About the Book
What do we do when someone we love dies?
How do we help someone we love deal with their grief?
Finally, a self-help book in the form of a graphic novel, so readers of all abilities do not feel overwhelmed. Teens and young adults will actually open it, look at it, and find the support they need to process, talk about, and heal their grief.
This fictional story, based an a TRUE STORY, follows high school senior, Sam, who is grieving the unexpected death of their best friend and must now find a way through their new reality.
With simple text (1st-2nd grade reading level), and hip, engaging images, this short graphic novel will have breaved young people feeling heard, supported, and loved...without overwhelming, lecturing, explaining death, or discussing religious beliefs.
Start DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS!
Studies show...if a teen (juvenile) has no one to talk to about losing someone they love, they are at risk for behaviors like self-harm, addiction, and suicide. We can help our middle grade and high schoolers improve their emotional intelliigence (EQ), their emotional health, by supporting their mental health needs at this most difficult time of their lives. They can also learn how to help their friends who have lost someone they love.
*** MAKES A GREAT GIFT **** SYMPATHY GIFT ***Prepare a young adult for upcoming loss***
- Teachers - nearly 70% of teachers have at least 1 grieving student in their classroom. 92% of educators say childhood grief is a serious problem that deserves more attention in the classroom. Professionals recommend teachers guide other students in how to respond to their grieving classmate. (https: //www.newyorklife.com/assets/foundation/docs/pdfs/childhood-grief.pdf) RIP Corey can be used in the classroom as a text to target common core language arts standards and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) standards especially for older students reading at grade 1-2.
- School Counselors
- Mental Health Counselors
- Social Workers
- Hospice Workers
- Grief Workers
- Clergy
- Hospitals
- Gift Shops
- Parenting Special Needs
- Parenting Neurotypical
Ideal for children, tweens, teenagers, young adults who experience barriers to reading such as English Language Learners (ELL), special needs (different abilities, all abilities, special education) including autism spectrum, dyslexia, learning disordered, developmental delay (developmental disability), non-speaking (nonverbal) language impairment.
1 in 5 children will experience the death of someone close to them by age 18 (https: //nacg.org/)
- "Reading about fictional characters' grief and loss experiences can help children and adolescents deal with their own grief and loss." (https: //nacg.org/)
Self-help that's more FUN! and less textbook!
An essential resource, much like our growing up/human bodydevelopment books, for every home and school, but it doesn't feel like "work."
Tags: grief, bereavement, death & dying, self-help, teen, coming of age, slice of life, realistic ficiton, fiction memoir, all abilities, special needs parenting, inclusion
