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Author
Publisher
The Permanent Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The Arroways appear to be a normal enough family. Liz and Pete's marriage has held up through time and circumstance, and their children, although not always perfectly mannered, seem to be clever and robust. But upon closer inspection this is not the case at all. Liz, a housewife with a keen nose for environmental issues, happens to be flirting with madness. Jake, the eldest child, is flirting with a reckless reinterpretation of the past. And Pete,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fiery Ramona Quimby and the well-meaning Henry Huggins may clash, but in this delightful and hilarious novel by Newbery Medal–winning author Beverly Cleary, it's an unlikely compromise that wins the day.
Henry and his friends are building a no-girls-allowed clubhouse. With a private space of their own, and a top-secret password required for entry, the boys are relieved to finally have a hang-out spot they don't have to
...43) The family book
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Describes a variety of families, some big and some small, some with only one parent and some with two moms or dads, some quiet and some noisy, but all alike in some ways, and special no matter what.
44) Matthew's Choice
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
He left it all behind. Until now. It's New Year's Eve, and for Matt Jefferies, life is perfect. The penthouse, the career, even the perfect soon-to-be-fiancée. But then Matt's troubled past knocks on his door. And once Allie Carson says hello, everything changes. Allie broke up with Matt years ago, when he turned "that kid from Beaker Street" into a cold, corporate city slicker. It went against what she loved about him, and the small-town life she...
45) Out of Time
Author
Publisher
Fremantle Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Anne and Joe have at long last found the sweet spot in their relationship – they have overcome conflict and difficulties and the challenges of growing towards old age together, and now appreciate each other's company, a great sex life, and are looking forward to what retirement brings. But inexplicably, Joe – a gifted architect – finds himself losing things, making miscalculations and blanking out parts of his day.
47) Just a bad day
Author
Publisher
Golden Books Pub
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little Critter feels like he is having a bad day when everything goes wrong, but when his father comes home from work, he has a surprise for Little Critter that turns his bad day into a good day.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This is how a family keeps a secret...and how that secret ends up keeping them. This is how a family lives happily ever after...until happily ever after becomes complicated. This is how children change...and then change the world. When Rosie and Penn and their four boys welcome the newest member of their family, no one is surprised it's another baby boy. At least their large, loving, chaotic family knows what to expect. But Claude is not like his...
Author
Publisher
Bloodhound Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"What do you do when you've lost it all? A novel of one man's rise and fall, self-doubt, and spiral into despair -- and the moments that can change our fates... Eddie Gamble was blessed with looks and charm. Everything came easy to him. It always had. It was just how it was -- until it wasn't. He had a successful media career, married his college sweetheart, and had a couple of kids. Still, every morning he looks in the mirror and only sees a fraud....
54) Melov's Legacy
Author
Publisher
The Permanent Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Sam Ross' novel is presented through the eyes of young Hershel Melov, the only child of an Eastern European immigrant family living in Chicago at the close of World War I. There are two legacies working at odds within the family; one is their old-world Ukranian heritage, and the other comes in the form of an insurance bequest which his father receives after Hershel's uncle is killed while fighting in Europe. The money has a disastrous effect upon...
55) Molly
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
★★Reminder: Book 1 of the Molly series is available so make sure to read it if you haven't already!★★Warning: This description contains spoilers for Molly 1 and 2. Do not read until you have read the first 2 books!
Sarah Hartley was a single, working-class mother, raising her son, Tommy, happily, working in a bakery, and saving change to take her son south on vacation. That was eight years ago, before she met a deranged serial killer and...
57) Homecoming
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Abandoned by their father and then their mother, four children begin a search for a home and an identity.
58) Polls Apart
Author
Publisher
Bloodhound Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Power, ambition, and love collide in this story of a high-profile couple tested by scandal: "Addictive... a smart, razor-sharp novel." -- Daily Record Richard Williams has risen in the ranks of British politics and is a stone's throw from becoming prime minister. But his wife's latest scandal puts everything he's worked for in jeopardy -- and his adviser is putting pressure on him to cut her loose. Anna Lloyd, a famous actress, may have embarrassed...
59) Fathers and Sons
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fathers and Sons, by Ivan Turgenev, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
First-grader Posey is concerned that her spring vacation will be boring compared to her friends' travels, but her mother's plan to take each day as it comes turns out to be full of excitement.
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