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Where Was Goodbye?

Janice Lynn Mather

Ages: 14+

Published: 2024

Publisher: Simon & Schuster BFYR/Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing/S & S

ISBN: 978-1-6659-0395-0

Keywords: Family/School/Community-African Americans, Bahamas, Grief, Depression, Mental health, Brothers and sisters

In Nassau, Bahamas, high school senior Karmen can't make sense of her brother's recent suicide. Now suspended for breaking a school lab window, she resolutely researches his life and her own feelings. Resources. Mature content