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Author
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Slim, mournful tale of loss and memory in a coastal Norwegian town, first published in Norway in 2003. The novel opens with a series of shifts in perspective, time and identity that hint at the experimentation that follows. We immediately meet Signe, an aging woman living alone near a fjord. The story is set in 2002, but Signe is soon thinking back to 1979 and the day her husband, Asle, died while boating in the waters.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
Author
Publisher
FaithWords
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
When a natural disaster threatens to destroy lives in the small mountain town of Pineville, Minnesota, Doctor Esther Hanson struggles to help her patients without giving in to overwhelming emotions triggered by a long-suppressed memory and U.S. Border Patrol agent Ben James, grieving the tragic loss of his wife, rushes an abandoned baby to Esther's clinic. Brought together by the life of a child, Ben and Esther become each other's reason to change....
84) Ancient light
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
An actor in the twilight of his career reflects on a poignant first love affair at the age of fifteen with his best friend's mother and inexplicably lands a role opposite a famous but fragile actress who helps him come to an astonishing realization.
85) Love, Amalia
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Amalia learns many important life-lessons while spending Friday afternoons with her beloved grandmother, and the teaching goes on even after Abuelita's sudden death as Amalia finds a way y to connect with relatives and a friend who has moved away.
86) Twenty wishes
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirty-eight-year-old widow Anne Marie Roche, the owner of a successful Seattle bookstore, creates a list of twenty wishes, and, while acting upon her wishes, encounters an eight-year-old girl named Ellen who helps her complete her list--with unexpected results.
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After her mother's death, sixteen-year-old Katie copes with her grief by working in the garden of an old estate, where she becomes intrigued by the story of a reclusive millionaire, while her father, an art restorer, manages in his own way to come to terms with the death of his wife.
88) Fourmile
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"A mysterious stranger arrives at a boy's rundown Alabama farm home, just as a dangerous situation is unfolding for the twelve-year-old and his widowed mother"--
89) The great night
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
On Midsummer's Eve 2008, three people, each on the run from a failed relationship, become trapped in San Francisco's Buena Vista Park, the secret home of Titania, Oberon, and their court. Titania has set loose an ancient menace, and the chaos that ensues threatens the lives of immortals and mortals alike.
90) Ida, always
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A polar bear grieves over the loss of his companion, based on the real-life Gus and Ida of New York's Central Park Zoo.
Author
Language
English
Description
Laurel Thorpe, Belinda Rowe, and Scarlett Oliver share only two things: a love for the man they all married, Deacon Thorpe -- a celebrity chef with an insatiable appetite for life, and a passionate dislike of one another. All three are remarkable, spirited women, but they couldn't be more different. Laurel: Deacon's high school sweetheart and an effortlessly beautiful social worker; Belinda: a high-maintenance Hollywood diva; and Scarlett: a sexy...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
Español
Description
Sixth-grader Amalia learns many important life-lessons while spending Friday afternoons with her beloved grandmother, and the teaching goes on even after Abuelita's sudden death as Amalia finds a way to connect with relatives and a friend who has moved away.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A foster child named Angel and twelve-year-old Stella, who are living with Stella's great-aunt Louise at the Linger Longer Cottage Colony on Cape Cod, secretly assume responsibility for the vacation rentals when Louise unexpectedly dies and the girls are afraid of being returned to the foster care system.
95) Cry no more
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Count your blessings:they can be snatched away in an instant. It is a sentiment Milla Edge knows too well. With an astonsihing blend of savvy, instinct, and passion, Milla displays an uncanny gift for finding lost children.
Author
Publisher
Puck
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
When they collide in Central Park, three teenagers, Freya, Harun, and Nathaniel, who all feel lost, begin to find purpose in their lives.
Freya lost her voice while recording her debut album. Harun is making plans to run away from everyone he has ever loved. Nathaniel arrives in New York City with a backpack, a desperate plan, and nothing left to lose. When a fateful accident draws these three strangers together, their secrets start to unravel. In...
Author
Publisher
Dial Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
It is 1987, and only one person has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus -- her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn's company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June's world is turned upside down. But Finn's death brings a surprise acquaintance...
98) Birdie and me
Author
Publisher
Kathy Dawson Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Ever since their free-spirited mama died ten months ago, twelve-year-old Jack and her gender creative nine-year-old brother, Birdie, have been living with their fun-loving Uncle Carl, but now their conservative Uncle Patrick insists on being their guardian which forces all four of them to confront grief, prejudice, and loss, all while exploring what 'home' really means"--
100) I have lost my way
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Three teengers, Freya, Harun, and Nathaniel feel lost in various ways and when they collide in Central Park, they begin to find purpose in their lives"--
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