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1) The pond
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A young boy and his family are trying to overcome the loss of his father. The natural world becomes part of the healing process.
2) Ghost train
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"Left behind in China by her father, Choon-Yi makes her living selling her paintings in the market. After her father writes to ask her to join him in the new world, she discovers that he has since been killed building the railway. Superbly illustrated" Cf. Our choice, 1996-1997.
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When their parents are killed in a plane crash, a group of former childhood friends, who are now entering their senior year in high school, are pulled back together by the tragedy.
Josie, Jack, Archie, Harrison, and Dayana were inseparable as preschoolers, but life got in the way. As senior year approaches, with its parties, football, and college applications, they're basically strangers to each other. Then their parents die in a plane crash. To...
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Henry's and Eva's lives are forever changed when their parents die in a mysterious boating accident. That was a very bad day, but things are going to get worse. Their uncle Claude the Clod and his awful girlfriend, Terri the Terrible, have moved into the children's house on the cliff "to take care of them," but Eva has her doubts about their intentions. And when some spooky visitors appear with a message, Henry and Eva realize that their parents'...
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336 pages ; 22 cm
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"High school senior Ella Cleary, whose synesthesia causes her to see colors with each interaction, must question everything she knows about her life when journalism student Alec investigates her parents' death." --
Ella Cleary's family has a rare medical condition called synesthesia that scrambles the senses. Her Gram Helen sees every sound, and her uncle Joe can literally taste words. Ella's own synesthesia manifests itself as the ability to see...
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417 pages ; 22 cm
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"Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people ... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to...
7) Maniac Magee
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After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
From the Publisher: He wasn't born with the name Maniac Magee. He came into this world named Jeffrey Lionel Magee, but when his parents died and his life changed, so did his name. And Maniac Magee became a legend. Even today kids talk about how fast he could run; about how he hit an inside-the-park "frog"...
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293 pages, 8 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
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"Corazon yearns to finally start training as a babaylan (a mystical healer and spirit guide) under her powerful guardian, Aunt Tina. As soon as her magic awakens, Corazon plans to bring her parents back from the dead and no longer have to rely on a soul key to allow visits with their ghosts for a few hours every Saturday night. But when a vengeful ghost steals Corazon's precious key, the fragile balance between the human world and the spirit world...
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