Help young people name, express, and give shape to their grief with this book on grieving for teens.

Whether teens are in the midst of their first grief experience or have experienced grief before, It Won't Ever Be the Same is designed to support them. Reflections, analogies, and suggested activities within the pages guide teens in working through and making sense of their personal and complex grief experiences, and words and artwork from other grieving teens help them feel less alone and more connected.

It Won't Ever Be the Same is a validating and reassuring book that speaks directly to teens experiencing grief, providing them with tools to understand, express, and cope. Written by grief counselor Dr. Korie Leigh, the book touches upon big milestones in the grief journey, starting with new grief and continuing through the days, weeks, months, and years after. Each chapter ends with a Give It a Try activity idea to help teens build an understanding of what they're going through. Other moments throughout invite teens to reflect on a specific question or experience, tune in to what they're feeling, or try out a new way of viewing or being in their grief.

This book makes it so easy to find useful, realistic, and sensible answers to the most-common questions teens have about grief. -Sam Hodges IV, President of GriefShare

Hurt Help Hope is a sensitive grief guide written for teens by a grieving teen and her mother. Together they offer support, advice, and understanding for navigating life after loss.

After the death of a loved one, anyone can be caught up in a whirlwind of emotions and unanswered questions. Hurt Help Hope divides lists of relatable questions into five categories covering topics like the logistics of funerals, how your body copes with grief, how it affects your faith in God, how to manage feelings, and more!

Features:

• Credibility and vulnerability of the authors: The authors aren't writing about grief from a theoretical or clinical place - they are walking through it themselves. Their deeply genuine and empathetic words will comfort readers like a friend.
• Written by a teen and her mom for grieving teens. Fiona shares her experience grieving the death of her father as a teenager. Clarissa shares insights from her family's life as they learned to live without their dad.
• Question-and-answer format: Each chapter is made up of questions teens may have as they experience grief. The authors don't write in a clinical or theoretical way, but in a conversational tone, sharing what they've learned like an encouraging friend.
• Grounded in Jesus: There are encouraging truths about our hope in Jesus and how our theology as Christians can be a great comfort in the face of death.
• An excellent balance of theology and helpful, practical advice.
• Practical advice: This book is brimming with practical, day-to-day suggestions of how to handle grief. These include:
  • a list of tips to promote better sleep
  • what to do when you're experiencing anger, confusion, or even numbness
  • what to expect at funerals
  • a list of insensitive things people might say in the face of loss
  • ideas about how to respond to comments like those
  • and many more!
• Engaging quizzes, charts, and graphs help to processes fears, feelings, and all the hard things.

This book is a valuable resource for teenagers who may be experiencing grief due to the loss of a friend or family member. It provides insights to help them understand what they are going through and includes tips and resources from both experts and young adults on how to cope with their grief.

Grief can be complicated and painful. Our memories, relationships, good times and worries are unique, and these all affect how we experience a loss. No two people will experience grief in the same way because all of our relationships are specific to us.

But there are frameworks for understanding our reactions when someone dies. Lots of people have found it helpful to understand these frameworks, as knowing what's going on with grief can help us find ways to cope with the loss, let go of some of the pain, and find ways to still have a good future.

Based on years of research, this book includes some first-hand experiences from people who have been through grief, to show how the ideas could work in real life. However, this is not another person's story. It is a guide to understanding your own.

By getting to know how we are processing grief, we can start getting on with it - working alongside it and moving forward.

Updated third edition offers sensitive advice and genuine understanding for teens coping with grief and loss.

The death of a friend is a wrenching event for anyone at any age and can spark feelings that range from sadness to guilt to anxiety. Teenagers especially need help coping with grief and loss. This sensitive book answers questions grieving teens often have, like How should I be acting? How long will this last? and What if I can't handle my grief on my own? The book also addresses the complicated emotions that can accompany the death of an acquaintance, as opposed to a close friend. The advice is gentle, non-preachy, and compassionate; recommended for parents and teachers of teens who have experienced a painful loss.

