Heart-wrenching, emotional and compelling, or overly sentimental, navel-gazing and insipid? You make up your mind, but remember, keep those tissues ready!!
	The thing about jellyfish by Ali Benjamin (2015)
	The boy in the striped pyjamas by John Boyne (2006)
	The cry of the wolf by Melvin Burgess (1989)
	One by Sarah Crossan (2015)
	Before I die by Jenny Downham (2007)
	If I stay by Gayle Forman (2009) First book in the If I stay series
	Butterflies by Susanne Gervay (2001)
	The fault in our stars by John Green (2012)
	Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian (1981)
	Secrets in the fire by Henning Mankell (1995) First book in the Sofia series
	Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo (2003)
	A monster calls by Patrick Ness (2011)
	A child called It by Dave Pelzer (1995) First book in the A child called It series
	Blue skies and gunfire by K.M. Peyton (2006)
	My sister's keeper by Jodi Picoult (2004)
	The lovely bones by Alice Sebold (2002)
	Drums, girls, and dangerous pie by Jordan Sonnenblick (2004)
	Night by Elie Wiesel (1958) First book in the Night trilogy series
	Refugee boy by Benjamin Zephaniah (2001)
	The book thief by Marcus Zusak (2005)
	The five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom (2003)
	Jeannie of White Peak Farm by Berlie Doherty (2003)
	Dear Vincent by Mandy Hager (2013)
	Red tears by Joanna Kenrick (2007)
	Cut by Patricia McCormick (2000)
	Never fall down by Patricia McCormick (2012)
	A voice in the distance by Tabitha Suzuma (2008)
	Keep your hair on by Elizabeth Vercoe (2003)