9-12 Year old
This book was written by a group of 14 children, ages 11 to 14 in Cambridge, MA. These children visited funeral homes, interviewed the elderly, and shared their own personal experiences with death and dying. The book speaks frankly about topics ranging from the cost of funerals to assisted suicide and from burial customs to ideas about life after death. The coverage of the book is comprehensive and will likely answer most questions adolescent readers have about death. Since this book is nearly 20 years old, some of the material is outdated. Nevertheless, the tone is straightforward and easy to read and the voices of the child authors ring through.
