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Author
Series
Eleanor Kane books volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When nine-year-old Eleanor's beloved babysitter Bibi moves away to care for her ailing father, Eleanor must spend the summer adjusting to a new babysitter while mourning the loss of her old one.
Author
Language
English
Description
When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives. Woodrow's cousin, Gypsy, lives next door, and the two children find they have much in common. But unlike Woodrow, who has accepted his mother's disappearance, Gypsy can't get over her father's death. That's when Woodrow tells Gypsy...
5) Wings
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Nick, missing his father who died in the Korean War, finds companionship after rescuing an injured baby mockingbird in the summer of 1960.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Description
In the wake of his father's sudden death, twelve-year-old Finn feels he is becoming invisible as his hair and skin become whiter by the day, and so he writes and illustrates a book to try to understand what is happening and to hold on to himself and his father.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
c2012
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.