Raised in near seclusion by an agoraphobic mother, Davy Cooper’s social skills are almost nonexistent. Now that his mother has died, he needs to make friends for the first time in his life. He catches Gavin Walker’s eye, but the sexy,...
Friendship
- Author:Boehme, KadeSummary:
- Author:Jenkins, EmilySummary:
Six stories relate the adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys.
- Author:Jenkins, EmilySummary:
Six stories relate the adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys.
- Author:Jenkins, EmilySummary:
When a little girl gets a plush stingray for her birthday, it makes friends with some of her other toys as they all try to navigate in the world of real people.
- Author:Jenkins, EmilySummary:
Six stories relate further adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys, as they encounter a fearsome (possible) shark, enjoy a dance party, and deal with rejection by The Girl, who is growing up.
- Author:Hunt, RobertSummary:
Townies is the sequel to Robert Hunt’s memoir Corner Boys and takes us back to the mean streets – and schools – of St. John’s in the 1950s and 1960s. This is a coming-of-age story about the friendships between young...
- Author:Rhodes, Jewell ParkerSummary:
Why does Pop get so angry when Deja brings up anything about the towers? Award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes tells a powerful story about young people who weren't alive to witness 9/11, but begin to realize how much it colors...
- Author:Brown, JenniferSummary:
Raised in the Midwest, Jersey Cameron knows all about tornadoes--or so she thinks. When her town is devastated by a twister, Jersey survives but loses her mother, her sister, and her home. Sent to live with her only surviving relatives...
- Author:Winman, SarahSummary:
"This is an astoundingly beautiful book. It drips with tenderness. It breaks your heart and warms it all at once."--Matt Haig, author of How to Stop Time. From internationally bestselling author Sarah Winman comes an...
- Author:Pastis, StephanSummary:
Resolving to earn so much money that his mother will no longer stress out over the bills, eleven-year-old Timmy Failure launches a detective business with a lazy polar bear partner named Total but finds their enterprise "Total...
- Author:Gray Smith, MoniqueSummary:
"When Tilly receives an invitation to help drive eight elders on their ultimate bucket list road trip to Albuquerque for the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow, she impulsively says yes. Before she knows it, Tilly has said goodbye to her...
- Author:Smith, Monique GraySummary:
When Tilly receives an invitation to help drive eight elders on their ultimate bucket-list road trip, she impulsively says yes. Before she knows it, Tilly has said good-bye to her family and is on an adventure that will transform her in...
- Author:THOMPSON, HarrySummary:
Robert FitzRoy is given the captaincy of HMS Beagle, surveying the wilds of Tierra del Fuego. He is aged twenty three, and suffers from hereditary manic depression. He takes on a passenger, a young trainee cleric and amateur geologist...
- Author:Lohans, AlisonSummary:
The novel opens in August of 1941 when the world is at war with Germany and Italy and tensions between the Japanese and Caucasians are rising in their community. As the war overseas escalates, so do the tensions in the San Joaquin...
- Author:Selecky, SarahSummary:
Finalist for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize and longlisted for the 2010 Frank O'Connor Award Sarah Selecky’s first book takes dead aim at a young generation of men and women who often set out with the best of intentions, only to have...
- Author:BLUME, JudySummary:
Ever since his father got rich from his invention, Tony Miglione has had nothing but problems. His mother is becoming a social climbing phoney and his grandma is miserable now that she's no longer allowed to cook!
- Author:Snow, K. Z.Summary:
Eighteen-year-old Jess Bonner is casting off pretense—and, with it, some friends from his past who aren’t particularly trustworthy. In just a few months he’ll be starting college, and it’s time for him to admit the truth: he’s gay, not...
- Author:DELINSKY, BarbaraSummary:
On a charming cul-de-sac in suburban Connecticut, three close-knit couples find their long-cherished harmony undone when a lovely, younger neighbour, widowed a year ago and presumably still unattached, becomes pregnant. Who is the...
- Author:GRAHAME, KennethSummary:
The adventures of that engaging reprobate Toad of Toad Hall, and his lovable friends Ratty, Mole and Badger are a delight for children and adults alike.
- Author:Grahame, KennethSummary:
A charming mole and an impulsive toad get into trouble in the English countryside. Adventures include stealing a car, escaping from prison and running into a god.