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1) Crosses
Author
Publisher
Open Road Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA Quick Pick, and an ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Readers Nancy and Katie are best friends with one big thing in common-they both cut themselves: "Not by accident, we do it purposely-and regularly-because physical pain is comforting, and because now it has become a habit." Crosses was the first novel for young adults to deal with an increasingly widespread disorder, and "graphically describes the...
2) Navy Baby
Author
Series
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
It was a night she'd never forget ... two strangers coming together in one breathless moment of intense need and heart-stopping desire. But now sheltered Hannah Raymond is expecting the child of rugged naval seaman Riley Murdock-a man she never thought she'd see again ... Riley has been searching for the elusive Hannah for months-ever since that night of searing passion left him shaken to the very depths of his soul. Now fate has finally reunited...
Author
Publisher
University of Queensland Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Daniel Whittaker has left some unusual instructions in his will: in order for his three children to get their share of the inheritance, they must hand-deliver twelve letters he has left with his lawyer. What significance did these strangers have to their father? Kelly, the youngest of the three, is intrigued by what they might learn about Daniel. For Richard, however, the exercise seems futile, especially when he has his own secrets to hide. And Evonne...
4) Kade
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
One look at the baby girl, and there was no question Kade Ryland was the father. For three months, Kade had posed as Bree Winston's husband at the Fulbright Fertility Clinic, while the two FBI agents investigated a trail of illegal adoptions and surrogates. Nine months later, a baby was dropped at his feet -- and Bree was nowhere to be found. Now Kade had to reopen a case that had gotten way too personal and find Bree -- fast. But if the two of them...
5) Rundown
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media Teen & Tween
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Driven by something she cannot understand, a teenager tells a dangerous lie In the last 16 days, 7 women have been assaulted by the South Bay rapist, and the students of UC Berkeley walk to class in fear. To the campus, he's a terror. To Jennifer, he's an opportunity. An overindulged high school student who feels unable to escape her older sister's shadow, Jennifer is desperate for attention-no matter how she gets it. To steal the spotlight from her...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Robbie spends the summer at his grandmother Maddy's house, he revels in his grandmother's easy, relaxed ways. Robbie has always felt as if something is missing in his life -- his parents don't always act like they love him. Maddy helps him understand that an experience his mother had long ago is at the heart of the problem in his family. With this knowledge, Robbie finds the courage to try to make things right. This poignant story from beloved...
Author
Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Blood is thicker than water ... It's a rainy day on Champion Street as Harriet attends the funeral of her beloved father. But then her grandmother drops a bombshell on her out of nowhere and she can hardly take in the words for shock and grief. Joyce , the woman she has always called Mam, isn't really her mother. After all this time, it at least explains why Joyce always favoured Harriet's brother, Grant . Her emotions in turmoil, Harriet discovers...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
From "the leading novelist of his generation" (the Daily Telegraph)-a story about marriage, family, and 1 man's 2nd chance At age 47, former playwright Frank Attercliffe lives with 2 of his 5 children in a 4-bedroom apartment on Walton Lane on the outskirts of an English suburb. For the past 3 years, his wife, Sheila, has been living with Maurice, a car dealer who owns a Rolls-Royce, a Bentley, and a Jaguar-a man rumored to have killed 3 people in...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A New York Times Notable Book: A luminous, deeply affecting story of divorce, remarriage, and parenthood. Peter and Emma, two single parents who have found love again after failed first marriages, dream of a peaceful and happy blended family with each of their daughters under one roof. They navigate this treacherous territory with the best of intentions, but face resistance from the girls, who, like many children of divorce, find their relationships...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Set in an African village, this follow-up to the Man Booker Prize-winning novel is "sometimes whimsical, sometimes bawdy . Fraught with wild visions" ( The Times ). "All is not well in the African village where Azaro lives. The child narrator of poet and novelist Okri's The Famished Road who had outwitted death in the previous book, again relates the oppressive events that continue to plague his village and his family. While political factionalization...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Part historical fiction, part heartbreaking romance, part bildungsroman, this book takes readers on a journey rich with detail and darkness" ( Seattle Book Review ). Henry Plageman is a master secret-keeper. A former Lutheran minister, he lost his faith after losing his infant son, Jack, many years ago; his wife, Marilyn, remains consumed by grief. But Henry has another life -- another woman and another child -- unknown to Marilyn. His lover, Lucy,...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Beautifully written and suffused with dread. Jane Shemilt's domestic settings are seductively vivid, and the final outcome is profoundly shocking and terrifying. - Gilly Macmillan , New York Times bestselling author of The Nanny Big Little Lies meets Lord of The Flies in this electrifyingly twisty psychological thriller, follow-up to Jane Shemilt's breakout debut The Daughter . Over the course of a long, hot summer in London, the lives of three very...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Giovanna's pretty face has changed - it's turning into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent. But is she seeing things as they really are? Where must she look to find her true reflection and a life she can claim as her own? Giovanna's search leads her to two kindred cities that fear and detest one another - the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. Adrift, she vacillates...
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