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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorLosing Faith
Denise Jaden
In this lyrical, emotionally intense debut, a teenager encounters more questions than closure while mourning the death of her sister.
There Will Come a Time
Carrie Arcos · 315 pages
Overwhelmed by grief and guilt after his twin sister Grace's accidental death, seventeen-year-old Mark Santos is persuaded by his best friend to complete the "bucket list" from Grace's journal.
Personal Effects
E.M. Kokie · 400 pages
Matt has been sleepwalking through life while seeking answers about his brother T.J.'s death in Iraq, but after discovering that he may not have known his brother as well as he thought he did, Matt is able to stand up to his father, honor T.J.'s memory, and take charge of his own life.
Adios, Nirvana
Conrad Wesselhoeft
As Seattle sixteen-year-old Jonathan helps a dying man come to terms with a tragic event he experienced during World War II, Jonathan begins facing his own demons, especially the death of his twin brother, helped by an assortment of friends, old and new.
The Good Sister
Jamie Kain · 298 pages
When teenaged Sarah dies in a sudden and puzzling accident, sending her two sisters into a tailspin of grief and confusion, Sarah wakes up in the afterlife and must piece together how she got there.
The Fallen
Paul Langan · 133 pages
This sequel to Brothers in Arms picks up the story of Martin Luna as he struggles to rebuild his life after the death of his little brother. In trouble at Bluford High School for fighting, Martin faces an even bigger problem at home: Frankie, the most feared homeboy from his neighborhood, is hunting him.
Breakaway
Kat Spears · 290 pages
"When Jason Marshall's younger sister passes away, he knows he can count on his three best friends and soccer teammates--Mario, Jordie, and Chick--to be there for him. With a grief-crippled mother and a father who's not in the picture, he needs them more than ever. But when Mario starts hanging out with a rough group of friends and Jordie finally lands the girl of his dreams, Jason is left to fend
The Last Summer of the Death Warriors
Francisco X. Stork · 344 pages
The Boundless Sublime
Lili Wilkinson · 351 pages
Ruby Jane Galbraith has nothing left. After an accident tears her family apart, she finds her entire world obliterated. And it's all her fault. The only thing that makes sense to her is Fox - a gentle new friend who is wise, soulful, and clever, yet oddly naive about the ways of the world. Fox understands her loss. Her pain. And he offers her a way out - a chance to find peace in a community that
The Summer of Letting Go
Gae Polisner · 336 pages
Four years after her brother Simon drowned while in her charge, Francesca, now fifteen, begins to move on after a summer caring for Frankie, who seems to be Simon reincarnated, and getting closer to her best friend's boyfriend. Fifteen-year-old Francesca blames herself for the death of her brother, Simon, but she begins to move on after a summer of caring for Frankie, who seems to be Simon reinca
All the Bright Places
Jennifer Niven · 408 pages
Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him. Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death. When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at s
Where I Want to Be
Adele Griffin · 150 pages
Two teenaged sisters, separated by death but still connected, work through their feelings of loss over the closeness they shared as children that was later destroyed by one's mental illness, and finally make peace with each other.
A Psalm for Lost Girls
Katie Bayerl · 368 pages
"Determined to protect her sister Tess's memory, Callie da Costa sets out to prove Tess wasn't really a saint and finds herself pulled into a kidnapping investigation"--
The Protected
Claire Zorn · 276 pages
Nearly a year after her popular older sister's accidental death, Hannah meets Anne, a guidance counselor, and Josh, a potential new friend, who offer her the chance to move forward.
The Secrets We Keep
Trisha Leaver · 298 pages
"When her identical twin sister Maddy is killed in a car accident, seventeen-year-old Ella assumes Maddy's life, only to discover that it was filled with dark secrets"--
Broken and Screwed
Tijan · 260 pages
Alexandra's older brother died the night he graduated. That day changed everything for her. No longer was she the party girl. No longer did she care about being popular and no longer was her family the happy unit she always thought existed. The only person who could help her heal is the same person who loved her brother as much as she did, his best friend. She only hopes to keep her entire heart f
Juniper Lemon's Happiness Index
Julie Israel · 338 pages
After finding a break-up letter written by her older sister on the day she died, sixteen-year-old Juniper Lemon becomes determined to find the recipient--only identified as "you"--and in the process uncovers other notes and secrets that demand her attention.
Lost for Words
Alice Kuipers
Sixteen-year-old Sophie struggles to find normalcy after an incident she chooses not to remember took her sister's life, and by keeping a journal, making a new friend, and seeing a therapist she finally begins to recover.
The Art of Not Breathing
Sarah Alexander · 288 pages
Five years after the drowning of her twin brother, Scottish teenager Elsie Main confronts the tempestuous sea and her family s tragic past in a young adult debut that will appeal to fans of the mystery of E. Lockhart sWe Were Liars and the family drama of Jandy Nelson s I ll Give You the Sun.
A Tragic Kind of Wonderful
Eric Lindstrom · 278 pages
"A sixteen-year-old girl living with bipolar disorder learns to balance romance, friendship, and grief"--
Give Up the Ghost
Megan Crewe · 255 pages
Sixteen-year-old Cass's only friends are her dead sister and the school ghosts who feed her gossip that she uses to make students face up to their bad behavior, until a popular boy asks for her help and leads her to reach out to the living again.
Dear Zoe
Philip Beard · 208 pages
Philip Beard’s stunning debut novel is fifteen-year-old Tess DeNunzio’s letter to her sister, Zoe, lost to a hit-and-run driver on a day when it seemed that nothing mattered but the tragedies playing out in New York and Washington. Dear Zoe is a remarkable study of grief, adolescence, and healing with a pitch-perfect narrator who is at once sharp and naive, world- worried and self-centered, funny