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Cash lost his mother to an opioid addiction and his Papaw is dying slowly from emphysema. Dodging drug dealers and watching out for his best friend (and person of his heart), Delaney, is second nature. When Delaney makes a scientific discovery that gets them both full rides at an elite prep school in Connecticut, Cash has to make a choice. Will he go with her to Connecticut, or stay in Tennessee with the grandparents who saved him? -- adapted from...
64) Imaginary
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Eleven-year-old Zach knows he is too old to have an imaginary playmate, but between grieving for the loss of his father and coping with bullying at school the only place he seems to find joy is in his fantasy world with his best friend Shovel.
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"Once, in a tiny village in India, there was a young boy who loved to paint. He lived with his grandfather, who taught him to paint with his fingers, to make paints from marigolds and brushes made from jasmine flowers. Sometimes, the village children would watch them painting together, and the boy's grandfather would invite them to join in. They didn't have much, but they had each other. After his grandfather dies, the boy notices a little box wrapped...
66) Mayday
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2016.
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"Twelve-year-old Wayne Kovok loses his uncle to war and his voice to a plane crash in the same year and must learn to speak up as he navigates relationships with his father, grandfather, and new friend, Denny Rosenblatt"--
67) Skating on Mars
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[2023]
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215 pages ; 22 cm
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Still coping with the death of their father, twelve-year-old Mars tries to figure out their place on and off the rink as they navigate being nonbinary in a traditionally gendered sport.
68) The good sister
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2014.
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viii, 292 pages ; 22 cm
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When teenaged Sarah dies in a sudden and puzzling accident, sending her two sisters into a tailspin of grief and confusion, Sarah wakes up in the afterlife and must piece together how she got there.
69) Gossamer summer
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2023.
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182 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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Four sisters make a friend, find a grubby fairy, and defend the neighborhood against evil birds in this book about grief, magic, and the power of stories.
73) Flora's wish
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[2023]
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 24 x 27 cm
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A young mouse learns how to grieve and honor her best friend, a dandelion named Lion who helped her be brave.
75) Mom's sweater
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2020.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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After the loss of her mother, a young girl and her dad find a new way to live with grief with the help of her mom's sweater.
76) Chip
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2023.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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A young boy grieves when his pet fish dies, but his heart is full of the good memories he had with his fish friend.
77) Boomi's boombox
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Twelve-year-old Boomi accidentally travels back in time to 1986 Thumpton-on-Soar, England, where she meets her late father as a child, changing her life forever.
78) Call me Adnan
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Twelve-year-old Adnan dreams of making it to the Ultimate Table Tennis championship, but when tragedy strikes his family, Adnan loses his passion for table tennis and must learn to channel his grief and heal.
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