Death, Grief, Bereavement

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Dead to Me

From the Series Lorimer SideStreets

Ever since Logan found out that his uncle was involved in the accident that killed Logan's dad, he's been full of resentment. He cuts his uncle out of his life and finds that being reckless… Read More →

  • Lexile: 600
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

Fight or Flee

From the Series Unbarred

Do the crime, do the time behind bars. But once you've been in, it can be tough to stay out. When Hinton Helsinger leaves the Youth Correctional Center, he's set on reforming his impulsive… Read More →

  • Lexile: 670
  • ATOS: 4.4
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2016
Cover: Funeral Girl
Starred Review & Award Count 2

Funeral Girl

Sixteen-year-old Georgia Richter feels conflicted about the funeral home her parents run—especially because she has the ability to summon ghosts. With one touch of any body that passes… Read More →

  • Lexile: 720
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022

If I Should Die Before I Wake

From the Series Lurlene McDaniel Books

Deanne doesn't want to spend her summer on silly debutante activities, like hanging out at the country club and flirting with the rich boys. She’d rather spend time with the kids in the… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.8
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2004

I Want to Live: The Dawn Rochelle Series, Book Two

From the Series Lurlene McDaniel Books

Fourteen-year-old Dawn Rochelle has had a busy year. She's been to summer camp and she's helped her brother make plans for his wedding. And Dawn has been in remission from the leukemia that… Read More →

  • Lexile: 650
  • ATOS: 4.4
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2003
Cover: Last Night at the Circle Cinema
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Last Night at the Circle Cinema

Olivia, Bertucci, and Codman were the trio no one else in high school could quite figure out, an impenetrable triangle of friendship. Now they're graduating and about to start new lives away… Read More →

  • Lexile: 880
  • ATOS: 5.7
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2015
Cover: Like Spilled Water
Starred Review & Award Count 1 2

Like Spilled Water

Nineteen-year-old Na has always lived in the shadow of her younger brother, Bao-bao, her parents' cherished son. Years ago, Na's parents left her in the countryside and went to work in the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 830
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2020
11 titles

Lurlene McDaniel — Audisee®—Fluent Set

From the Series Lurlene McDaniel Books

More than 2 million copies sold! Best-selling author Lurlene McDaniel creates inspirational stories that follow teens through some very tough challenges. Read More →

  • Copyright: 2007
  • Audisee®—Fluent
  • List Price: $439.78
  • Your Price: $329.84
  • 11 titles

Mother, Please Don't Die

From the Series Lurlene McDaniel Books

Feisty, thirteen-year-old Megan McCaffery is proud to be a tomboy, and she just can't relate to the "southern belles" in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. Her older sister, Audrey,… Read More →

  • ATOS: 4.6
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2005

No Time to Cry: The Dawn Rochelle Series, Book Four

From the Series Lurlene McDaniel Books

Being sixteen means all kinds of freedom—driving on your own, going to the mall with friends, dating. But Dawn Rochelle can't feel free because of the fear that her cancer will return. Maybe… Read More →

  • Lexile: 690
  • ATOS: 4.7
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2003
Cover: Plan B
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Plan B

From the Series Surviving Southside

Is this happily ever after? Lucy has her life planned out: she'll graduate and then join her boyfriend, Luke, at college in Austin. She'll become a Spanish teacher and of course they'll get Read More →

  • Lexile: 430
  • ATOS: 3.2
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2011

Skin Deep

From the Series Lorimer SideStreets

Skin Deep is a sincere and heart-felt look at a teenager's struggle to come to terms with her mother's mortality while struggling with her own ideas of beauty. When her mother suddenly… Read More →

  • Lexile: 670
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2010
Cover: Sometimes the Girl
Starred Review & Award Count 2
Spring 2025

Sometimes the Girl

Eighteen-year-old Holiday needs to sort her life out. She's still shaken from her brother's recent suicide attempt; still pining over her ex, Maya; and still struggling to write again after… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2025

So Much to Live For: The Dawn Rochelle Series, Book Three

From the Series Lurlene McDaniel Books

Fifteen-year-old Dawn Rochelle has survived cancer not once, but twice. No one knows the battle better than she does. That's why Dawn agrees to be a camp counselor for young kids with… Read More →

  • Lexile: 710
  • ATOS: 5.1
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2003
12 titles

Surviving Southside — Audisee®—Fluent Set

From the Series Surviving Southside

This innovative YA series is a set of high-interest urban fiction novels that's written at a fourth-grade reading level, specifically designed for reluctant and striving readers, including… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2013
  • Audisee®—Fluent
  • List Price: $639.84
  • Your Price: $479.88
  • 12 titles

The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent

Eighteen-year-old Del is in a healthier place than she was a year and a half ago: She’s sober, getting treatment for her depression and anxiety, and volunteering at a suicide-prevention… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: The Way Back from Broken
Starred Review & Award Count 1

The Way Back from Broken

Rakmen Cannon's life is turning out to be one sucker punch after another. His baby sister died in his arms, his parents are on the verge of divorce, and he's flunking out of high school. The… Read More →

  • Lexile: 680
  • ATOS: 4.8
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2015

The Weight of Everything

It’s been six months since Sarah’s mom died. Three months since her dad fell apart. Sarah has left her fine arts boarding school to take care of her dad and her little brother, and now she’s… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023
4 titles

Unbarred — Audisee®—Fluent Set

From the Series Unbarred

Once you've been in, it's tough to stay out of jail. That's the hard fact that characters face in these gritty modern-day Shakespeare adaptations, which reimagine the classics with… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2016
  • Audisee®—Fluent
  • List Price: $213.28
  • Your Price: $159.96
  • 4 titles
4 titles

Unbarred — Paperback Set

From the Series Unbarred

Once you've been in, it's tough to stay out of jail. That's the hard fact that characters face in these gritty modern-day Shakespeare adaptations, which reimagine the classics with… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2016
  • Paperback
  • List Price: $30.36
  • Your Price: $30.36
  • 4 titles

Why Did She Have to Die?

From the Series Lurlene McDaniel Books

For thirteen years, Elly has been in Kathy's shadow, always second best. Even so, the two of them understand each other as only sisters can. Jealousy, anger, and resentment give way to guilt… Read More →

  • ATOS: 4.0
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2005