Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Parental Death
Michelle Shreeve · 2018
82/100
👍 Worth It
This is exactly the kind of book that needs to exist — thorough, grief-literate, written by someone who lived it and then studied it professionally. The inclusion of real teen voices keeps it from feeling clinical, and the coverage of PTSD, academic impact, and relationship fallout acknowledges the full complexity of what grieving teens actually face. It's not a comfortable read, but it's an honest and genuinely useful one for the teens and counselors who need it most.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety88
substance88
craft80
originality78
accuracy86
hype82
age-fit85
human-eye82
Penny’s verdict82
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