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Books like Someone Special Died

Looking for read-alikes for Someone Special Died by Joan Singleton Prestine? These 24 titles overlap in Death, Grief, Bereavement, Emotions & Feelings, and Social Themes and overall literary texture.

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Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Someone Special Died.

Hallowed — Tonya Hurley

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

Stay with Me — Mila Gray

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

The Arrival of Someday — Jen Malone

The Arrival of Someday

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

The Secret Hum of a Daisy — Tracy Holczer

The Secret Hum of a Daisy

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

My Grandma’s Photos — Özge Bahar Sunar

My Grandma’s Photos

Özge Bahar Sunar

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

Freeze Frame — Heidi Ayarbe

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

Bump — Matt Wallace

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

The Berenstain Bears Learn about Heaven — Mike Berenstain

The Berenstain Bears Learn about Heaven

Mike Berenstain

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

The Memory Box A Book about Grief — Joanna Rowland

The Memory Box A Book about Grief

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

Bubbles for David — Judy Bruns

Bubbles for David

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

Trouble — Gary D. Schmidt

Gary D. Schmidt

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

See You on the Other Side — Rachel Montez Minor

See You on the Other Side

Rachel Montez Minor

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

The Ethan I Was Before — Ali Standish

The Ethan I Was Before

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

The Little Butterfly For Young Hearts Who Have Experienced Loss — Aimee Spring

The Little Butterfly For Young Hearts Who Have Experienced Loss

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

They Both Die at the End — Adam Silvera

They Both Die at the End

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

The Life As We Knew It 4-Book Collection — Susan Beth Pfeffer

The Life As We Knew It 4-Book Collection

Susan Beth Pfeffer

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

Looking Up — Stephan Pastis

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

One Wave at a Time A Story about Grief and Healing — Holly Thompson

One Wave at a Time A Story about Grief and Healing

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

Amelia Anne Is Dead and Gone — Kat Rosenfield

Amelia Anne Is Dead and Gone

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

Manny Mapleleaf: A Journey Through the Seasons of Life — A. Robbins

Manny Mapleleaf: A Journey Through the Seasons of Life

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

How War Changed Rondo — Romana Romanyshyn

How War Changed Rondo

Romana Romanyshyn

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

Summer of Salt — Katrina Leno

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

Far from Fair — Elana K. Arnold

Elana K. Arnold

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

The Epidemic — Suzanne Young

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Social Themes

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Death, Grief, Bereavement, Emotions & Feelings, Social Themes — the same threads that run through Someone Special Died by Joan Singleton Prestine. Among the authors featured: Tonya Hurley, Mila Gray, Jen Malone, Tracy Holczer, and others.

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