Everything is falling apart for high school senior Jackson Watt. His best friend Brady disappears without a word. His mom remarries, which means a new stepdad, a new house... a new life. He falls in love with the girl of his dreams, and...
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Author:Dallas, SandraSummary:As nine children walk home from school, a spring avalanche thunders down from Jubilee Mountain--burying everything in its path. This compelling novel of survival, redemption, and faith skillfully reveals the backstory of each family...
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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:Wong, JackSummary:
Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award. A reverent celebration of learning to swim among a diverse cast of children and families who each experience the mysterious joys of water in nature. In this exploration of what it...
- Author:Hamilton, JoanSummary:
What do you tell children when a parent has been diagnosed with a serious illness? What should you do? What should you talk about? When do you ell them? What words do you use? This book provides parents and other caregivers with...
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Author:Cooney, Caroline B.Summary:The members of two families have their lives disrupted when a teenage girl who had been kidnapped twelve years earlier discovers that the people who raised her are not her biological parents.
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Author:Cooney, Caroline B.Summary:While still adjusting to the reality of having two families, her birth family and the family into which she was kidnapped as a small child, seventeen-year-old Janie makes a shocking discovery about her long-gone kidnapper.
- Author:Van Camp, RichardSummary:
A dual-language poem for newborns by well known First Nations writer Richard Van Camp accompanied by photographs. In English and Plains Cree.
- Author:Liu, SimuSummary:
An immigrant who battles everything from parental expectations to cultural stereotypes, Liu is determined to carve out a path for himself that leads him to not only succeed as an actor but also to opening the door to reconciling with...
- Author:Gibson, SabinaSummary:
Join chicks, turtles, and their fuzzy countryside friends as they stretch and yawn and start the day in this new board book series! These adorable board books follow a group of fuzzy backyard families as parents guide their babies...
- Author:Guilmaine, ClaudetteSummary:
Cet ouvrage se veut une illustration de la diversité des situations et de la complexité des enjeux sous-jacents de même qu’un éclairage pour éviter certains pièges. La popularité grandissante de la garde partagée peut aussi comporter...
- Author:Steel, DanielleSummary:
Bill Browning heads the trauma unit at San Francisco's busiest emergency room, SF General. With his ex-wife and daughters in London, he immerses himself in his work and lives for rare visits with his children. A rising star at her...
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Author:Cooney, Caroline B.Summary:When Sophie's father suddenly decides to divorce Sophie's mother and marry her sister Marley's college roommate, Sophie feels like she is trapped in an endless soap opera.
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Author:Gay, Marie-Louise, Homel, DavidSummary:Family vacations are supposed to be something to look forward to. Unless, that is, your parents have a habit of turning every outing into a risky proposition -- by accident, of course. So instead of dream vacations to Disney World and...
- Author:Frankel, LaurieSummary:
"It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think."--Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies. This is how a family keeps a secret ... and how that secret ends up keeping them. This is how a family lives...
- Author:Hopkins, EllenSummary:
How do you live your life if your past is based on a lie? A new novel in both verse and prose from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ellen Hopkins.
For as long as she can remember, it’s been just Ariel and Dad. Ariel’s mom...
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Author:Rawlings, Marjorie KinnanSummary:A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.
- Author:Martin, Emily WinfieldSummary:
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal a parent's musings about what a child will become, knowing that the child's kindness, cleverness, and boldness will shine through no matter what, as will the love they share.
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Author:Cooney, Caroline B.Summary:Fifteen-year-old Janie feels devastated when she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her and her family through his college radio program.
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Author:Gay, Marie-Louise, Homel, DavidSummary:Travels with My FamilyFamily vacations are supposed to be something to look forward to. Unless, that is, your parents have a habit of turning every outing into a risky proposition — by accident, of course. So instead of dream vacations...
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