The unique developmental challenges facing persons during the formative adolescent years distinguish bereavement during this period from other portions of the life cycle, even though, understandably, there are some similarities between bereaved adolescents and bereaved adults. Thus the study of bereavement during adolescence deserves the particular attention of researchers. The objective of this chapter is to examine adolescent bereavement, provide a synthesis of adolescent bereavement research, and identify issues for future research.Although adolescent bereavement research has had a short history, a historical approach is a useful principal for organizing the chapter, because understanding its origins helps a reader see what has been accomplished in this field, understand the current limitations, and appreciate the advances made in some studies. A secondary organizing mechanism of the chapter is "development during adolescence." Adolescent bereavement cannot reliably be understood or investigated unless placed in the overall context of the developmental tasks and transitions facing adolescents.