This updated edition of a classic resource includes new quotes from teens as well as insights into losing a friend or an acquaintance in a school shooting or through other violence. The book also features updated resources and recommended reading, including information on suicide hotlines and other support for anyone in crisis.

An icy road. A car crash.
A family changed forever.

Hannah Josephson had always been the perfect daughter. Kiera couldn't live up to her before, and she certainly can't now that her older sister has died in a car accident. But the image she carried resentfully of Hannah is challenged when she finds her dead sister's diary and begins to read. Apparently Hannah's final year wasn't as perfect as everyone thought.

Caught in a pattern of blaming each other, the Josephson family is falling apart. Their father has left, their mother is mixing opiates and alcohol, little sister Maddie has been shipped off to spend the whole summer with their grandmother, and Kiera feels utterly alone with her grief and anger. A summer job helping at a park in a poor section of town provides a friend and a purpose.

But it's Hannah's diary that fills her thoughts. For the first time in years, she feels close to the sister she's lost. But can the knowledge she gleans about her possibly help her patch back together the family that seems determined to implode?

Did you know that grief can affect both your mind and your body? In this helpful and healing guide, the director of the Children's Grief Connection offers practices to help you deal with the physical aspects of grief and loss.

If you lose someone you love or are close to, you probably feel a number of emotions--sadness, anger, loneliness, or fear. These are all normal feelings, and it's important that you have someone to talk to, whether it's a family member, friend, or counselor. But did you know that grief can also affect your body? That's because the brain and the body are much more connected than you might think.

In this compassionate guide, you'll discover how your mind can affect the way you feel physically, and discover body-oriented skills to help your body heal after experiencing loss. You'll also find ways to relieve feelings of anxiety and confusion that can make your physical symptoms worse, and finally begin the healing process.

Knowing how your body is affected by grief and loss--and what you can do to relieve the physical and emotional pain--will give you healthy coping skills to last a lifetime. This book will help you learn these skills and start feeling better in both body and mind.

This book aims to show young adults how to cope with losing a parent at an early age. It includes discussions of various types of loss and how those particular dynamics can affect individuals. The book also includes insights from other teens who have lost a parent and provides various sources that young people can consult.

Life is filled with many experiences that young people must cope with each day. One of the most severe situations they will encounter is the death or loss of a parent, relative, or close friend. To help teenagers cope with their grief, author Joseph V. Palazzola has written a workbook to help ease the pain and get youngsters through the seven stages of grief. By using various learning strategies that rely on making personal connections, participants can realize true understanding of the grieving process. Joe is a former educator who has taught in the public schools and at college level. His first wife died at a young age and he was left to raise their son, Chris, who was 15 at the untimely death of his mother. Joe and Chris never really dealt with the loss of their loved one together. They silently grieved alone. They were coping, but not addressing the issue of their mutual loss. Six years after the death of his mother, while a college student, Chris was killed in an industrial accident. Twenty years after the death of Chris, Joe has written a workbook that will help teenagers cope with the pain of losing a loved one. Joe realized how difficult it was for Chris, so he wrote this workbook of activities. He includes many strategies and concepts that he used in his teaching career and information he imparted to his graduate students. This book will help ease the hopelessness and despair in a healthy and logical way. A Detroit-area native, Joseph V. Palazzola has retired from teaching and now resides in Vero Beach, Florida. This is his third book. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/JosephVPalazzola

★ Tate's sprawling work is a fascinating guide that belongs in all middle school, high school, and public libraries. This resource will help tweens and teens looking to better understand death and dying for personal or academic purposes.--School Library Journal, starred review

With many jurisdictions considering whether or not to implement new assisted-death legislation, Choosing to Live, Choosing to Die is a timely look at the subject for teen readers who may not yet have had much experience with death and dying. Readers are introduced to the topic of assisted dying through the author's own story. The issue continues to be hotly debated in families, communities and countries around the world, and there are no easy answers. Choosing to Live, Choosing to Die looks at the issue from multiple perspectives and encourages readers to listen with an open mind and a kind heart and reach their own conclusions.

