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Flint Larson has 41 days, 9 hours, and 42 minutes to live. Hes known exactly when hes going to die since he was eight years old and half-lifed, a

Ben learns why the love of his life, Mira, and her sister drowned themselves when he receives a post-mortem letter from Mira challenging him to f

When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson is shot to death, his community is thrown into an uproar because Tariq was black and the shooter, Jack Frankl

Worm Tarnauer's school thinks assigning each eighth grader the name of a teenager who died in the past year will make them contemplate their own

"Na has always been in the shadow of her younger brother, Bao-bao, her parents' cherished son. But when Bao-bao dies suddenly, Na realizes how li

Flint Larson has known when he was going to die since he was eight because of the Half-Life Institute, and he is spending the last forty-one days

Seventeen-year-old Quinn provides closure to grieving families by taking on the short-term role of a deceased loved one, until huge secrets come

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Louise and her family are sad over the loss of their beloved dog, Charlie. "Life will not be the same," Louise says, as she visits a little islan