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Publisher
The Chosen, Inc
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Clashing kingdoms, Rival rulers. The enemies of Jesus close in for the kill while His followers struggle to keep up, leaving Him to carry the burden alone. Season Four promises to deliver where last season's incredible walking on-water finale left off.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"On the outside they were the golden family with the perfect life. On the inside they built the perfect lie. A young nanny who plunged to her death, or was she pushed? A nine-year-old girl who collects sharp objects and refuses to speak. A lawyer whose job it is to uncover who in the family is a victim and who is a murderer. But how can you find out the truth when everyone here is lying? Rose Barclay is a nine-year-old girl who witnessed the possible...
5) Oye
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"When Miami residents are ordered to evacuate before a hurricane, everyone in Luciana's family complies, except for her beloved yet batty grandmother, Abue. But it turns out the storm isn't the real crisis: Abue, normally glamorous and full of energy, is given a devastating medical diagnosis once danger passes. Luciana, and the rest of the family, are heartbroken, but Abue is about as interested in getting treatment as she was in evacuating. She'd...
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Her family name tarnished, Josephina escapes to a remote North Carolina island to oversee the restoration of a lighthouse--one complete with ghost stories, rumors, and notes tucked into the old stone walls. Perhaps if she can untangle the secrets of thepast she can restore a family's reputation and correct the course of her own life in the process"--
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A decade ago, Dr. Alan Townsend's family received two unthinkable, catastrophic diagnoses: his 4-year-old daughter and his brilliant and vivacious wife developed unrelated, life-threatening forms of brain cancer. As he witnessed his young daughter fightduring the courageous final months of her mother's life, Townsend - a lifelong scientist - was indelibly altered. He began to see scientific inquiry as more than a source of answers to a given problem,...
Author
Publisher
Brindle & Glass
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"Harold Walker is desperately average and listless at mid-life, stemming in part from the abrupt death of his one-time best friend, Tom. Harold's wife Audrey, an increasingly frustrated housewife and mother to their two teenage sons, is a control freak silently harbouring an explosive secret. Things go flying in the Walker household when Harold's long-deceased mother comes back to haunt them. He finds he has her gift for opening the door to the past-and...
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A strikingly original and absorbing mystery about a white-passing bookbinder in Victorian England and the secrets lurking on the estate where we she works, for fans of Fingersmith and The Confessions of Frannie Langton The library is under lock and key. But its secrets can't be contained. 1896. After he brought her home from Jamaica as a baby, Florence's father had her hair hot-combed to make her look like the other girls. But as a young woman, Florence...
Author
Publisher
Laurence King
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Do you know the difference between a sight and a smell hound? Can you tell your pug from your poodle? From faithful family pet to wild pack animal, discover all there is to know about our canine friends (and their wild relatives) in this charming compendium of dogs from author/illustrator Katie Viggers. With quirky illustrations and fascinating facts, A Book of Dogs is the perfect introduction for children to this much-loved animal"--
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Series
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This book addresses the challenges teenagers may face when a family member has dementia. It offers valuable information and support, with stories from young adults themselves and interviews with adults who know and care for people with dementia"--
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 5
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future.
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In this thesis on the value of being connected to our food, Pamela Ruch explores the difference of being the producer and the consumer. From years of experience of working on a farm, she delves into the hard questions of farming that many consumers do not wish to answer such as: Kill the groundhog and save the cabbage patch? and Use pesticides or eat the insects?
Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone has a narcissist in their life-and for millions of women, it's their mother. Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers offers proven-effective skills drawn from evidence-based psychology to help readers maintain boundaries, reduce anxiety, build confidence, extinguish their critical internal voice, stop feeling invisible, and live life on their own terms"--
"Were you raised by a narcissist? This essential guide will show you how to stop feeling...
17) Dead to you
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Having been abducted at age seven, abandoned, a foster child, and homeless, Ethan, now sixteen, is happy to be home until his brother's suspicion and his own inability to remember something unspeakable from his early childhood begin to tear the family apart.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Collects the diaries of middle-schooler Greg Heffley as he faces the challenges of school, deals with his annoying older brother, and misses the comforts and conveniences of modern life when his town voluntarily goes electronics-free.
19) Switching goals
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Devin is spotted by an agent who wants her to model athletic wear, and soon she is juggling photo shoots, soccer games and practice, family time, and other activities.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Being a teen is hard enough. But when you have autism--or when your sibling is struggling with the condition--life can be a topsy-turvy ride. What happens when you come face-to-face with dating, parties, sports, body changes, school, and kids who just don't get you? Where do you turn when your sibling with autism is the butt of jokes, the victim of misunderstood social cues, and the one everyone thinks is weird? Through alternating narratives based...