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> Tag: Bereavement

Trying to find the Better Place

Better Place by Duane Murray

September 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I thought that the graphic novel, Better Place by Duane Murray was about a kid who played hockey. Maybe he would have some problems in school, some bully or something, but nothing overly serious or we had not seen before. But then we find that the mature theme of death is put into play and the child, Dylan (of cover fame), is not your average hockey player. In fact, hockey is far from what he does. He and his grandfather are not just two peas in the pod, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Young Adult Tagged With: Bereavement, Death, Duane Murray, family, grandfathers, grief, imagination, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:663 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Young Adult · Tags: Bereavement, Death, Duane Murray, family, grandfathers, grief, imagination, Social Themes ·
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Of butterflies and spirits

A Blanket of Butterflies (The Spirit of Denendeh Volume One) by Richard Van Camp

As I Enfold You in Petals (The Spirit of Denendeh, Volume 2). by Richard Van Camp

July 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A while back I found a reader copy request form. After asking and receiving it, I realized it was book two. I did find book one, but never got around to reading it. After receiving the second book, there was still no reading of it. I only realized why I had the delay the night I read them. They are books that must be read “at the right time,” otherwise you will not be ready for them. The books were A Blanket of Butterflies (The […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Alcohol, Bereavement, Canada, Death, Donovan Yaciuk, drugs, family, Fort Smith (N.W.T.), grief, indigenous, Inuit, Japan, Nickolej Villiger, Northwest Territories, paranormal, Richard van Camp, Samurai, Scott B. Henderson, Social Themes, Spirits, substance abuse, values & virutes, War & Military

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:535 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Alcohol, Bereavement, Canada, Death, Donovan Yaciuk, drugs, family, Fort Smith (N.W.T.), grief, indigenous, Inuit, Japan, Nickolej Villiger, Northwest Territories, paranormal, Richard van Camp, Samurai, Scott B. Henderson, Social Themes, Spirits, substance abuse, values & virutes, War & Military ·
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Is this book prefect? No, but it is a da*n good start

Why? A Story for Kids Who Have Lost a Parent to Suicide by Melissa Allen Heath

May 11, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am going to say that Why? A Story for Kids Who Have Lost a Parent to Suicide is a terribly sad, but honest, and well-done book. Due in mid-November 2023 anyone who has lost a person to death by suicide should read this. Granted, it might be a bit “touchy feely” but then again it is for kids and not adults. The voice is that of the child and again, honest. They talk about why daddy was sick, that you cannot catch depression (point […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health Tagged With: Bereavement, Death, Depression, Emotions & Feelings, family, Frances Ives, grief, Melissa Allen Heath, Mental Health, parents, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:328 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: Bereavement, Death, Depression, Emotions & Feelings, family, Frances Ives, grief, Melissa Allen Heath, Mental Health, parents, Social Themes ·
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Just like Aunt Bea

Zora, the Story Keeper by Ebony Joy Wilkins

March 8, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I read a book. I thought about it so I could write a review. And then I wondered, is this something I can do justice to? I mean, there is nothing hard about Zora, the Story Keeper. It is a story about a girl, Zora, and her beloved Aunt Bea. And in the end, after their beautiful times together, where they told stories, and costumes are worn, Aunt Bea passes away, so it is also a book of grief and holding onto the stories Aunt […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History Tagged With: Bereavement, Dare Coulter, Death, Ebony Joy Wilkins, family, grief, Multigenerational, Social Themes, United States - African American & Black

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:157 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History · Tags: Bereavement, Dare Coulter, Death, Ebony Joy Wilkins, family, grief, Multigenerational, Social Themes, United States - African American & Black ·
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Bitter and sweet

Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars: A Graphic Memoir by Rick Louis

January 17, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport New Authors to me Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars: A Graphic Memoir is a bittersweet story of living with a child who has an incurable condition. It is spiritual, realistic, and surreal all at once. Sometimes the tone is a bit on the romantic side, but it is a forgivable offense as this is a love story to the child as much as a memoir of the fathers. I have never been a mother, though an aunt three times (plus various “adopted […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Bereavement, CBR15Passport, Death, family relationships, grief, Lara Antal, Parents of developmentally disabled children, Parents of terminally ill children, Rick Louis, Ronan Louis, Tay-Sachs disease

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:36 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Bereavement, CBR15Passport, Death, family relationships, grief, Lara Antal, Parents of developmentally disabled children, Parents of terminally ill children, Rick Louis, Ronan Louis, Tay-Sachs disease ·
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Science & Nature & Grief & Love

With a Butterfly’s Wings by Pilar Lopez Avila

July 7, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is a sweet, but also somber, story of a grandmother and granddaughter and how they interact while observing the world around them.  It is a picture book of how a grandmother teaches a grandchild how to view the world, explore the world, and to appreciate nature and the animals and plants that reside in it. This is a poem and love letter. On the pages of With a Butterfly’s Wings we see how secrets, appreciation and love are passed along and how even when […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health Tagged With: Bereavement, family, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandmother, grief, Jon Brokenbrow, Multigenerational, Pilar Lopez Avila, Science & Nature, Social Themes, Zuzanna Celej

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:348 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: Bereavement, family, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandmother, grief, Jon Brokenbrow, Multigenerational, Pilar Lopez Avila, Science & Nature, Social Themes, Zuzanna Celej ·
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