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Author
Series
Family tree volume 2
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Four girls. Four generations. One family.The second entry in the beautiful new series from Ann M. Martin.
Dana is Abby's daughter -- but she's always been much closer to her father, Zander. He's a celebrated New York author who encourages Dana's artistic talents . . . even if he sometimes drinks too much. Dana is on his side in any argument, regardless of whether he's wrong. And then her father dies. After years of moving, often with her mother and...
483) The mum minder
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Sadie's mum is a childminder, but when her mum gets flu, someone must look after the children. Sadie finds herself spending her holiday not only looking after her mum, but three-year-old Gemma, two-year-old Vincent, and the two babies. How will Sadie cope with minding the children - and her mum.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Haunted by the choices she made as a teenager, Rosemary, a teacher at a school for troubled girls, knows that one of her students is the child she gave up, but isn't prepared for the deadly consequences that come with discovery--or just how wicked wayward girls can be.
485) Good girls
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Two sisters are at lifelong odds with each other, their mother, and themselves, and as every hour becomes more twisted than the last, they are all pushed to their breaking point.
486) You're wearing that?
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Library edition.
Language
English
Description
"Mothers and daughters speak the same language--but still often misunderstand each other, as they struggle to find the right balance between closeness and independence. Both mothers and daughters want to be seen for who they are, but tend to see the other as falling short of who she should be. Each overestimates the other's power and underestimates her own. Why do daughters complain that their mothers always criticize, while mothers feel hurt that...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Aniana del Mar belongs in the water like a dolphin belongs to the sea. But she and Papi keep her swim practices and meets hidden from Mami, who has never recovered from losing someone she loves to the water years ago. That is, until the day Ani's stiffness and swollen joints mean she can no longer get out of bed, and Ani is forced to reveal just how important swimming is to her. What follows is the journey of a girl who must grieve who she once was...
488) A dark queen rises
Author
Series
Burnt Empire saga volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Queen Aqreen of Aquila leaves her husband Jarsun and flees across the Red Desert. She is determined to keep her daughter from being used by Jarsun to stake his claim to the Burning Throne of Hastinaga, seat of the all-powerful Burnt Empire. But Jarsun is powerful and vengeful, and can summon legions of demoniac forces at will.
489) Where waters meet
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
There was rarely a time when Phoenix Yuan-Whyller's mother, Rain, didn't live with her. Even when Phoenix got married, Rain, who followed her from China to Toronto, came to share Phoenix's life. Now at the age of eighty-three, Rain's unexpected death ushers in a heartrending separation. Struggling with the loss, Phoenix comes across her mother's suitcase, a memory box Rain had brought from home. Inside, Phoenix finds two old photographs and a decorative...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An exciting middle grade novel featuring Raven Queen, daughter of the Evil Queen! Dear Diary, I'm so hexcited for spring break! It's royally disappointing that Dad has to cut our time together short, but it's royally cool that I get to spend the break with my best friends forever after, Madeline Hatter and Cerise Hood! I just hope I can shake this fairy, fairy weird feeling I've been having. It's almost as if my mom, the Evil Queen, put a curse on...
493) Little women
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in nineteenth-century New England. Born into poverty yet taught to live generously by their mother, the sisters encounter the classic struggles all girls face.
494) Alice Bliss
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When Alice Bliss learns that her father is being deployed to Iraq, she's heartbroken. Alice idolizes her father, loves working beside him in their garden, accompanying him on the occasional roofing job, playing baseball. When he ships out, Alice is faced with finding a way to fill the emptiness he has left behind. Matt will miss seeing his daughter blossom from a tomboy into a full-blown teenager. Alice will learn to drive, join the track team, go...
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Amber Brown is feeling blue: Nine-year-old Amber Brown faces further complications because of her parents' divorce when her father plans to move back from Paris and she must decide which parent she will be with on Thanksgiving.
I, Amber Brown: Because her divorced parents share joint custody of her, nine-year-old Amber suffers from lack of self-esteem and feels that she is a piece of jointly-owned property.
Amber Brown is green with envy: Fourth-grader...
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