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Gabrielle Zevin

After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live.".

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A Certain Slant of Light

Laura Whitcomb

After benignly haunting a series of people for 130 years, Helen meets a teenage boy who can see her and together they unlock the mysteries of their pasts.

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Spook

Mary Roach

The author looks to science to determine whether the human soul exists in death, and travels to various places around the world to discuss supernatural occurrences with spirit guides and mediums.

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The Sledding Hill

Chris Crutcher

Billy, recently deceased, keeps an eye on his best friend, fourteen-year-old Eddie, and helps him stand up to a conservative minister and English teacher who is orchestrating a censorship challenge.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings

Oscar Wilde

A collection of writings by Wilde including the story of a youth of exceptional beauty gets his wish to remain untouched by the passage of time when it is arranged that his portrait will age in his pl

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The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings

Oscar Wilde

A collection of writings by Wilde including the story of a youth of exceptional beauty gets his wish to remain untouched by the passage of time when it is arranged that his portrait will age in his pl

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To Live Until We Say Good-bye

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Provides an intimate view of her work with terminally ill patients as she brings them an acceptance of death.

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