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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a professor shares the lessons he's learned—about living in the present, building a legacy, and taking full advantage of the time you have—in this life-changing classic.
"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." —Randy Pausch
A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A special 25th anniversary edition of the beloved book that has changed millions of lives with the story of an unforgettable friendship, the timeless wisdom of older generations, and healing lessons on loss and grief—featuring a new afterword by the author
“A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul.”—Los Angeles Times
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“A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul.”—Los Angeles Times
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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
* INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *
"Stunning...heartrending...this year's When Breath Becomes Air." —Nora Krug, The Washington Post
"Beautiful and haunting." —Matt McCarthy, MD, USA TODAY
"Deeply affecting...simultaneously heartbreaking and funny." —People (Book of the Week)
"Vivid, immediate." —Laura Collins-Hughes, The...
"Stunning...heartrending...this year's When Breath Becomes Air." —Nora Krug, The Washington Post
"Beautiful and haunting." —Matt McCarthy, MD, USA TODAY
"Deeply affecting...simultaneously heartbreaking and funny." —People (Book of the Week)
"Vivid, immediate." —Laura Collins-Hughes, The...
10) When a pet dies
Author
Series
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Description
Explores the feelings of frustration, sadness, and loneliness that a youngster may feel when a pet dies.
12) Death is stupid
Author
Series
Publisher
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This exploration of grief and mourning recognizes the anger and confusion that a child feels around death while offering possibilities for celebrating life and love.
15) Pumpkin and me
Author
Publisher
NubeOcho
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After her beloved pet dog dies, a young girl finds it very difficult to overcome her feelings of sadness.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After her mother dies unexpectedly of cancer, a Chinese American writer and journalist weaves together the story of the fallout of grief that follows her extended family as they emigrate from China and Hong Kong to Cuba and America.
Author
Publisher
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Draws on interviews with more than 1,400 hospice patients to explore the extraordinary pre-death dreams and visions that sometimes mark the dying process, explaining how they reveal that death is not an end, but a transcendence of life.
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Language
English
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Description
"We are surrounded by death. It is in our news, our nursery rhymes, our true-crime podcasts. Yet from a young age, we are told that death is something to be feared. How are we supposed to know what we're so afraid of, when we are never given the chance to look? Fueled by a childhood fascination with death, journalist Hayley Campbell searches for answers in the people who make a living by working with the dead. Along the way, she encounters mass fatality...
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