At the end of the world, a woman must hide her secret power and find her kidnapped daughter in this "intricate and extraordinary" Hugo Award winning novel of power, oppression, and revolution. (The New York Times) This is the way the...
Families
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Author:Jemisin, N. K.Summary: - Author:Shalvis, JillSummary:
When strangers Levi and Jane are stuck on a ski lift in high winds, Levi calls his parents to warn them for the worst. To ease their mind, he calls Jane his girlfriend. Then his phone dies. Levi and Jane do not.
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Author:Bhat, ShashiSummary: - Author:Bhat, ShashiSummary:
When Mira Acharya's father dies, the challenges facing her Indo-Canadian family become that much more daunting. Ravi, her autistic older brother, requires special care but longs to be just like other children. Their mother must...
- Author:Johnstone, William W.Summary:
Preacher, Smoke, and Matt Jensen are reunited in a clash of cultures and a brutal all-out fight for justice.
- Author:Wilson, KevinSummary:
Their children called it mischief.
Performance artists Caleb and Camille Fang dedicated themselves to making great art. But when an artist’s work lies in subverting normality, it can be difficult to raise well-adjusted children....
- Author:Weber, CarlSummary:
By day, the Duncans are an upstanding family who run a thriving car dealership in Queens. By night, they live a dangerous secret life.
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Author:Smyth, CiaraSummary: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...
- Author:Laguna, SofieSummary:
Told from the mesmerising point of view and in the inimitable voice of Jimmy, this is an extraordinary novel about a poor family who is struggling to cope with a different and difficult child.
- Author:Azar, ShokoofehSummary:
Set in Iran in the decade following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, this moving, richly imagined novel is narrated by the ghost of Bahar, a thirteen-year-old girl, whose family is compelled to flee their home in Tehran for a new life in a...
- Author:Kasper, JasonSummary:
While on a mission half a world away from his home in Virginia, elite assassin David Rivers uncovers an imminent attack on US soil in four days. The target is in his hometown. And his wife and daughter are mentioned by name.
- Author:Colgan, JennySummary:
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop on the Corner and The Cafe by the Sea comes another enchanting, unforgettable novel of a woman who makes a fresh start on the beautiful Scottish Island of Mure--only to discover...
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Author:Helget, Nicole LeaSummary:Eleven-year-old Fern helps to take care of her impoverished family by foraging for food in the forest, but when a fracking company rolls into town, she realizes that her peaceful woods and her family's livelihood could be threatened....
- Author:Lee, Jen SookfongSummary:
The portrait of three generations of the Chan family living in Vancouver's Chinatown, where history repeats itself through the generations. Abandoned by her sisters, jobless and stuck in a city she resents, Sammy finds herself cobbling...
- Author:Tóibín, ColmSummary:
A collection of short fiction includes "The Street," in which Pakistani workers in Barcelona pursue a taboo affair; and "Two Women," in which a taciturn Irish set designer confronts repressed emotions while working...
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Author:Sally ItoSummary:During the Second World War, approximately 4,000 Japanese-Canadians were "repatriated" to Japan. Among those Canadians sent back were members of author and poet Sally Ito's family. As a Japanese Canadian child growing up in the suburbs...
- Author:Haratischwili, NinoSummary:
'That night Stasia took an oath, swearing to learn the recipe by heart and destroy the paper. And when she was lying in her bed again, recalling the taste with all her senses, she was sure that this secret recipe could heal wounds...
- Author:Ridley, EricaSummary:
The start of a new Regency series features a woman looking to recover a stolen painting accidentally kidnaps a duke instead.Chloe Wynchester is completely forgettable -- a curse that gives her the ability to blend into any crowd. When...
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Author:Eddie, ChristineSummary:An Amazon.ca Best Book of 2013. Roman was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. At 18, he leaves his family for a home in the forest, learning to live off the land rather than his family’s wealth. Éléna flees a house of blood and...
- Author:NoNieqa, RamosSummary:
A 2019 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection.
A 2018 New York Public Library Best Book for Teens.Macy's school officially classifies her as "disturbed," but Macy isn't interested in how others define her. She's...
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