Suzanne Quinn offers a heartfelt and therapeutic story about a young child dealing with the loss of his grandfather in Grandpa Has Gone to Heaven. After his grandfather's death, the boy grapples with the concept of heaven and wonders if Grandpa is coming back. His father explains to him that the angels and God will look after Grandpa now. Through witnessing his parents' stages of grief, and talking about loss at home and at school, the boy processes his feelings and is comforted by knowing his grandfather is in heaven. When a child must confront the difficult subject of death of a family member, Grandpa Has Gone to Heaven offers an invaluable, sensitive and informed tool for a parent to help and support their child through a challenging time. An educator and a counselor, Suzanne Quinn grew up in Auckland, New Zealand and resides in Australia. Ms. Quinn is currently developing a series of books to help young children better understand the adult world. Grandpa Has Gone to Heaven is the first title in the collection, which includes My Dad Doesn't Live with Me Anymore; My Dad has a New Girlfriend; Mum and Dad Drink Wine; and My Dad Works Long Hours. Publisher's website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/GrandpHasGoneToHeaven.html

"A chill runs up one of my arms and down the other. I've been here all of five minutes, and I've already seen a dozen open caskets. Not only that, but I have a bad feeling that there's a dead guy in here somewhere. Who knows what surprises my grandfather keeps upstairs?"
Brad Stanislawski is looking forward to summer vacation, if only to get away from the classmates who make fun of his size (it's not his fault he's so tall) and his last name (Stan-is-lousy being their insult of choice). So when his mom announces that she's taking a summer vacation by herself and sending him to stay with his grandfather--a man Brad has never met who also happens to be an undertaker--he thinks life couldn't possibly get any worse. Until he hears about the secret hidden in his grandfather's house. Still, as Brad ought to know, first impressions can be deceiving. . . .

Torn from his normal life by a double tragedy, Andy Riley finds himself living on the beach with street kids. When a robbery goes wrong, the kids attack him. A blue Porsche races to the rescue driven by the man his friends tried to rob.Danny has had many foster brothers over the years and knows his father won't leave a kid bleeding in an alley all alone. They bring Andy home and discover a boy in the depths of despair. Danny welcomes Andy as a new brother, eager to soothe his own loneliness and offer his help and friendship.An abusive aunt, eager for the government check to support her nephew, demands custody of Andy. The loss of his new family is more than he can bear. When he disappears, Danny and Marvin hurry to find him, before it 's too late.

* "Small moments will stay with readers. . . . The vivid characters in Leila's extended family are all realistically flawed but tender with each other, as they learn that while they are 'never to be the same . . . it's enough that we're each still here.'" --Publishers Weekly, starred review "The outstanding strength of this book is Leila's narration. Leila is a character readers will care about and want to know. It is a perfect book to hand fans of Sarah Dessen or Laurie Halse Anderson."--VOYA When her half sister commits suicide, sixteen-year-old Leila Abranel has only one question: why? That question sets Leila on a journey toward discovery, uncertainty, and love. Rich with an intricate and mesmerizing family history, Stay with Me is a story of an unforgettable girl coming of age in the midst of grief, mystery, and, ultimately, awakening.

Evie reluctantly moves with her widowed father to Beaumont, New York, where he has bought an apple orchard, dismissing rumors that the town is cursed and the trees haven't borne fruit in decades. Evie doesn't believe in things like curses and fairy tales anymore--if fairy tales were real, her mom would still be alive. But odd things happen in Beaumont. Evie meets a boy who claims to be dead and receives a mysterious seed as an eleventh-birthday gift. Once planted, the seed grows into a tree overnight, but only Evie and the dead boy can see it--or go where it leads.

When a baby dies one of the first concerns a parent has is the impact this loss has on their young living children. It is difficult to know what to say or how to talk about the death of a long-awaited sibling. Ethan's Butterflies provides a way for parents and professionals to connect with young children who experience the loss of a sibling. This story is written from a young child's perspective and told by a pink elephant named Emma. Emma describes her deep sadness, anger and fears and poses many questions that children often raise. Emma shows how she and her family learn to live with the loss her baby brother Ethan and how they continue to connect with him in many ways, one of which is a butterfly and another is love.

