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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
All summer, Jess pushed himself to be the fastest boy in the fifth grade, and when the year's first school-yard race was run, he was going to win. But his victory was stolen by a newcomer, by a girl, one who didn't even know enough to stay on the girls' side of the playground. Then, unexpectedly, Jess finds himself sticking up for Leslie, for the girl who breaks rules and wins races. The friendship between the two grows as Jess guides the city girl...
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Alex and his father are on a boys-only weekend when his father has a heart attack. Alex finds someone to call the ambulance, but his father dies on the way to hospital. His mother comes to get him and explains why his daddy can't come back.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1983]
Lexile measure
AD 570L
Language
English
Description
"Lets us explain life and death in a sensitive, caring, beautiful way. Tells us about beginnings. And about endings. And about living in between. With large, wonderful illustrations, it tells about plants. About animals. About people. It tells that dying is as much a part of living as being born. It helps us to remember. It helps us to understand"--Publisher.
Author
Series
Fastback volume 306
Publisher
Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
16) I remember
Author
Series
Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Helps children deal with grief by showing how a young boy explores his feelings about loss and sadness after the death of his pet.
Author
Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Kate Spencer lost her mom to cancer when she was 27. In The Dead Moms Club, she walks readers through her experience of stumbling through grief and loss, and helps them to get through it, too. This isn't a weepy, sentimental story, but rather a frank, up-front look at what it means to go through gruesome grief and come out on the other side. An empathetic read, The Dead Moms Club covers how losing her mother changed nearly everything in her life:...