Books on dementia

Aunt Zelda has something to give Elmer, but she can’t remember where or what it is! A gentle story depicting life with elderly relatives.

Clarice Bean gives us a snapshot of her life and family in the book that launched a bestselling series.

Annie loves drawing, running barefoot, her family, and possibly Max, her running partner. It’s an eventful time for the 12-year-old: as her mother is about to give birth, her beloved grandfather is sliding slowly into dementia.

Alex needs to act fast or his family will be torn apart

Can Mimi save her gran from losing her memories? An inclusive, searingly emotional story with magic realism elements.

This is an unusual adventure story that successfully holds the reader under its spell. A growing sense of danger rumbles in the background and it combines a convincing contemporary context with timeless mystery and magic.

Iris’ grandmother is losing her memory. While protecting her, Iris tracks down the secret behind a bracelet and develops a tentative friendship with the boy next door.

All teenagers are embarrassed by their parents but Jude feels she has more reason than most to cringe when hers are around her in public.

Lily loves fell running. She’s good, but never quite good enough: she gets anxious and loses her focus and then that’s it. Out. Plus she’s worried about her grandmother, who has Alzheimer’s and is growing distant and confused.

Fourteen-year-old Hudson has Asperger’s Syndrome, and knows his brain works differently. This entertaining and thought-provoking story reveals that there is more than one way of looking at life and its problems.

Allison befriends a woman with dementia, and an unusual friendship develops against the odds. This beautiful, profound verse novel goes straight to the heart and asks the questions teenagers most want to explore: who am I and what’s my place in the world?