Net proceeds from the sale of this book will go to bereavement charities, research and education.

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For the many readers who love "The Fault in Our Stars," this is the story of a girl who is determined to live, love, and to write her own ending before her time is finally up.
Tessa has just months to live. Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests, and drugs with excruciating side effects, Tessa compiles a list. It's her To Do Before I Die list. And number one is Sex. Released from the constraints
of "normal" life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up. Tessa's feelings, her relationships with her father and brother, her estranged mother, her best friend, and her new boyfriend, are all painfully crystallized in the precious weeks before Tessa's time runs out.
"A "Publishers Weekly "Best Children's Book of the Year
A "Booklist "Editors' Choice
A Book Sense Children's Pick
A "Kirkus Reviews "Editors' Choice
A "Publishers Weekly "Flying Start Author"
" An ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults"
The newly released feature film "Now Is Good, " starring Dakota Fanning, is based on Jenny Downham's intensely moving novel.

Three children walked away from the cottages on the edge of town toward Berwick Waters. Later that day, only two of them came back. . . . Alice Tully knows exactly what happened that spring day six years ago, though it's still hard for her to believe it. She'll never be able to forget, even though she's trying to lead a normal life--she has a job, friends, and a boyfriend whom she adores. But Alice's past is dangerous, and violent, and sad . . . and it's about to rip her new life apart. Includes a reader's guide.

Nominated for Canadian Children's Book Centre Award

"The book shows how, for those who are blind, attitudes about blindness play an important part in the success of everything in life. Laurie has to work through her own attitudes about herself when others treat her differently because she is blind. ...I plan to give each of my nieces a copy of the book for Christmas. It will help the younger members of our family grow up with a better philosophy about blind people."
--Peggy Chong - "Minnesota Bulletin"- a quarterly publication of the National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota
Reprinted in "Future Reflections," The National Federation of the Blind Magazine for Parents of Blind Children

A tender story about the power of love in the face of loss
Nine-year-old Claudine doesn't want to leave her much-loved home in France to go live in America, not without her parents. But she knows about the shortages, about the yellow stars Jews must wear, and about Adolf Hitler. And she knows that there are some things she needs to do even when she doesn't want to. It's wartime, and there is much that is different now. There are more things that Claudine will lose to this terrible war. But not everything that is lost must be lost forever. Here is a moving story about lost and found lives, and the healing power of love.

"I will be fine because I have learned that faith and love will see me through, and I will always have my memory-kisses." Following the death of her mother, Charilee Eytcheson moves to Florida to live with her grandparents while her father is away in the U.S. Navy. Feeling scared and alone, Chari has many questions-many of which have no easy answer: "When will my daddy be home? Why did my mommy leave me?" But most importantly, Chari can't understand why God would let this happen. She's angry and feels as if she will never be happy again. Chari learns how to fish with her grandfather and helps her grandmother around the house. She also meets a new best friend, Keturah, who becomes her "almost-sister." Through it all, Chari struggles to understand the constant mix of emotions flooding through her, which eventually explode one day in the school cafeteria after a class bully picks on her. Then Chari's grandmother, knowing that she needs time for her grief to subside, tells her about memory-kisses-memories made from our senses that will make her smile. Gram's explanation helps her to look at life in a whole new way. Follow Chari's journey through her pain as she learns from her grandparents and friends that life is still good.

