Boy in the black suit by Reynolds, Jason 

Paperback(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2015)

BTSB #: 748510 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.8 MG+RC: 5.6 9-12 Lexile: 760 HL

Genres:

Subjects: Funeral homes - Fiction Funeral rites and ceremonies - Fiction Grief - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Family life - New York (State) - Brooklyn - Fiction Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.

Boy in the black suit by Reynolds, Jason 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2015)

BTSB #: 748642 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.8 MG+RC: 5.6 9-12 Lexile: 760 HL

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Funeral homes - Fiction Funeral rites and ceremonies - Fiction Grief - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Family life - New York (State) - Brooklyn - Fiction Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.

Funeral by James, Matt 

BTSB Prebound(Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 487278 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   
AR: 3.6 LG F&P: N

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Death - Fiction Bereavement - Fiction Uncles - Fiction Funeral rites and ceremonies - Fiction

Summary: Norma and her parents are going to her great-uncle Frank's funeral, and Norma is more excited than sad. She is looking forward to playing with her favorite cousin, Ray, but when she arrives at the church, she is confronted with rituals and ideas that have never occurred to her before. While not all questions can be answered, when the day is over Norma is certain of one thing: Uncle Frank would have enjoyed his funeral. This sensitive and life-affirming story will lead young readers to ask their own questions about life, death and how we remember those who have gone before us.

Speechless by Schmitt, Adam P. 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 786864 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 4.7 MG RC: 4.2 6-8 Lexile: 680

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Cousins - Fiction Funeral rites and ceremonies - Fiction Families - Fiction Mental illness - Fiction

Summary: When his despised cousin Patrick dies, thirteen-year-old Jimmy is put in an impossible situation when his parents force him to eulogize Patrick at the funeral, but as Jimmy reflects on pivotal moments with his cousin, he gains a new perspective.

Tim's goodbye by Salerno, Steven 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018)

BTSB #: 774726 Available

Dewey: EAges: 6-8   


Genres: Animals

Subjects: Death - Fiction Grief - Fiction Funeral rites and ceremonies - Fiction Turtles as pets - Fiction Pets - Fiction

Summary: A group of children says goodbye to a beloved pet turtle who has died.