A high school senior tries to cope with the shifting patterns of his life while struggling to come to terms with his parents' divorce, his best friend's sudden departure, his mother's remarriage, and his father's...
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- Author:Shoup, BarbaraSummary:
- 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...
- 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: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...
- 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.
- 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: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...
- 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.
- 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: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: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.
- 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...
- Author:Hebert, ConnieSummary:
The Teachable Minute is a golden opportunity to teach kids something, anywhere, FAST. It can be caught at any time, in common places, where we all live and go. When we make time to Show, Ask, or Teach kids something, we help kids in two...
- Author:Boll, RosemarieSummary:
Danny McMillan never knew that his father was abusing his mother, until a night of violence that shattered his family forever. Watching in the courtroom as his father is sentenced, Danny struggles with divided loyalties – to his mother...
- Author:Picoult, JodiSummary:
The Hartes and the Golds have been neighbors for 18 years and are very close. So when Chris and Emily's friendship reaches the next level, nobody is surprised. Then one night, the hospital calls. Seventeen-year-old Emily is dead--...
- Author:Peacock, ShaneSummary:
Dylan is twelve years old and embarking on his first ocean kayaking trip with his parents. He has spent the last year convincing them that he is ready for the challenging-and very dangerous-adventure. In fact, he has been determined to...
- Author:EDWARDS, KimSummary:
A New York Times Bestseller. Forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins, Dr. David Henry makes a split second decision - he keeps the healthy boy and tells the nurse to bring the girl, who has Down's Syndrome, to an institution...
- Author:Quinn, KarenSummary:
Ivy Ames, fortysomething mother of two, loses her high-flying job (to downsizing) and her husband (to their neighbor) in the same day. To pay for her daughter's private schooling, she starts a new business helping wealthy Manhattanites...
- Author:Marcus, BenSummary:
Marcus creates a chilling world where the speech of children is killing their parents. After being forced to leave their daughter Esther to fend for herself, Sam and Claire end up at a government lab intent on creating non-lethal speech...