Kirjahaku

Examining the psychology of mourning, common forms of parental loss, and medical, financial, and emotional consequences, this book addresses the psychological and practical realities of a parent's death and offers insight and information on making the experience less stressful

When Will I Stop Hurting?: Teens, Loss, and Grief is a self-help guide for teenagers who are struggling with bereavement and the emotional difficulties it presents. This book provides an overview of grief as a painful but normal process, and it offers insights from bereavement experts as well as practical suggestions for coping with loss, including accounts from teens. This book closes a gap in the available literature on grief and bereavement that has tended to focus on adults and younger children. It provides a warm, accessible resource that will reassure teen readers about the normality of grief, encourage their understanding of what happens during the grief process, and provides resources to help teens cope with their experiences of loss. The author accomplishes these goals by explaining the psychology of grief, by providing psychologists' comments and advice on dealing with bereavement, and by offering teens' insights into their own experiences. Teens who are coping with loss and grief, as well as parents and other relatives, teachers, psychologists, and other adults who are concerned with teens' well being will find this book to be a valuable resource.

Teens, Loss, and Grief is a self-help guide for teenagers who are struggling with bereavement and the emotional difficulties it presents. This book provides an overview of grief as a painful but normal process, offering insights from bereavement experts as well as practical suggestions for coping with loss, including accounts from teens. This book closes a gap in the available literature on grief and bereavement that has tended to focus on adults and younger children. It provides a warm, accessible resource that will reassure teen readers about the normality of grief, encourages their understanding of what happens during the grief process, and provides an indispensable resource guide.

En route to visiting their father at a medical mission, two children and their teenage cousin narrowly escape death when their small plane crashes deep in the Peruvian rainforest. The plane's pilot dies in the crash, leaving Rus, Jodie, and Matt Cooper struggling to survive on their own in a lush but hostile environment. What follows is a harrowing tale of endurance, improvisation, and self-discovery. With its suspenseful plot, alternating points-of-view, and strong male and female protagonists, SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST is an adventure tale that will prove unforgettable to young readers.

In this funny, nuanced sci-fi parable, urbanites Derek and Mari face the arrival of extraterrestrials who challenge their patience and their comprehension. "We come in peace," the humanoids announce, and this claim appears to be accurate. But who are these aliens, and what do they want? Their mission on Earth soon seems both harmless and threatening.Arriving without fanfare or commotion, these creatures -- the so-called Missionaries -- do no harm toward earthlings. They are in fact altogether gentle, non-violent, unassuming, and cordial. They look like ordinary human beings and go about their business without causing trouble. But Derek and Mari, like all humans, wonder what that business may be. When two aliens repeatedly show up on the couple's doorstep, it appears that their only intention is to "witness" about their religion. Derek is initially skeptical, then uncomfortable, then hostile to the Missionaries' intrusions. Mari, by contrast, is curious at first and soon intrigued. Tensions flare between the spouses. When the alien pair -- Herbert and Agnes by name -- press their agenda more aggressively, Derek and Mari find their twenty-year marriage under stress. Mission soon portrays how the biggest threat they face isn't violence from outer space but, rather, their own altogether human lack of mutual comprehension.

Jack, born into a humble farm family in a village called Yorrow, has always known that his life will offer more than just planting and harvesting crops. Why? Because he loves to tell stories. He is, in fact, driven to tell stories -- a drive that no one else in Yorrow seems to understand or value. So, shortly after his seventeeth birthday, Jack -- like so many other Jacks before him -- leaves home to seek his fortune.This intricate novel, set in a richly imagined fantasy world, tells the tale of Jack's many adventures and narrow escapes. Storyteller also tells the stories of the colorful characters Jack meets along the way, among them a talking bird, a one-eyed robber, a melancholy princess, and a mysterious illusionist.All of these tales -- and a frame story as well -- intertwine to create a dazzling web of stories guaranteed to capture the reader's imagination. Through them, Edward Myers explores the power (both for good and for evil) of the stories in our lives.

Like everyone else in the Realm of Siir, a sixteen-year-old village lass named Allu knows that music is forbidden. It's not that music doesn't exist; rather, music is a power that the Masters in far-off Sifirithi hoard in order to dominate Siir and enforce their rule. But then Allu-musically gifted despite humble origins-finds herself conscripted to receive training and serve the Masters in Sifirithi. There, falling in love with Ned, a young instrument builder, Allu must either accept the powers granted her-or else make a dangerous decision to resist the Masters. Allu's and Ned's choices draw them into a perilous adventure in a fantasy world like no other.