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Books like Everett Anderson’s Goodbye

24 books recommended for fans of Everett Anderson’s Goodbye by Lucille Clifton, tied together by themes of Stories in Verse, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Emotions & Feelings, and African American & Black.

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Top related books to Everett Anderson’s Goodbye

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Everett Anderson’s Goodbye.

The Crossover

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Stories in Verse • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings

Ghosts for Breakfast

Stanley Todd Terasaki

Themes: Stories in Verse • Death, Grief, Bereavement • African American & Black

Tears of a Tiger

Sharon M. Draper

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • African American & Black

A Library

Nikki Giovanni

Themes: Stories in Verse • Emotions & Feelings • African American & Black

Fresh Princess: Style Rules!

Denene Millner

Themes: Stories in Verse • Emotions & Feelings • African American & Black

A Place to Shine

Marie Arnold

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • African American & Black

Grandma and Me

Carole Boston Weatherford

Themes: Stories in Verse • Emotions & Feelings • African American & Black

Partly Cloudy

Tanita S. Davis

Themes: Stories in Verse • Emotions & Feelings • African American & Black

Serena Says

Tanita Davis

Themes: Stories in Verse • Emotions & Feelings • African American & Black

#10

I Love You Like Yellow A Picture Book

Andrea Beaty

Themes: Stories in Verse • Emotions & Feelings • African American & Black

#11

The Boy in the Black Suit

Jason Reynolds

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • African American & Black

#12

Better Together, Cinderella

Ashley Franklin

Themes: Stories in Verse • Emotions & Feelings • African American & Black

#13

The Thing about Bees A Love Letter

Shabazz Larkin

Themes: Stories in Verse • Emotions & Feelings • African American & Black

#14

I Believe I Can

Grace Byers

Themes: Stories in Verse • Emotions & Feelings • African American & Black

#15

North of Happy

Adi Alsaid

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • People & Places

#16

As You Wish

Chelsea Sedoti

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • People & Places

#17

They Both Die at the End

Adam Silvera

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • People & Places

#18

Bump

Matt Wallace

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • People & Places

#19

Where She Went

Gayle Forman

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • People & Places

#20

Trouble

Gary D. Schmidt

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • People & Places

#21

The Crossover Tie-In Edition

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Stories in Verse • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings

#22

Boomi’s Boombox

Shanthi Sekaran

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • People & Places

#23

Pudsey and the Thread of Hope

Tom Fletcher

Themes: Stories in Verse • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings

#24

The Aurora County All-Stars

Deborah Wiles

Themes: Stories in Verse • Death, Grief, Bereavement • People & Places

Fans of Everett Anderson’s Goodbye by Lucille Clifton will find 24 titles here, all united by Stories in Verse, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Emotions & Feelings. Authors represented include Kwame Alexander, Stanley Todd Terasaki, Sharon M. Draper, Nikki Giovanni, and others.