, raise questions for Leah about the meaning of family and about her place in her own.
/ Pull
Binns, B.A.
After his father kills his mother, seventeen-year-old David struggles to take care of his two sisters--and himself--while dealing with his grief, guilt, and trying to fit in at a tough new school while hiding his past.
/ Things I’m Seeing Without You
Bognanni, Peter
When tragedy strikes, Tess drops out of school and moves in with her funeral director dad, forcing her to examine life, death, and the boy she thought she knew and loved in a brand-new light.
/ Mira in the Present Tense
Brahmachari, Sita
Mira Levenson uses her diary to try and make sense of friendship, puberty, death, and other aspects of life as she approaches her twelfth birthday.
/ Torn Away
Brown, Jennifer
In the aftermath of a tornado that has devastated her hometown of Elizabeth, Missouri, sixteen-year-old Jersey Cameron struggles to overcome her grief as she is sent to live with her only surviving relatives.
/ The Life of Glass
Cantor, Jillian
Through her freshman year of high school, fourteen-year-old Melissa struggles to hold on to memories of her deceased father, cope with her mother's return to dating, get along with her sister, and sort out her feelings about her best friend.
/ The Beginning of After
Castle, Jennifer
In the aftermath of a car accident that killed her family, sixteen-year-old Laurel must face a new world of guilt, painful memories, and the possibility of new relationships.
/ The Girl Next Door
Castrovilla, Selene
Sixteen-year-old Sam's best friend Jesse may only have months to live after he is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and Sam does everything she can to help, but when their friendship grows stronger and they begin to fall in love, Sam wonders whether the young couple will get a happy ending.
/ Undone
Clarke, Cat
After the suicide of her gay best friend Kai, Jem Halliday reads letters he left her encouraging her to come out of her shell and Jem does just that, but only to infiltrate the group of popular students who released a video that "outed" Kai so that she can take revenge.
/ What We Lose
Clemmons, Zinzi
A coming-of-age novel about a young woman grappling with her mother's death, and her deeply felt meditations on race, sex, family, and country.
/ Prep
Coburn, Jake
A one-time tag artist, Nick tries to come to terms with the death of a friend, to protect the brother of his would-be girlfriend, to escape the violence of wealthy New York City prep-school hoods, and to figure out who he really is.
/ Burning Up: a novel
Cooney, Caroline B.
When a girl she had met at an inner-city church is murdered, fifteen-year-old Macey channels her grief into a school project that leads her to uncover prejudice she had not imagined in her grandparents and their wealthy Connecticut community.
/ DeadlineCrutcher, Chris
Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfill his greatest fantasies, ponders his life's purpose and legacy, and converses through dreams with a spiritual guide known as "Hey-Soos."
/ Pepperland
Delaney, Mark
Struggling to come to terms with the death of her mother in the late 1970s, sixteen-year-old Beatles fan Star Cochran hopes to find closure by delivering to John Lennon a letter her mother wrote to him in 1964 but never sent.
/ Someone Like You
Dessen, Sarah
Halley's junior year of high school includes the death of her best friend Scarlett's boyfriend, the discovery that Scarlett is pregnant, and Halley's own first serious relationship.
/ The Truth About Forever
Dessen, Sarah
The summer following her father's death, Macy plans to work at the library and wait for her brainy boyfriend to return from camp, but instead she goes to work at a catering business where she makes new friends and finally faces her grief.
/ Before I Die
Downham, Jenny
A terminally ill teenage girl makes and carries out a list of things to do before she dies.
/ Darkness Before Dawn
Draper, Sharon
Recovering from the recent suicide of her ex-boyfriend, senior class president Keisha Montgomery finds herself attracted to a dangerous, older man.
/ Aftershock
Easton, Kelly
In shock and unable to speak after being in a car accident in Oregon which killed his parents, seventeen-year-old Adam journeys across the country to his home in Rhode Island.
/ The End or Something Like That
Ellis, Ann Dee
As the first anniversary of her best friend Kim's death nears, fourteen-year-old Emmy tries to fulfill her promise to make contact with Kim's spirit, but she gains new perspective from unexpected connections.
/ Party Girl
Ewing, Lynne
The death of her best friend Ana in a drive-by shooting causes fifteen-year-old Kata to question her position in the Los Angeles gang life.
/ The Great American Whatever
Federle, Tim
Teenaged Quinn, an aspiring screenwriter, copes with his sister's death while his best friend forces him back out into the world to face his reality.
/ Fade to Black
Flinn, Alex
An HIV-positive high school student hospitalized after being attacked, the bigot accused of the crime, and the only witness, a classmate with Down Syndrome, reveal how the assault has changed their lives as they tell of its aftermath.
/ I Was Here
Forman, Gayle
In an attempt to understand why her best friend committed suicide, eighteen-year-old Cody Reynolds retraces her dead friend's footsteps and makes some startling discoveries.
/ If I Stay
Forman, Gayle
While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.
/ The Survival Kit
Freitas, Donna
After her mother dies, sixteen-year-old Rose works through her grief by finding meaning in a survival kit that her mother left behind.
/ Phantom Limbs
Garner, Paula
Still reeling from the death of his little brother and the sudden departure of his first love Meg, Otis throws himself into swim training with Dara, until Meg returns for the summer and Otis tries to rekindle their relationship.
