Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life.
Family life
- Auteur:Lin, GraceSommaire:
- Auteur:Cullen, Nancy JoSommaire:
Set in Calgary in 1982, during the recession that arrived on the heels of Canada's National Energy Program, The Western Alienation Merit Badge follows the Murray family as they struggle with grief and find themselves on the brink of...
- Auteur:AviSommaire:
When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family.
- Auteur:Williams, KathrynSommaire:
Jess Morgan discovers her late aunt's diaries and sees she's not the only one struggling to hide who she really is. But was her aunt truly Anastasia, the Romanov princess? Or is this some elaborate hoax?
- Auteur:McDonald, MeganSommaire:
In Acton, Oregon, sisters Alex, Stevie, and Joey take turns telling about their lives, including their long line of actor ancestors, creative family dinners, toe marshmallows, swearing in Shakespeare, and the Sisters Club.
- Auteur:Golding, Theresa MartinSommaire:
Carly Chambers spends her summer days delivering mysterious packages for her harsh father but when she sneaks out at night to find some freedom, she faces danger from all sides.
- Auteur:McDonald, MeganSommaire:
In Acton, Oregon, sisters Alex, Stevie, and Joey take turns telling about their lives, including auditioning for the same part in the school musical, baking contest-worthy cupcakes, and becoming obsessed with "Little Women."
- Auteur:Wertheim, L. Jon, Moskowitz, Tobias J.Sommaire:
Using the tips, truths, and stats, two dads pack super sports savvy and important math and financial concepts into a fun and heartwarming first novel for kids.
- Auteur:Kroll, BobSommaire:
For readers of Paulette Jiles and Gil Adamson, a 19th-century tale of a father's greatest regret and path to redemption Devastated at his wife's death and stricken at raising two girls and a boy on his own, Arthur Delaney places his...
- Auteur:Ruiz Zafón, CarlosSommaire:
It's wartime, and the Carver family decides to leave the capital where they live and move to a small coastal village where they've recently bought a home. But from the minute they cross the threshold, strange things begin to happen. In...
- Auteur:Hinton, S. E.Sommaire:
Three brothers struggle to stay together after their parents' death, as they search for an identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society in which they find themselves 'outsiders'.
- Auteur:Banks, Lynne ReidSommaire:
After the family moves to the country to a house recently inherited by his mother, Omri finds many secrets revealed to him when he accidently discovers the link between the house and the magic cupboard. Sequel to "The Secret of the...
- Auteur:Moore, BryceSommaire:
Twin brother and sister Benji and Kelly wander off at the local county fair after witnessing their parents argue. When Benji runs into a group of bullies, he escapes into a tent called The Memory Emporium, where he meets a strange old...
- Auteur:Bennett, SophiaSommaire:
When she is spotted by a modeling agency and her beautiful sister falls seriously ill, gangly fifteen-year-old Edwina "Ted" Trout must choose between fame and family.
- Auteur:Banks, Lynne ReidSommaire:
As Omri, his father, and other members of his family learn more about the cupboard in his room, together and separately they are caught up in several dangerous adventures that reveal more about its powers.
- Auteur:Yee, PaulSommaire:
When her father is lost at sea during a typhoon and her family no longer has enough to eat, Yenyee travels to Vancouver as a servant, across the ocean which she feels betrayed her.
- Auteur:Oh, EllenSommaire:
Harper Raine faces new challenges ahead when her parents take the whole family to a remote tropical island for vacation. As Harper starts to have visions of the resort's history of disappearances and discovers more about the island...
- Auteur:Smiley, JaneSommaire:
Abby Lovitt has been riding horses for as long as she can remember, but Daddy hasn't let her name a single one. He calls all their geldings George and their mares Jewel and warns her not to get attached. The horses are there on the...
- Auteur:Bryan, AliSommaire:
A hilarious portrait of a modern, mostly happy family, in all its glorious messiness. Meet the Figgs. June, the family's matriarch, looks forward to a quiet retirement--if only she can get her three adult children to finally, finally,...
- Auteur:Smyth, CiaraSommaire:
Seventeen-year-old cynic Saoirse Clarke isn't looking for a relationship. But when she meets mischievous Ruby, that rule goes right out the window. Because Ruby has a loophole in mind: a summer of all the best cliché movie montage...