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24 titles for readers of When Shadows Fall by Sita Brahmachari, selected for shared themes: Depression & Mental Illness, Stories in Verse, Death, Grief, Bereavement, and Social Topics.

Depression & Mental Illness Stories in Verse Death, Grief, Bereavement Social Topics Emotions & Feelings Friendship Family Social Themes Juvenile Nonfiction Juvenile Fiction

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Each title here shares meaningful common ground with When Shadows Fall — in theme, mood, or literary style.

Right as Rain

Lindsey Stoddard

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Stories in Verse • Death, Grief, Bereavement

The Secret Garden on 81st Street A Modern Graphic Retelling of the Secret Garden

Ivy Noelle Weir

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Social Topics

Thanks a Lot, Universe

Chad Lucas

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

Beginners Welcome

Cindy Baldwin

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Social Topics

The Dead I Know

Scot Gardner

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

My Father’s Words

Patricia MacLachlan

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

Murray Out of Water

Taylor Tracy

Themes: Stories in Verse • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

The Last Forever

Deb Caletti

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

Red, White, and Whole

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Themes: Stories in Verse • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#10

Little Dog, Lost

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Themes: Stories in Verse • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#11

Partly Cloudy

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Themes: Stories in Verse • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#12

Glitter Gets Everywhere

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

#13

What Will I Do with My Love Today?

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Themes: Stories in Verse • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#14

I Miss You A First Look at Death

Pat Thomas

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

#15

Balloons for Papa A Story of Hope and Empathy

Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings

#16

Pudsey and the Thread of Hope

Tom Fletcher

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

#17

Red, White, and Whole A Newbery Honor Award Winner

Rajani LaRocca

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

#18

Weirdo

Tony Weaver, Jr.

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#19

Mr. Men Little Miss: Find Calm

Roger Hargreaves

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#20

A Beginner’s Guide to the Four Psychic Clair Senses Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Claircognizance, Clairsentience

Kevin Hunter

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Social Topics

#21

Not about a Boy

Myah Hollis

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Social Topics

#22

Drawing Deena

Hena Khan

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#23

In the Blue

Erin Hourigan

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#24

Lessons from a Dead Girl

Jo Knowles

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

If When Shadows Fall by Sita Brahmachari is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Depression & Mental Illness, Stories in Verse, Death, Grief, Bereavement and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Lindsey Stoddard, Ivy Noelle Weir, Chad Lucas, Cindy Baldwin, and others.