/ Until Friday Night
Glines, Abbi
In the small town of Lawton, Alabama, star high school quarterback West Ashby meets new girl Maggie Carlton, both battling feelings of grief and sorrow.
/ The Fault in Our Stars
Green, John
Sixteen year old Hazel, who has cancer, meets Augustus at a kids-with-cancer support group and as they fall in love they both wonder how they will be remembered.
/ BleachersGrisham, John
When his old coach dies, high school football star Neely Crenshaw returns to his hometown after fifteen years, reunites with his former teammates, and struggles to resolve his mixed feelings about the man.
/ Take the Fall
Hainsworth, Emily
When Sonia's best friend is found murdered everything she thought she was sure of is turned on its head as the biggest suspect comes to Sonia for help proving his innocence.
/ The Square Root of Summer
Hapgood, Harriet Reuter
Gottie Oppenheimer, a seventeen-year-old physics prodigy, navigates grief, love, and disruptions in the space-time continuum in one very eventful summer.
/ No More Us For You
Hernandez, David
Isabel and Carlos, both seventeen, find themselves growing closer after an unexpected accident forces them to confront both the harshness and the beauty of life.
/ What We Do is Secret: a novel
Hillsbery, Thorn Kief
Street kid and hustler Rockets Redglare realizes he has come to a turning point in his life after his closest friend commits suicide, and Rocket struggles to find a way to get off the streets before it is too late.
/ That Time I Joined the Circus
Howard, J. J.
After her father's sudden death and a break-up with her best friends, seventeen-year-old Lexi has no choice but to leave New York City seeking her long-absent mother, rumored to be in Florida with a traveling circus, where she just may discover her destiny.
/ A Time for Dancing: a novel
Hurwin, Davida Wills
Seventeen-year-old best friends Samantha and Juliana tell their stories in alternating chapters after Juliana is diagnosed with cancer.
/ The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley
Hutchinson, Shaun David
Convinced he should have died in the accident that killed his parents and sister, sixteen-year-old Drew lives in a hospital, hiding from employees and his past, until Rusty, set on fire for being gay, turns his life around. Includes excerpts from the superhero comic Drew creates.
/ Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index
Israel, Julie
Discovering a break-up letter to an unnamed recipient months after the death of her sister, grieving sixteen-year-old Juniper resolves to discover the identity of the person her sister was writing to in the hope of finding closure.
/ ChoicesJacobs, Deborah Lynn
Overcome with guilt over her brother's death, a teenaged girl shifts between multiple universes in an attempt to find one in which he is alive.
/ Would You
Jocelyn, Marthe
Nat's summer of work and hanging out with friends is suddenly changed when her sister, Claire, is hit by a car and ends up in a coma.
/ A Certain October
Johnson, Angela
After a terrible accident, Scotty feels responsible for the death of someone she hardly knew and struggles with her own reality while her friends and family deal with their own troubles, but the prospect of a boy and a dance add positive possibility back into Scotty's life.
/ For This Life Only
Kade, Stacey
A young man struggles to move forward after the death of his twin brother in this contemporary novel about loss, redemption, and love.
/ SkinnyKaslik, Ibi
After the death of their father, two sisters struggle with various issues, including their family history, personal relationships, and an extreme eating disorder.
/ Coaltown Jesus
Koertge, Ron
Walker finds his life forever changed when Jesus appears in his bedroom after the death of his seventeen-year-old brother, Noah
Topics: Death and Dying, Grief
/ Deadville
Koertge, Ron
While visiting an injured classmate in the hospital, sixteen-year-old Ryan, who is trying to come to terms with his sister's death from cancer, meets a young patient who claims to be able to see into the world where the dead live.
/ Side Effects
Koss, Amy Goldman
Everything changes for Isabelle, not quite fifteen, when she is diagnosed with lymphoma--but eventually she survives and even thrives.
/ Hold Still
LaCour, Nina
Caitlin wrestles with her feelings of devastation and helplessness after her friend Ingrid commits suicide, and she turns to her family and newfound friends for help while encountering love, broadening her horizons, and using Ingrid's journal to heal.
/ Fade Far Away
Lantz, Francess Lin
Sienna Scully has never been close to her parents, but when she finds out her father is dying from an inoperable brain tumor, she uses her art to come to terms with their troubled relationship.
/ Everything Beautiful in the World
Levchuk, Lisa
Toward the end of the disco era, seventeen-year-old Edna refuses to visit her mother, who is in a New York City hospital undergoing cancer treatment, and barely speaks to her father, who finally puts her in psychotherapy, while her crush on an art teacher turns into a full-blown affair.
/ You Have Seven Messages
Lewis, Stewart
Luna and her family still struggle with their grief over her mother's death, over a year since she was struck and killed by a taxi, but after Luna goes to finally clean out her mother's studio she discovers her cell phone, fully charged and with seven unheard voicemails, and after Luna listens to the messages she learns unexpected truths about her mother and begins to wonder whether her death was really an accident.
Topics: Hit and Run; Death, Grief
/ The New Normal
Little, Ashley
Teenager Tamar Robinson deals with the death of her sisters and the subsequent loss of her hair.
/ Hothouse: a novel