There are few issues that elicit such debate as assisted suicide. For some, assisted suicide is an important legal right for those battling fatal issues. For others, it stands for only self-harm and chaos. In this book, legal experts, journalists, activists, and ordinary civilians weigh in on this important issue, providing a wide range of viewpoints for readers. Readers are encouraged to think critically about what they have read and to form their own opinions through guided questions that follow each article.

There are few issues that elicit such debate as assisted suicide. For some, assisted suicide is an important legal right for those battling fatal issues. For others, it stands for only self-harm and chaos. In this book, legal experts, journalists, activists, and ordinary civilians weigh in on this important issue, providing a wide range of viewpoints for readers. Readers are encouraged to think critically about what they have read and to form their own opinions through guided questions that follow each article.

Have you ever wondered why poetry is such an interesting topic to very smart and interesting people? Maybe these very smart and interesting people dare to go in their imagination where others dare not venture or simply just don't care because their thinking has become fossilized, old and tired! Zap those motor neurons and improve your thinking with poetry! Poetry can help you express yourself. Help you to think outside the box. Channel your creativity. Make you more productive at work. This is your time, so help yourself to these inspirational poems filled with interesting reflections and riveting descriptive imagery. Many of the author's poems are like short stories, memoirs, vignettes.
Can poetry improve your thinking, and help you to succeed? When you......

• decipher the hidden meaning behind each poem
• guess if the poetry read was derived from a memoir
• guess if a poem was derived from a dream
• discern between fiction and nonfiction
• awaken your own emotional connection with a poem
• reflect after reading and share your own experience with someone
• read between the lines and extract meaning
• read between the lines and draw conclusions
• memorize poems to improve your memory
• read and become a critical thinker
• write about your own dreams and memoirs
• think power surge and emotional connection
• connect with your own creativity
• embark on a new resolution with poetry as your inspiration

Simply read each poem, and let your brain connect and do the rest! Anything is possible! If you are at a stalemate and ready to move on poetry can become a catalyst for change -even make you stronger than your barriers; and as for that dull paradigm that you've been living in for so many boring years- consider it a worthless junk box and move on! By reading this book you will enter into the very personal space of the author's dreams, soul, and emotions; but remember that even more in-depth insights await when you peruse each page and take on the task of delving into your own reflections, interpretations, personal growth; this is where the true beauty of poetry lies, and why the value of poetic works remains unsurpassed by many endeavors! So be courageous and get ready to be successful and start winning again by embarking on this gyrating, stimulating poetic journey that challenges your imagination to see beyond yourself, while at the same time, as each chapter unfolds, rewards you with the choice of tapping into your own new vision, and power for change!

Experiencing loss as a teenager or young person can be extremely isolating.

Madeleine Davies experienced this herself at the age of twelve years old when her mother died. Over 20 years later, she can still remember the loneliness that surrounded her, which is what prompted her to write this book, Lights for the Path: A Guide Through Grief, Pain and Loss.

Bringing together stories of loss, advice from doctors, counsellors, authors, as well as Madeleine's own experience, this book offers practical tips and incredible comfort to young readers everywhere. Those working with young people will also find this book to be a valuable resource for helping to support teenagers who have experienced a death of a relative or friend.

After reading Lights for the Path, readers will find comfort in knowing that they are not alone and they will find their way.

New revised 2020 version

Set text for OCR GCSE 9-1 Drama exam

This play tells the tragic true story of Dan Nolan, a teenage boy who went missing on the 1st January 2002 after a night out fishing with his best friends.

The play explores the mystery of Dan's disappearance and the tragic events that occurred that night; raising issues concerning personal safety and the importance of looking out for each other.

