Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts...
Stepfathers
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Author:Connor, LeslieSummary: -
Author:Dunbar, HeleneSummary:Five years after an unspeakable tragedy, Gordie Allen is living with his half-brother Kevin, the only person who can protect Gordie at school and keep him focused on getting his life back on track. But just when it seems like things are...
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Author:Beitia, SaraSummary:"We have to get to her first…" Abducted? Runaway? Murder victim? Lily Odilon—local wild child from a middle-of-nowhere town—has vanished after spending the night with her boyfriend, new kid Albert Morales. Suspected in her disappearance...
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Author:Martin, KatSummary:Knowing that she alone can protect her sister from the Baron Harwood, their lecherous stepfather, Victoria Temple Whiting snatches the family's heirloom necklace-believed to hold the power to bring great happiness or terrible tragedy-to...
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Author:Hepinstall, KathySummary:Simon Jester's past is full of secrets. Ony his step-children, 12-year-old Alice and her older brother Boone, know the true darkness that lies in his heart. When terror invades their lives, the two children are forced to attempt...
- Author:Dexter, PeteSummary:
Warren Spooner is a troubled boy whose father dies shortly after he's born. When his mother marries Calmer Ottosson, a decorated Navy officer fallen from grace, Warren is saved by Calmer's inexhaustible patience. As Warren...
- Author:Yarrow, JoyceSummary:
Roped into helping her émigré stepfather Nikolai escape the clutches of a ruthless blackmailer, Jo Epstein must enter a world where criminals enforce a 19th century code of honor, threats arrive inside traditional Matryoshka (nesting)...
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Author:Salisbury, GrahamSummary:Working for his stepfather on a charter fishing boat in Hawaii teaches thirteen-year-old Mikey about fishing, and about taking risks, making sacrifices, and facing some of life's difficult choices.
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Author:Mowat, ClaireSummary:Fifteen-year-old Andrea Baxter is thrilled when she's offered a summer job in Cape Breton. Although her mother worries that she is too young to move so far away, Andrea welcomes the chance to strike out on her own. It seems the perfect...
- Author:Marshall, BevSummary:
When a handsome evangelist marries 13- year-old Layla's attractive mother, all seems idyllic. But soon her grandmother dies, her mother has a near-fatal accident, and a family member tries to rape her. After her mom interrupts the...
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Author:Dickens, CharlesSummary:David Copperfield traces the eponymous hero from misery in the Salem House Academy and drudgery in his stepfather's business, to his escape to Dover and an eccentric aunt where he transforms his life.
- Author:Roby, Kimberla LawsonSummary:
A seemingly perfect 12-year-old girl harbors a terrible secret--one that threatens to tear her world apart. But the girl also houses a surprising inner strength, and the power to hope may just be what saves her.
