Wishing season by Rissi, Anica Mrose 

BTSB Prebound(Quill Tree Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 756436 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Supernatural

Subjects: Conduct of life - Fiction Grief - Fiction Death - Fiction Future life - Fiction Maine - Fiction

Summary: Lily doesn't believe in making wishes. Not anymore. Not since Anders died. Wishes can't fix the terrible thing that happened. But Lily does believe in the impossible. She has a secret so extraordinary, so magical, no one would believe that it's true. No one except Anders, of course.

Worst-case Collin by Caprara, Rebecca 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2021)

BTSB #: 185805 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.5 MG Lexile: 680

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Novels in verse Hoarders - Fiction Grief - Fiction Death - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction Mathematicians - Fiction Friendship - Fiction

Summary: In the two years since his mother was killed in an automobile crash, Collin has been anticipating further disasters, writing down what to do in the event of an avalanche or mentally practicing the Heimlich maneuver just in case--but the real trouble is that his mathematician father is obsessed with a classic math problem and has a hoarding problem that is spiraling out of control, leaving Collin desperate to hide this chaos from his friends and everyone else, even as he struggles with his own grief.

Zayde comes to live by Sinykin, Sheri Cooper 

BTSB Prebound(Peachtree, 2012)

BTSB #: 822818 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-10   
AR: 2.6 LG RC: 1.6 K-2 Lexile: 560 AD

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Future life - Fiction Death - Fiction Grandfathers - Fiction Jews - United States - Fiction

Summary: When Rachel's beloved grandfather, Zayde, comes to spend his last days with her family, she worries what will happen when he dies, especially after friends tell her the Christian and Muslim beliefs about the afterlife.