Teenreads.com - Grief and Recovery

First, let me just say that it was foolish of us not to put this up sooner.

Late though we are, the difficult times are far from behind us. There are still a million feelings we have to sort through. As such, we put together a brief list of books on how to deal with tragedy and cope with grief and loss that may be useful to some of you.

Looking to these kinds of books for answers and comfort may not be for everyone, and that's cool. But please, if you are confused or scared or sad or just plain pissed off, do not keep it all to yourself. Talk to someone, write in your journal, hell, do an interpretive dance. Whatever. Just do something to productively work through your feelings. And by "productively" I mean the EXACT OPPOSITE of Islam or Arab bashing.

But enough of my preachy self, here are the books...

THE COLOR OF ABSENCE: 12 Stories About Loss and Hope
edited by James Howe
Atheneum
ISBN: 0689828624
238 pages

DEATH: Coping With the Pain (Grief and Loss)
by Eileen Kuehn
Lifematters Press
ISBN: 0736807454
64 pages

FIRE IN MY HEART, ICE IN MY VEINS: A Journal for Teenagers Experiencing a Loss
by Enid Samuel Traisman
Centering Corp
ISBN: 1561230561
70 pages

THE GIRL DEATH LEFT BEHIND
by Lurlene McDaniel
Bantam
ISBN: 0553570919

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THE GRIEVING TEEN: A Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends
by Helen Fitzgerald
Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 0684868040
208 pages

I WILL REMEMBER YOU: What to Do When Someone You Love
by Laura Dower
Scholastic
ISBN: 0439139619
320 pages

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PATHS OF FAITH: Conversations About Religion and Spirituality
by Michael Thomas Ford
Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 0689822634
272 pages

STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT DEATH AND DYING
by Robert DiGiulio, Ph.D. & Rachel Kranz
Facts on File
ISBN: 0816035539

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STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: Coping With the Aftermath of Trauma
by Kay Marie Porterfield
Facts on File
ISBN: 0816032580
144 pages

WHAT HAVE YOU LOST
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Greenwillow Books
ISBN: 0688161847
224 pages