Books on Death for Young Adults

Turtle Boy

By M. Evan Wolkenstein

What Happened to Daddy's Body?: Explaining What Happens After Death in Words Very Young Children Can Understand

By Elke Barber, Alex Barber, Anna Jarvis

Instructions for a Second-hand Heart

By Tamsyn Murray

The Bombs That Brought Us Together: WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2016

By Conaghan, Brian

Paperweight

By Meg Haston, Haston, Meg

After the Fire: Winner of the YA Book Prize 2018

By Will Hill

SAYING GOODBYE TO A FRIEND

By Nicola Edwards

A Beautiful Lie

By Master, Irfan

Girlhood

By Clarke, Cat

Pig (See How They Grow)

Death (Separations S.)

By Amos, Janine

Pitch Black: Color Me Lost (TrueColors)

By Carlson, Melody A.

A Monster Calls

By Ness, Patrick, Dowd, Siobhan, Kay, Jim

Brightstorm: A Sky-Ship Adventure: 1

By Hardy, Vashti

No Way to Go

By Bernard Ashley, Ashley, Bernard

They Both Die at the End

By Adam Silvera

My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece

By Pitcher, Annabel

The Day the Sea Went Out and Never Came Back: A Story for Children Who Have Lost Someone They Love: 2 (Helping Children with Feelings)

By Margot Sunderland, Nicky Armstrong

The Book of Stolen Dreams (The Stolen Dreams Adventures): 1

By David Farr, Kristina Kister

When Shadows Fall

By Brahmachari, Sita, Sirett, Natalie

Coping with Death (Issues series): 338

By Tina Brand

When Parents Die: Learning to Live with the Loss of a Parent

By Abrams, Rebecca

The Otherlife

By Gray, Julia

As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow

By Katouh, Zoulfa

We Were Liars: The award-winning YA book TikTok can’t stop talking about!

By Lockhart, E.

The Shark Caller

By Zillah Bethell

It's Kind of a Funny Story

By Vizzini, Ned

Spark (Ink Trilogy Book 2)

By Broadway, Alice

SAYING GOODBYE BROTHER OR SISTER

By Nicola Edwards

Flying for Frankie

By Fisk, Pauline