Two teenaged sisters, separated by death but still connected, work through their feelings of loss over the closeness they shared as children that was later destroyed by one's mental illness, and finally make peace with each other.
Juvenile fiction
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Author:Griffin, AdeleSummary: - Author:Rawls, WilsonSummary:
A young boy living in the Ozarks achieves his heart's desire when he becomes the owner of two redbone hounds and teaches them to be champion hunters.
- Author:Dilloway, MargaretSummary:
When a new housing development threatens to ruin the night sky and her favorite astronomy spots, twelve-year-old Tuesday Beals must solve her uncle's riddle to save the land.
- Author:Sendak, MauriceSummary:
A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.
- Author:Cowley, Joy.Summary:
At bedtime, a toddler hunts for his teddy bear. He describes his bear and looks in the kitchen, on the stairs and in the living room. But he can't find Bear. His big sister knows where to look. Bear is waiting on the boy's bed...
- Author:Elmquist, Laurie, Parkins, DavidSummary:
Reece Hansen is missing two things: his father and his frog. His parents are newly separated, and his dad is now living in another city, fighting forest fires. Reece struggles to get used to daily life without him. When he loses his pet...
- Author:Copp, Mary WagleySummary:
Of all her friends, Abia has been at the Shimelba Refugee Camp the longest-seven years, four months, and sixteen days. Papa says that's too long and they need a forever home. Until then, though, Abia has something important to do. Be a...
- Author:Olsen, SylviaSummary:
Joey is a happy Nuu-chah-nulth boy, eager to help and quick to see the bright side of things. But when he loses his beloved grandmother, the sun goes out in his world. Fortunately, she has left something of herself behind--a song, which...
- Author:Reichert, Amy.Summary:
While Rose's mother has a "quick chat" on the telephone, Rose is supposed to get ready for bed but finds she is hosting a party instead.
- Author:Johnson, Mariana RuizSummary:
While you are sleeping, does the rest of the world sleep, too' Not everyone. In this dreamy book, which won the 2015 Silent Book Contest at the prestigious Bologna Children's Book Fair, Mariana Ruiz Johnson conjures up the...
- Author:Liparulo, RobertSummary:
David and Xander's search for their mother has led them on terrifying journeys as they've stepped through the portals of their creepy old house and into some of history's most turbulent moments. Now they must not only visit the past,...
- Author:Nixon, Joan LowerySummary:
After making contact with the spirit world during a near-death experience, Sarah moves to Houston with her parents and receives otherworldly messages about a murder committed in her house.
- Author:Kent, Jennifer McGrathSummary:
A summer hike in the New Brunswick woods turns into a nightmare when Shawn and his friends find themselves trapped by a raging forest fire. Now their only chance for survival may be the legendary White Caves...but can they find them in...
- Author:Dance, JenniferSummary:
Short-listed for the Silver Birch Award, Moonbeam Children’s Book Award, CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens Award, and the MYRCA 2016 Award “With Red Wolf, Jennifer Dance has come howling out of the wilderness … and I’m deeply...
- Author:Jiatong, ChenSummary:
The second novel in the Chinese bestselling White Fox series, translated by Jennifer Feeley and with illustrations by Viola Wang. The quest continues as white fox Dilah and his friends follow the moonstone's guiding light, hearts...
- Author:Lawson, JulieSummary:
On a trip to Chinatown, thirteen-year-old Jasmine steps through a doorway back in time and finds herself in the 1880s. 1994 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize — Winner 1994 Candian Library Association Book of the Year Award —...
- Author:Spathelfer, TeoniSummary:
Little Wolf, grown up with children of her own, moves to the country where her mother, White Raven, shares a sad story from her childhood. All grown up with a family of her own, Little Wolf moves from the big city to the island of her...
- Author:Klages, EllenSummary:
Living with the Gordons in their quiet desert town in New Mexico in 1946, Dewey is learning a lot from her science-obsessed adoptive family, but just as she begins to settle in and get comfortable, Dewey's long-lost mother reemerges to...
- Author:Citra, BeckySummary:
Robin can hardly wait for her cousin April and her Aunty Liz to come to the ranch for Christmas. When a devastating car accident sends Aunty Liz to the hospital for several months, Robin can't help but be overjoyed to learn that April...
- Author:Ghigna, Charles, Van Kampen, Vlasta, Down, ChristianSummary:
This is an enhanced ebook with a read-along function. Tongue-twisty teasers lead the reader through a miscellany of animals in this brilliantly illustrated hint-and-reveal book. Careful clues invite the child to guess what's coming...
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