I Miss You, Brother is written from the view point of the authors youngest son who lost a sibling. It is meant to start conversations to express the grieving childs different emotions.
Some children will be very vocal about their feelings while others will not shed a tear nor want to talk. He sees your friends embracing you, but his friends are not allowed to come play right now.
Not knowing how to deal with grief, he may lash out in frustration. Adults are whispering and not sharing with him. He may feel confused about his parents crying or they may become over protective.
He is afraid to talk about the things that scare him. We have protected him from the details of his siblings illness, the accident, the actual death. Allow yourself to go through all the stages of grief and help your child to do the same.