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81) Not my daughter
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Devastated by her teenage daughter's pregnancy, single mother and high school principal Susan Tate is targeted by unfair criticism when the pregnancies of additional teens are rumored to be part of a pact.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Delilah reads a fairy tale she found in the school library multiple times and feels as though it is more than words on a page. One day she finds out that the handsome prince, castle and evil villain are real, but from a different world, and she wonders how this meeting of fantasy and reality can work.
Author
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A memoir from the former child actress and veteran journalist describes the pride, pressure, and cruelty she felt from her ambitious stage mother while working as part of the cast of "Little House on the Prairie."
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Rose Wilder Lane, who experienced the stock market crash after returning to her home in the Ozarks, when her mother, Laura, wrote "Pioneer Girl", which made literary history.
86) The Hazel Wood
Author
Series
Hazel Wood volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice's life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice's grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get.
Author
Series
Royal Ballet School diaries volume 1
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
After moving from Chicago to Oxford, England, ten-year-old Ellie worries about making new friends at school and caring for her mother who has multiple sclerosis, while also preparing to audition for the resident dancers training program at London's Royal Ballet School.
91) All is bright
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Books
Language
English
Description
"In the little town of Cape Light, Reverend Ben Lewis reflects on Christmas past-while his beloved daughter, Rachel, looks to the future. A box of old photographs sparks long forgotten memories for Reverend Ben, images of himself when he was a young minister, a newcomer to Cape Light and his congregation. He remembers the very first Christmas at his new church, when nothing turned out as he expected. A prominent church member and benefactor, Oliver...
93) Sidewalk flowers
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A little girl collects wildflowers while on a walk with her distracted father. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
As overweight Rosemary takes charge of her life and slowly loses weight, she also copes with her mother's cancer, having a boyfriend for the first time, and discovering that other people's lives are not as perfect as they appear.
Author
Language
English
Description
This book takes its place alongside the unnerving, memorable, darkly funny family memoirs of Augusten Burroughs and Mary Karr. It's a father-daughter tale perfectly suited to the graphic memoir form. Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian house, a third-generation funeral home director, a high school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out,...
96) Show way
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The making of "Show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tale inspired by the tenuous relationship between the third President and his eldest daughter, Martha, finds her returning after five years abroad to the family's Virginia plantation, where heartbreak and political challenges are complicated by her father's absence and her strong anti-slavery views.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After Trixie and daddy leave the laundromat, something very important turns up missing. Featuring the complete story, a storybook read-along, and the original cast recording of the Kennedy Center's Knuffle Bunny: A cautionary musical.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sequel to: Caleb's story. Eight-year-old Cassie Witting is upset when she finds out that her mother, Sarah, is expecting a baby, but writing in the journal that was her brother Caleb's helps her sort out her feelings and she finally learns that Sarah will always love her.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"An immigrant family gets caught in the middle of a criminal investigation in this pulsating debut, perfect for readers of Everything I Never Told You and Ask Again, Yes"--