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987. There's only one person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus, and that's her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn's company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June's world is turned upside down. But Finn's death brings a surprise acquaintance...
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Still grieving the loss of his wife and the rest of his life, Alan Christoffersen starts walking the one thousand miles between South Dakota and St. Louis. Along the way, he meets a mysterious woman who follows him for nearly a hundred miles, a ghost hunter who searches for his wife in graveyards, and an elderly Polish man who gives Alan a lift and shares a memorable story with him.
67) The usual rules
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A novel about a thirteen-year-old girl who finds herself living with her father, across the country from her native Brooklyn, coping with her mother's violent death in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
68) A monster calls
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Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
69) Stratagem
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"New Orleans psychologist Grayson Thibodeaux loses everything when his wife leaves him to climb the corporate ladder and buries himself in creating mind-bending adventure games for businesses as team-building explorations. When his ex-wife's company hires Grayson's to create an elaborate game and she dies during the course of the game, he becomes the prime suspect for murder"--
70) Holes in the sky
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Soon after her beloved grandmother's death, Trisha's family moves to a diverse California neighborhood where she meets Stewart and his grandmother, Miss Eula, who brings people together to help a grieving neighbor.
71) Ida, always
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A polar bear grieves over the loss of his companion, based on the real-life Gus and Ida of New York's Central Park Zoo.
74) A stitch in time
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In 1927 Vermont, eleven-year-old Donut, recently orphaned after the death of her beloved pops, stands to lose everything when she learns her Aunt Agnes plans to move her to Boston, but little does her aunt know that Donut has no intentions of leaving her friends or her home.
76) Lost & found
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Starting her life over after the death of her husband, a psychologist takes a job as an animal control warden and slowly heals from her grief through friendships with a young anorexic, an archery instructor, and an oversized dog.
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Set amid the opulent mansions on the Rhode Island coast, Newport Academy is a private high school like no other. In the wake of the unthinkable loss of her husband and eldest daughter, Maggie Shaw has come to the school to teach English and to start a new life with the remnants of her shattered family, her two teenage children. But ghosts from her past await Maggie in Newport, especially the unresolved equations of her breach with her sister years...
80) Only child
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Squeezed into a coat closet with his classmates and teacher, first grader Zach Taylor hears shots ringing through the halls of his school as a gunman takes nineteen lives and irrevocably changes his community. While Zach's mother seeks justice by holding the shooter's parents responsible, Zach retreats into a world of books and art. Armed with newfound understanding, he sets out on a captivating journey towards healing and forgiveness, reminding us...
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