RIYL+Tearjerkers

This was posted to YALSA BK Lynn Carpenter, Ann-Marie Marchant, Gwen Lehman, Gillian Dawson, Trish Underwood, Emily Cassady, Katie Spofford, Kelly Burden, and Diana Sanabria provided the following suggestions:

Say Goodnight, Gracie by Julie Reece Deaver Life As We Knew It The Dead & Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer A Walk To Remember by Nicolas Sparks Socrates in Love by Kyoichi Katayama (in manga & novel form) Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger Black Box by Julie Schumacher If You Come Softly Behind You by Jacqueline Wilson Lurlene McDaniel titles Sarah Dessen titles Jodi Picoult titles

Which supplemented my original list:

The Diary of Pelly D. by L.J. Adlington th1rteen r3asons why by Jay Asher Jars of Glass by Brad Barkley Deadline by Chris Crutcher Before I Die by Jenny Downham Tears of Tiger by Sharon M. Draper Forever Changes by Brendan Halprin Time for Dancing by Davida Hurwin In My Hands : Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke Cures for Heartbreak by Margo Rabb Going for the Record by Julie Swanson Trouble by Gary Schmidt Skin by Adrienne Vrettos

which was, itself, supplemented by:

ALA’s Popular Paperbacks List: [|//Read 'Em And Weep//] (2005) Updated 03/04/09