By Joy Ford ISBN: 978-1-84747-173-4 Published: 2007 Pages: 190 Key Themes: carer's story, grief, poetry, schizophrenia, mental health services, suicide With this book I want people to realise that even if you do manage to get help for a loved one who has become seriously mentally ill, it does not mean they are safe from harming themselves. Hospitals are only as good as the staff that run them. 'Care In The Community' is very spasmodic, especially in rural areas. I also want people to realise that seriously mentally ill people are not people to fear, they want to feel, and be treated as 'normal' like everyone else. - Joy Ford Description 'One In Four' uses a mixture of prose and poetry to tell the important and tragic story of a teenage boy who becomes seriously mentally ill, with paranoid schizophrenia, from a mother's point of view. It travels with her and her son through the quagmire of 'Care In The Community' and the problems of living on the cusp of two counties. This excellent narrative shows how people can slip through the net, leading, in this instance, to the death of a very much loved child, brother, and grandson. by the neglect of the hospital he was in. The story travels through the effect this tragedy has had on the mother and the struggle she has coming to terms with the loss of her son. This is a wonderfully poignant, if emotionally involving book. A fitting memorial to Edward. About the Author I found writing this cathartic though upsetting at times. It brought back my troubled childhood, though I do not go into detail in my book, and a difficult twenty-five year marriage. The highlights in my life were also remembered; three years studying art, my teenage years in the sixties when I felt free and had fun. The birth of my three beautiful children, and the love I feel for them, the publication of my first book in 1985 and several poems over the years. Meeting a man who accepts me for who and what I am with no expectations, my lovely grandchildren and extended family. Sweet memories of my youngest child, but also the pain of him not being in my life, something that will always be with me. in some way, and am hoping to help in an art and craft group with the Gemini Project in Oxford. Book Extract THE BEGINNING Scared of rejection Or to be placed in a fool collection In a class of my own Teaching myself to be alone I try not to listen But thoughts don't stop, Making their own conviction They are causing demolition. If only I could lock away my brain, I'm sure I could gain remorse And find a girl to put me back on course. We were walking along the side of St. James Park in London on a warm June evening when she turned to me and suddenly said, Edward's death was his gift to you. You must remember that. I felt shaken by her words and the familiar hot feeling of unshed tears burned behind my eyes and my throat ached, all I could say was What? Edward taking his own life, it was his gift to you. You must realise if he had lived he would have killed you or murdered a member of your family.

Death is such a difficult time to go through especially for a child. It is hard for them to express how they feel. After the sudden loss of her brother and losing her father within such a short time author Jody Robinson decided to write a story showing that sad tears of sorrow can turn into happy ones. A little boy named Ryan has to deal with death and the emotions that come with it. He remembers a story that his grandpa told him. How tears of sorrow and pain will soon be replaced with tears of joy and happiness because he knows what is just beyond the moon.

"This is a journal about what happened to us.... One night, Dad just died and that was that."
Twins Amy and Allie were eight years old and their brother David was four when their beloved father died suddenly in his sleep. Encouraged and guided by their mother, the three children kept a journal for almost two years. They wrote about the night he died, the funeral, the first week, the first year, the cemetery, their thoughts and feelings--and the future.
Their real-life account is an honest, insightful, and deeply moving perspective on death, its aftermath, and the journey through grief and growth. Previously titled "Our Dad Died," this acclaimed book has a fresh new cover.

Christopher Aron had been diagnosed with cancer, he was terminally ill... "With the help of humans and hospice we can guarantee him a safe trip to his new home. - "Thunder

In the fight with the truck barreling toward them, Wenny and Will lost big. Wenny lost her life. Will lost a sister -- and lost faith in himself.
But then Will starts writing letters to Wenny. He tells her all about the secret of his near-death experience, and the troubles he's having at home. Some letters are funny. Some letters are harsh. And when read together, they tell the story of a boy who finds a way to move past death and learns how to live again....

Doctors, scientists, and those who have lost loved ones discuss the difficult issues surrounding death and dying such as easing the dying process, coping with death, extending the human life span, and the possibility of life after death.

Grady is skateboarding toward a major decision
No longer able to live with his grandmother, fifteen-year-old Grady Grennan has to find a new address. one option is to move in with his mentally disabled half brother, Louie, in Seattle. But that poses a problem: Louie's adoptive mother, Vickie, and Grady are about as compatible as Mozart and heavy metal.
Nevertheless, Grady's testing the waters. He's in Seattle for a concert tribute to his and Louie's mother, a grunge rock icon who died three years ago. Grady has been invited to speak at the tribute, but what is he supposed to say to thousands of adoring fans about a mother who abandoned her sons in favor of a musical career?
Both humorous and deeply moving, Tribute to Another Dead Rock Star poses challenging, provocative questions to all sorts of readers -- cynics, liberals, slackers, and rock stars included.