YA Books About Grief and Loss
Grief is an unfortunate part of life that most people have to contend with at one point or another. For most of us, grief and loss have been more present than ever in the past few years that we have spent in the pandemic. Many of us have lost loved ones to COVID and have to go through an entirely new grieving process because of the way everything operates during a pandemic. So, while grief comes from suffering a loss, it can look completely different for each person and for each circumstance.
Dealing with grief when you’re younger, for example, can look quite different from grieving as an adult. This is why it’s more important than ever that there are young adult novels that portray grief and loss, and show us the ways in which teens deal with the grieving process. Thankfully, there are many YA books that portray grief and loss in a multitude of ways. They range from grieving family members, friends, and partners, and show how grief can look vastly different for different people. And hopefully, for anybody going through the grieving process, they make things just a little bit easier to deal with. Here are ten great young adult novels that speak about grief and loss.
