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YA books with absolutely devastatingly sad endings.
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How do you guys know exactly the perfect books-
The death cureYou've reached sam (the whole book is sad... But the end- uff it just broke me)
I'm not sure how far back into the past you want to go, but this one from the 70s is very sad: Bless the Beasts and Children. So is the movie. And so is the song by the Carpenters that was in the movie.
If I Stay by Gayle Foreman. this whole book is so sad. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein - devastating WWII story.
Pamela wrote: "Podkayne of Mars by Robert Heinlein Podkayne of Mars"Yes, especially the newer edition with the original ending.
Seconding Deanne's suggestion of Bless the Beasts and the Children- definitely fits the devastatingly sad department!
A Time For Dancing" by Davida Wills Hurwin.
I was not OK after reading this one:Battlecry Forever!
Adding a few classics, just in case:
Stone Fox
Old Yeller
Where the Red Fern Grows
Maybe more middle grade, though I think it could be enjoyed by a young adult- kind of devastating throughout the whole book: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Not entirely YA, but the Book Thief
The Fault in Our StarsLooking for Alaska
If I Stay
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Lovely Bones
We Were Liars
The Second Life of Ava Rivers
Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now
This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace EarlA Monster Calls
A Summer to Die
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
A Walk to Remember
Lost Boys
The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall
Letters from the Inside
The Dilemma
We'll Never Be Apart
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Yes, I have already read Allegiant.
And TFIOS...