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Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Personal awareness: family, relationship & social issues > Suicide, death & bereavement
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Heaven?
(Hardcover)
Sarah Bixby; Illustrated by Lauera Vanderheart
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R381
Discovery Miles 3 810
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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In a 1920s seaside town, Clare discovers a mysterious glass house
in the backyard of her new summer home. There she falls in love
with Jack, the ghost of a boy who can't remember who he was before
he died. Their romance is a haven for her from the company of her
society friends who can't wait to grow up and embark on romances of
their own. But that haven begins to crack when she realizes that
Jack has lied to her about his name . . .
In Milwaukee, Isabelle Day had a house. And she had a father. This
year, on Halloween, she has half of a house in Minneapolis, a
mother at least as sad as she is, and a loss that's too hard to
think-let alone talk-about. It's the Midwest in the early 1960s,
and dads just don't die . . . like that. Hovering over Isabelle's
new world are the duplex's too-attentive landladies, Miss Flora ("a
lovely dried flower") and her sister Miss Dora ("grim as
roadkill"), who dwell in a sea of memories and doilies; the
gleefully demonic Sister Mary Mercy, who rules a school awash in
cigarette smoke; and classmates steady Margaret and edgy Grace, who
hold out some hope of friendship. As Isabelle's first tentative
steps carry her through unfamiliar territory-classroom debacles and
misadventures at home and beyond, time trapped in a storm-tossed
cemetery and investigating an inhospitable hospital-she begins to
discover that, when it comes to pain and loss, she might actually
be in good company. In light of the elderly sisters' lives, Grace
and Margaret's friendship, and her father's memory, she just might
find the heart and humor to save herself. With characteristic
sensitivity and wit, Jane St. Anthony reveals how a girl's life
clouded with grief can also hold a world of promise.
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When I Left
(Paperback)
Aly Walsh; Illustrated by Marilyn Walsh
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R342
Discovery Miles 3 420
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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We have all experienced the sadness and hurt that goes along with
losing someone that you love. When I Left enables children who have
experienced loss to cherish their memories of their lost loved one.
Beyond helping children to understand what has happened, this book
provides a final goodbye and sends the many well-wishes that their
loved one would have given them. Experience the rainbows, moon
beams, and hugs and a flying butterfly (by flicking the pages) that
make this book a one-of-a-kind experience for children
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