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Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
While still adjusting to the reality of having two families, her birth family and the family into which she was kidnapped as a small child, seventeen-year-old Janie makes a shocking discovery about her long-gone kidnapper.
Author
Series
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
1983
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Newbery Medal Winner * Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children * ALA Notable Children's Book
Beverly Cleary's timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecurity, and bullying through the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw.
After his parents separate, Leigh Botts moves to a new town with his mother. Struggling
...Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Language
English
Description
Eight years ago, James Keeper fell in love with his upstairs neighbor in Boston, a sassy pastry chef with gray eyes and a fierce attitude. They got married, found a dog, and shopped for cilantro. But conflicting schedules and a real estate deal gone bad took its toll on the twenty-somethings in love. One divorce later, the hand-me-down chairs were separated, the potato masher custody settled, and Keeper moved to Providence to work with his best friend...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pete the cat wants to thank his parents for all the things they do for him, but he isn't sure how until he speaks to his brother and gets some inspiration.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In her new novel, Danielle Steel tells a riveting story of the dark side of motherhood. Zoe Morgan's childhood was marked by her younger sister's tragic illness, watching as her parents dedicated themselves completely to her final days and then divorced. As a young woman driven by these painful memories, Zoe sets the bar high for herself, studying hard and pursuing a career in the nonprofit world, where her deep compassion for disadvantaged children...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Noah wants to go home. A seemingly easy request from most four year olds. But as Noah's single-mother, Janie, knows, nothing with Noah is ever easy. One day the pre-school office calls and says Janie needs to come in to talk about Noah, and no, not later, now - and life as she knows it stops. For Jerome Anderson, life as he knows it has stopped. A deadly diagnosis has made him realize he is approaching the end of his life. His first thought - I'm...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
2011, ©2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Through rhyming verses, parents offer words of encouragement to their children to look inside themselves to find what they need to succeed and to let them know they always have someone cheering for them.
12) Without you
Author
Publisher
Laura Geringer Books
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young penguin and her father recieve comfort from each other as they wait for the mother penguin to return from her diving.
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"When Joey Campbell's biological father is released from prison, four-year old Joey faces a life no one could've planned. His father wants custody, and a judge's quick decision deals a devastating blow to the Campbell family: Joey must be returned to his biological parents. In a haze of grief and disbelief, the Campbells watch their adopted son pick a dandelion and blow the feathery seeds into the wind. And in the days following the ruling, Jack Campbell...
15) Hold tight
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Mike held his son's hand and told him to "hold tight," and he could feel the little hand dig into his but the crush got bigger and the little hand slipped from his and Mike felt that horrible panic, as if a wave hit them at the beach and it was washing his baby out with the tide. The separation lasted only a few seconds, ten at the most, but Mike would never forget the spike in his blood and the terror of those brief few moments. Tia and Mike Baye...
Author
Series
Publisher
Live Oak Media
Pub. Date
[2003], p2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Upset with her parents for arguing on what she hoped would be a perfect day, Amber gets lost at a county fair when she tries to follow her best friend Justin and his family through the crowd.
18) A perfect day
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A parent and child spend a perfect day together, from sunrise to nightfall.
19) No matter what
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Small, a little fox, seeks reassurance that Large will always provide love, no matter what.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When the sister who delighted their parents by her faithful embrace of Mexican culture dies in a tragic accident, Julia, who longs to go to college and move into a home of her own, discovers from mutual friends that her sister may not have been as perfect as believed.
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