A verbatim play, it uses only the words of his family, friends and the Detective Superintendent in charge of the police investigation.

This revised 2020 edition of the play includes a new foreword reflecting on the original production by Mark, a new interview with the original cast and a new note on the original lighting design by Danny Sturrock.

Suitable for: Key Stage 3/4, GCSE, BTEC, A-Level to adult
Duration: 60 minutes approximately
Cast: Up to 18, or 2 female, 2 male with doubling.

Heart-rending, bold, direct and simple. Even on the bare page this is a powerful piece of drama...
Paul Fowler, GODA 2003

This play is not just about Dan Nolan, it's about all of us and our responsibility to and for each other.
David Dykes, Head of Creative and Performing Arts, King Edward VI School, Southampton (Dan's former school)

While death is a universal experience, the traditions that surround it differ from culture to culture. How should the body of the deceased be laid to rest? What should be done with his or her belongings? How can a person's legacy live on through traditions and keepsakes? This volume explores practices around the world, addressing the practical and spiritual considerations that come with death and encouraging readers to keep an open mind toward the rituals and beliefs of other cultures and turn a critical eye toward their own.

What happens when we die? Is this really all there is? What exists beyond this life?

Alex Duncan is just an ordinary 14 year old boy. His main worries are homework, girls, the school bully...

...and his sister, Jenna who has ovarian cancer, stage B.

As his parents retreat into themselves, Alex is desperate to find a way to help, a way to make things better for his sister.

After all, it's the not knowing that's the worst thing.

Whilst he tries to untangle the ultimate question, life still goes on: his best friend seems oblivious to his feelings about her, the school bully has taken a special interest in him, and everything he does just makes him feel more and more awkward and out of place.

Georgia Springate's debut novel, Beyond, is a funny and touchingly compelling coming-of-age story about love, loss and discovery. Read it and take an emotional journey through one boy's quest to understand that most tricky of questions: what lies beyond?

An icy road. A car crash.
A family changed forever.

Hannah Josephson had always been the perfect daughter. Kiera couldn't live up to her before, and she certainly can't now that her older sister has died in a car accident. But the image she carried resentfully of Hannah is challenged when she finds her dead sister's diary and begins to read. Apparently Hannah's final year wasn't as perfect as everyone thought.

Caught in a pattern of blaming each other, the Josephson family is falling apart. Their father has left, their mother is mixing opiates and alcohol, little sister Maddie has been shipped off to spend the whole summer with their grandmother, and Kiera feels utterly alone with her grief and anger. A summer job helping at a park in a poor section of town provides a friend and a purpose.

But it's Hannah's diary that fills her thoughts. For the first time in years, she feels close to the sister she's lost. But can the knowledge she gleans about her possibly help her patch back together the family that seems determined to implode?

There are five stages of grief. God gives you eight gifts to get through them.

Grief can make you feel as if there is no way out. But before you give in, know that that is not true. Your loss and pain do not have the last word, Jesus does.

In Getting Through Grief for Youth: Eight Biblical Gifts for Living with Loss, young adults will look to the Word to wrestle and watch as God's promise to make all things new and His promise of life transform their hope.

The death of a friend is a wrenching event for anyone at any age and can spark feelings that range from sadness to guilt to anxiety. Teenagers especially need help coping with grief and loss. This sensitive book answers questions grieving teens often have, like ''How should I be acting?'' ''How long will this last?'' and ''What if I can't handle my grief on my own?'' The book also addresses the complicated emotions that can accompany the death of an acquaintance, as opposed to a close friend. The advice is gentle, non-preachy, and compassionate; recommended for parents and teachers of teens who have experienced a painful loss. This updated edition of a classic resource includes new quotes from teens as well as insights into losing a friend or an acquaintance in a school shooting or through other violence. The book also features updated resources and recommended reading, including information on suicide hotlines and other support for anyone in crisis.