White-in all probability the greatest of them all-and a host of others too numerous to mention individually. There's also The Lottery Rose by Irene Hunt, Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaola, Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles, Nobody's Fault? by Patricia Hermes, On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer, Charlotte's Web by E.B. Bridge to Terabithia by two-time Newbery Medalist Katherine Paterson is one of the best-known, an exercise so profound in its understanding of human emotion as to set it apart from all else that came before or could ever follow it. The list of books for younger readers dealing with issues of losing a loved one is long and illustrious, and includes many great American classics. "(O)ne of the hardest things we have to learn is that some questions do not have answers."
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