Grief Resources
Websites
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Books
What’s Your Grief by Eleanor Haley and Litsa Williams
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold Kushner
Sunshine After the Storm by Alexa Bigwarfe
The Grieving Brain by Mary-Frances O’Connor
It’s OK That You’re Not OK by Megan Devine
Permission to Mourn: A New Way to Do Grief by Tom Zuba
Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner's Guide to Grief by Annie Sklaver Orenstein
Rare Bird by Anna Whiston-Donaldson
Grief Book lists
Compassionate Friends book list
Middle grade books on death and grief
Middle grade books on divorce and blended families
Adoption Resources
BOOKS
Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens by Debbie Riley
Beneath the Mask: For Teen Adoptees: Teens and Young Adults Share Their Stories
The Whole Me Ellen K Baron
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge
The Primal Wound Nancy Newton Verrier
All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung (transracial adoptee)
Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies Sara Easterl, Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard, Lori Holden
Pieces of Me: Who do I Want to Be by Robert L. Ballard