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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"After uprooting her life in the States, Irene Steele has just settled in at the villa on St. John where her husband Russ had been living a double life. But a visit from the FBI shakes her foundations, and Irene once again learns just how little she knew about the man she loved. With help from their friends, Irene and her sons set up their lives while evidence mounts that the helicopter crash that killed Russ may not have been an accident. Meanwhile,...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Kyle felt guilty for playing a game as his mother suffered back at their small excuse for a house, but she had insisted and knew that it was important to her that he spend time outside of the mechanized hell where he spent sixty hours a week earning his meager pay that kept food on the table and paid the rent. Doctor Turnbull had estimated that she had six months remaining and that was three months ago. She had lost so much weight and was only able...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Wonderland
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In this rhyming adaptation for children of "Why a Son Needs a Mom: 100 Reasons" by Gregory E. Lang, a mother holds her newborn son and lists all the ways she will help him grow, reminding him to be curious, courageous, playful, and, most important, true to himself.
24) Your next breath
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Past is present. Catherine Ling has done everything she can to escape her past and create a new life, far from her rough beginnings. But someone has followed her trail and is playing a deadly game with her, using those she cares about as pawns."-- Provided by publisher.
25) The matchmakers
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
In "The Matchmakers", a young woman makes an effort to encourage her widowed father to get on with his life. She has in mind an older widow at the church and enlists the help of the woman's grown son. Through scheming and friendly manipulation, they get the two "oldsters" together, but the results are hardly what they anticipated! A delightful story by one of the best-loved inspirational writers of our time.
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
After years of bitterness and anger over her ex-husband's betrayal, Claire Conway's life finally seems to be on track. She has raised a fine son, Dakota. Her work is going well, and for the first time in years she finds herself attracted to a man once again. Then Dakota brings home his fiance, Sara Jennings, and everything falls apart. For Sara turns out to be the same woman Claire's husband had an affair with twelve years before. Forgiving Sara...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon/Vintage
Pub. Date
1998,c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
When Rick Bragg, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, thought about writing an appreciation of his mother and a memoir of his life, he hesitated. How would mama feel about seeing her life in print? When he asked her, she told him, "Write it," especially since she had remained quiet about her life for 50 years. All Over but the Shoutin' tells the story of a woman who endures years of hardship and deprivation to raise her three sons. It is not a simple...
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
While re-evaluating her life, a mother relies on her stoner son and his awkward brother to keep life interesting. When an unlikely romance blossoms between the youngest son and the girl next door, she realizes the key to her happiness can be found where she least expects it.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Jason has just learned that his Afghan mother has been living illegally in the United States since his father was killed in Afghanistan. Although Jason was born in the US, it's hard to feel American now when he's terrified that his mother will be discovered -- and that they will be separated. When he sees his mother being escorted from her workplace by two officers, Jason feels completely alone. He boards a train with the hope of finding his aunt...
31) A monster calls
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Conor, dealing with his mother's illness, a less-than-sympathetic grandmother, and bullying classmates, finds a most unlikely ally when a monster appears at his bedroom window. Ancient, wild, and relentless, the monster guides Conor on a journey of courage, faith, and truth.
32) The last promise
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
33) Corbenic
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow
Pub. Date
2006, c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In this modern day version of Perceval and the Holy Grail, a guilt-ridden British teenager leaves his mentally ill mother to live with his wealthy uncle and begins a journey of self-knowledge and redemption after being briefly transported to the Waste Land of Arthurian times.
35) Bloodstream
Author
Publisher
Pocket
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Now, Gerritsen again weaves frighteningly realistic medical detail into heart-stopping suspense, as a small-town doctor races to unravel the roots of a violent epidemic -- before it destroys everything she loves. Lapped by the gentle waters of Locust Lake, the small resort town of Tranquility, Maine, seems like the perfect spot for Dr. Claire Elliot to shelter her adolescent son, Noah, from the distractions of the big city, and the lingering memory...
36) Wing nut
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Grady and his mother relocate yet again, they find work taking care of an elderly man, who teaches Grady about cars, birds, and what it means to have a home.
38) Hawaiian sunrise
Author
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Maddy Morton is used to being on the run. . . .
Years ago, she ran away from home with a man her parents warned would be the ruin of her. Now she's on the run again, with her ten-year-old son, Nicholas, to escape that man, her abusive ex-husband, Gabe. Destitute, angry, and determined never to trust a man again, Maddy returns to the only place she's always felt safe—home. That means facing Jesse, her depressed father, who told her never
...Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Emily Allen, a librarian on Martha's Vineyard, has always dreamed of a life of travel and adventure. So when her favorite author, Siobhan Riordan, offers her a job in the Emerald Isle, Emily jumps at the opportunity. After all, Siobhan's novels got Em through some of the darkest days of her existence. Helping Siobhan write the final book in her acclaimed series - after a ten-year hiatus due to a scorching case of writer's block - is a dream come...
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