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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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790L
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English
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"The death of a friend is a wrenching event for anyone at any age and can spark feelings that range from sadness to guilt to anxiety. Teenagers especially need help coping with grief and loss. This sensitive book answers questions grieving teens often have, like "How should I be acting?" "How long will this last?" and "What if I can't handle my grief on my own?" The book also addresses the complicated emotions that can accompany the death of an acquaintance,...
2) Look closer
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HL 620L
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English
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After strange messages start appearing, Tegan has the chance to save others' lives--and possibly her own.
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English
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"A teen confronts his feelings about his father's death, his new family, and the girl next door in this emotional young adult novel from critically-acclaimed author Kat Spears Dane Riley's grasp on reality is slipping, and he's not sure that he cares. While his mother has moved on after his father's death, Dane desperately misses the man who made Dane feel okay to be himself. He can't stand his mother's boyfriend, or the boyfriend's son, whose favorite...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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After her younger brother, Tyler, commits suicide, Lex struggles to work through her grief in the face of a family that has fallen apart, the sudden distance between her and her friends, and memories of Tyler that still feel all too real.
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"Ever since her older sister Talley died, Sloane has been fixated on a list of random places, unfamiliar names, and a phone number for a boy named Adam. Is the list the key to understanding why Talley took her own life? But it seems to be pointing to California, and Talley had never even been there... right? Adam claims he'd never met Talley, and he is clearly hiding something, yet Sloane is drawn to him. Is she ready to learn the truth about secrets...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
850L
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Steve struggles to make sense of his mother's terminal breast cancer and his brother's suicide. Steve Nugent is in a facility called Burnstone Grove. It's a place for kids who are addicts, like Shannon Lynch, who can stick $1.87 in change up his nose, or for kids who have tried to commit suicide, like Silent Starla, whom Steve is getting a crush on. But Steve doesn't really fit in either group. He used to go to a gifted school. So...
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A Personal Guide on How to Lead through Mental Illness, Unimaginable Grief, and Loss
Taking the Cape Off shares Fire Chief Pat Kenny's journey to overcome his perceived failure as a leader in his most cherished duty, that of being a protector. His "Cape" failed to protect his 20-year-old son Sean, from dying by suicide after a lifelong battle with mental illness. His anguish was, complicated by his role as the leader of a fire department.
This is...
11) In 27 days
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In 27 days volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 820L
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English
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"Hadley Jamison is shocked when she hears that her classmate, Archer Morales, has committed suicide. She didn't know the quiet, reserved guy very well, but that doesn't stop her from feeling there was something she could have done to help him. Hoping to find some sense of closure, Hadley attends Archer's funeral. There, Hadley is approached by a man who calls himself Death and offers her a deal. If Hadley accepts, she will be sent back twenty-seven...
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For anyone who has experienced the suicide of a loved one, coworker, neighbor, or acquaintance and is seeking information about coping with such a profound loss, this compassionate guide explores the unique responses inherent to their grief. Using the metaphor of the wilderness, the book introduces 10 touchstones to assist the survivor in this naturally complicated and particularly painful journey. The touchstones include opening to the presence of...
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With ample space to unburden the heart and the soul, this companion workbook helps grievers explore the 10 essential touchstones for finding hope and healing. The exercises throughout the journal recall the content of the book and ask corresponding questions about the survivor's unique grief journey.
14) Understanding Your Suicide Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart
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For anyone who has experienced the suicide of a loved one, coworker, neighbor, or acquaintance and is seeking information about coping with such a profound loss, this compassionate guide explores the unique responses inherent to their grief. Using the metaphor of the wilderness, the book introduces 10 touchstones to assist the survivor in this naturally complicated and particularly painful journey. The touchstones include opening to the presence of...
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Español
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Este libro está dirigido a todas las personas que han sido profundamente tocadas por la decisión de un ser, importante, especial y querido, que por una necesidad personal y urgente optó por dejarlo todo. Las razones e intenciones de las personas que deciden irse, raras veces son claras, menos aún cuando los familiares y amigos que se quedan y que amaban y siguen amando tienen tantas preguntas y necesitan respuestas.
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Losing a loved one is devastating at any age, but it can be especially trying for those going through the changes that adolescence brings. These engrossing stories offer first-person narratives of young adults coping with the death of someone close to them. As these teens work through their grief, they find strength within themselves while they struggle to move on from these tragedies. One teen finds solace in writing, while another deals with his...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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In the year following their son's death, May Chen's parents face racist accusations of putting too much pressure on their son and causing his death by suicide, and May attempts to challenge the racism and ugly stereotypes through her writing, only to realize that she still has a lot to learn and that her actions have consequences for her family as well as herself.
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2015
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English
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Two weeks before his college graduation, Kelley Clink's younger brother died by suicide. Though he'd been diagnosed with bipolar disorder as a teenager and had attempted suicide once before, the news came as a shock—and it sent Kelley into a spiral of guilt and grief.
After Matt's death, a chasm opened between the brother Kelley had known and the brother she'd buried. She kept telling herself she couldn't understand why he'd done it—but...
After Matt's death, a chasm opened between the brother Kelley had known and the brother she'd buried. She kept telling herself she couldn't understand why he'd done it—but...
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English
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Lori lost her son Logan when he took his life in December of 2017. As her life and the way she knew it was altered forever, she used writing and social media as a way to process her grief. By doing so, she began creating awareness for suicide and mental health, which fulfilled a new purpose and encouraged her to continue. This book is a synopsis of her posts, a journal-like account of the struggles faced by Lori and her family through the aftermath...
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Marci lost her 20-year-old brother. Julie lost her 42-year-old husband. Bonnie lost her 16-year-old son. They all have three things in common: losing a loved one to suicide, facing a rollercoaster of overwhelming emotions, and embarking on a heartfelt journey seeking understanding, healing and hope.
Part of the award-winning Grief Diaries series, Surviving Loss by Suicide shares the poignant stories of people who have all lost someone they love. Covering...
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