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loss

Books about loss for readers of all ages.

Cover of The empty chair

The empty chair

Bess Kaplan

Ages 9–14griefloss

Cover of Anna's heaven

Anna's heaven

Stian Hole

Ages 5–10death and grieffather-daughter relationship

Cover of The glove of death

The glove of death

Rachel Delahaye

Ages 9–13mysteryfamily

Cover of The edge of falling

The edge of falling

Rebecca Serle

Ages 13–18death and grieffamily bonds

Cover of Hamlet

Hamlet

Marcia Williams

Ages 8–14revengefamily conflict

Cover of With All My Soul

With All My Soul

Rachel Vincent

Ages 14–18deathlove

Cover of We remember Philip

We remember Philip

Norma Simon

Ages 5–10griefloss

Cover of Beginning of After

Beginning of After

Jennifer Castle

Ages 13–18griefloss

Cover of Thunder the white horse

Thunder the white horse

Ursula Dubosarsky

Ages 7–12human-animal relationshipsloss

Cover of Bambi

Bambi

Disney Enterprises

Ages 3–8growing upfriendship

Cover of Bambi

Bambi

Disney Enterprises

Ages 3–8growing upfriendship

Cover of The Raven and Other Writings [13 stories, 16 poems]

The Raven and Other Writings [13 stories, 16 poems]

Edgar Allan Poe

Ages 12–18griefloss

Cover of Sūho and the white horse

Sūho and the white horse

Yūzō Ōtsuka, Akaba, Suekichi.

Ages 5–10loyaltyloss

Cover of Rift

Rift

Beverley Birch

Ages 13–18missing personsmystery

Cover of Some of the parts

Some of the parts

Hannah Barnaby

Ages 9–14grieffamily

Cover of Shadowland

Shadowland

Meg Cabot

Ages 13–18supernaturalmystery

Cover of Flip-flop girl

Flip-flop girl

Katherine Paterson

Ages 9–13griefloss

Cover of Drie vogels

Drie vogels

Marinus van den Berg

Ages 4–8lossgrief

Cover of One of those hideous books where the mother dies

One of those hideous books where the mother dies

Sonya Sones

Ages 12–18griefloss

Cover of I had seen castles

I had seen castles

Cynthia Rylant

Ages 12–15coming of ageworld war ii

Cover of Me and my Grandma

Me and my Grandma

Helen Tinsley

Ages 5–10familylove

Cover of A hole in the world

A hole in the world

Sid Hite

Ages 10–15griefloss

Cover of Just like that

Just like that

Marsha Qualey

Ages 10–14griefloss

Cover of The Forever Whale

The Forever Whale

Sarah Lean

Ages 7–12memoryfamily