# Young Adult Fiction books about grief

**4** young adult fiction books that explore grief, drawn from the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Reading levels:** Lexile measures range from 720L to 850L across these 4 titles.

**Genre:** Young Adult Fiction  ·  **Theme:** grief
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## Young Adult Fiction grief reading list

- [Four for the Road](https://readinglist.school/book/four-for-the-road) by K.J. Reilly _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2022)_
- [Long Way Down](https://readinglist.school/book/long-way-down) by Jason Reynolds _(720L · Grades 7–12 · pub 2017)_
- [The Fault in Our Stars](https://readinglist.school/book/the-fault-in-our-stars) by John Green _(850L · Grades 9–12 · pub 2012)_
- [The Silence That Binds Us](https://readinglist.school/book/the-silence-that-binds-us) by Joanna Ho _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2022)_

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