by John Green
Dutton Books for Young Readers
9780525478812
336 pp.
Ages 14-17
Rl lexile 850
RL 5.5
2012
Themes upon which teachers focus lessons include the following:
• grief
• mortality
• relationships
• love
• fear
But we have a plethora of youngCanLit that can fill the same novel study bill and, of course, I would like to promote them here. Each one of these deals with the same themes but in different ways and are all the better for the variety of storylines covered.
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Before We Go
by Amy Bright
Red Deer Press
978-0-88995-471-7
222 pp.
Ages 12+
2012
Reviewed here
After visiting her dying grandmother in the hospital, Emily meets another teen Alex and his sister who too are dealing with death.
Crush. Candy. Corpse
by Sylvia McNicoll
Lorimer
978-1-4594-00627
219 pp.
Ages 12+
2012
Reviewed here
While volunteering at a long-term care facility, Sunny meets Cole and his grandmother who suffers from Alzheimer's.
The Death of Us
Dying to go Viral
by Sylvia McNicoll
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
978-1-55455-271-9
251 pp.
Ages 12+
2013
Reviewed here
Jade's death in a skateboarding accident brings her back for one week to try to make things right for all.
My Beating Teenage Heart
by C. K. Kelly Martin
Random House
978-0-385-67042-5
288 pp.
Ages 13+
2011
Reviewed here
Ashlyn tries to piece together why her body-less self is watching teen Breckon who is dealing with the death of his younger sister.
The World Without Us
by Robin Stevenson
Orca Book Publishers
978-1-4598-0680-1
226 pp.
Ages 12-16
2015
Reviewed here
Though Jeremy and Melody make a pact to jump from a bridge, Melody chooses not to do so and is left behind to deal with that choice.
by Amy Bright
Red Deer Press
978-0-88995-471-7
222 pp.
Ages 12+
2012
Reviewed here
After visiting her dying grandmother in the hospital, Emily meets another teen Alex and his sister who too are dealing with death.
by Sylvia McNicoll
Lorimer
978-1-4594-00627
219 pp.
Ages 12+
2012
Reviewed here
While volunteering at a long-term care facility, Sunny meets Cole and his grandmother who suffers from Alzheimer's.
by Alice Kuipers
HarperTrophy Canada
978-1-44342-410-3
216 pp.
Ages 13+
2014
by Sylvia McNicoll
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
978-1-55455-271-9
251 pp.
Ages 12+
2013
Reviewed here
Jade's death in a skateboarding accident brings her back for one week to try to make things right for all.
by C. K. Kelly Martin
Random House
978-0-385-67042-5
288 pp.
Ages 13+
2011
Reviewed here
Ashlyn tries to piece together why her body-less self is watching teen Breckon who is dealing with the death of his younger sister.
by Robin Stevenson
Orca Book Publishers
978-1-4598-0680-1
226 pp.
Ages 12-16
2015
Reviewed here
Though Jeremy and Melody make a pact to jump from a bridge, Melody chooses not to do so and is left behind to deal with that choice.
In each of the above books, the protagonist must deal with a death or imminent death of someone significant–a friend, a sibling, a grandparent, herself!–and must deal with that grief with someone to whom they are emotionally drawn. There is grief, romance, guilt and fear. What else does a book alternative to The Fault in Our Stars need? Absolutely nothing!
Leave comments if you have any other suggestions for The Fault in Our Stars alternatives or to select an age-old novel that needs refreshing with #CanLitChoices.
Leave comments if you have any other suggestions for The Fault in Our Stars alternatives or to select an age-old novel that needs refreshing with #CanLitChoices.
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