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Sadness & Grief

420 books about sadness & grief

Age

0–2 3–5 6–8 9–12 13+

Format

Middle Grade Young Adult Graphic Novels

Cover of Catalyst

Laurie Halse Anderson

Cover of History Is All You Left Me

History Is All You Left Me

Cover of All This Time

Mikki Daughtry, Rachael Lippincott

Cover of Fat Angie: Rebel Girl Revolution

Fat Angie: Rebel Girl Revolution

e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

Cover of Clap when You Land

Clap when You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

Cover of Where She Went

Cover of Legendborn

Cover of In the Ballroom with the Candlestick

A Clue Mystery #3

In the Ballroom with the Candlestick

Diana Peterfreund

Cover of Kaleidoscope

Cover of Bird

Cover of Marly's Ghost

Cover of Chaos Theory

Cover of Blizzard's Wake

Blizzard's Wake

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Cover of The Little Mermaid: Against the Tide

The Little Mermaid #2

The Little Mermaid: Against the Tide

Cover of It's Not Summer Without You

The Summer I Turned Pretty #2

It's Not Summer Without You

Cover of Sunrise on the Reaping

Sunrise on the Reaping

Suzanne Collins

Cover of Speak

Laurie Halse Anderson

Cover of The Summer I Turned Pretty

The Summer I Turned Pretty #1

The Summer I Turned Pretty

Cover of You've Reached Sam

You've Reached Sam

Cover of Five Feet Apart

Five Feet Apart #1

Five Feet Apart

Rachael Lippincott

Cover of If He Had Been with Me

If He Had Been with Me

Cover of All the Bright Places

All the Bright Places #1

All the Bright Places

Cover of The Book Thief

Cover of Nothing Like the Movies

Nothing Like the Movies

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