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81) A last goodbye
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
610L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book explores the death of a loved one through the parallel experiences of other species of animals, similar to Elin's treatment of nature in You Are Stardust and problem-solving in Wild Ideas. As with Elin's previous picture books, A Last Goodbye will combine simple, poetic text with a 'big idea'--in this case, the idea that death is a natural part of our lives and that many species experience sadness and mourning when their loved ones are...
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English
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"Haunted by the death of her sister, Finola Shanahan has resolved that she's not worthy of a family of her own and commits to spending her days caring for immigrants in the slums. Unwilling to consider marriage, Finola has perfected the ability to sabotage the relationships her parents arrange for her. At wit's end, her father calls upon the local Irish matchmaker, who pairs her with successful wagonmaker Riley Rafferty. After her usual tricks fail,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Reeling from the sudden loss of her sister, Haddie Montgomery has sworn off relationships. All she wanted from Beckett Daniels was a sexy distraction to help her escape her pain for just a little while.There were not supposed to be any strings attached. No matter how hard Haddie tries to forget about him, Becks relentlessly tries to prove that she should start living for today.
84) 99 days
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Series
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
Returning to her home town for the summer, Molly Barlow is facing her complicated history with the Donnelly brothers, Patrick, the boy whose heart she broke, and Gabe, who she chose instead.
Molly Barlow is facing one long, hot summer99 dayswith the boy whose heart she broke and the boy she broke it for . . . his brother. Day 1: Julia Donnelly eggs my house my first night back in Star Lake, and thats how I know everyone still remembers everything....
86) As you wish
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Lexile measure
HL 610L
Language
English
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Description
In Madison, a small town in the Mojave Desert, everyone gets one wish that will come true on his or her eighteenth birthday, and Eldon takes his very seriously.
Madison is a small town in the Mojave desert on the road between nothing and nowhere. The town has a secret: in Madison, everyone can make one wish on their eighteenth birthday--and that wish always comes true. Eldon has seen how wishing has hurt the people around him. His parents' marriage...
87) Last kiss
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Hubbard's Point, Connecticut. Nearly a year after the death of eighteen-year-old Charlie, singer-songwriter Sheridan Rosslare still hasn't played a note of the music that was once her life's passion. Tucked away in the beach house where she raised her only child, she lives with her memories of him and a grief too big to share even with her beloved sisters or her dear friend Stevie Moore. Nor can Stevie comfort Charlie's heartbroken girlfriend, Nell...
88) The similars
Author
Series
Similars volume 1
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
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Description
The Similars are all anyone can talk about at the elite Darkwood Academy. Who are these six clones? What are the odds that all of them would be Darkwood students? Who is the madman who broke the law to create them? Emma couldn't care less. Her best friend, Oliver, died over the summer and all she can think about is how to get through her junior year without him. Then she comes face-to-heartbreaking-face with Levi--Oliver's exact DNA replica and one...
89) As husbands go
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Married to a handsome and successful plastic surgeon, Susie B. Anthony Rabinowitz Gersten thought she had the perfect life. But when her husband is found murdered in a sleazy apartment with a cheap call girl, Susie is left scratching her head. Pegged as a suspect and ridiculed by her husband's family, she turns to her tough-as-nails Grandma Ethel for help.
Author
Series
Sunday potluck club volume 1
Language
English
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"New friends can be found in unexpected places. For Bridget and Amy, that place was the cancer ward of an Anchorage hospital. Now, as each struggles to overcome loss, they lean on each other for support--sharing suppers, laughter and tears. Bridget and Amy aren't about to let hardship knock them down--Bridget plans to return to her veterinarian school studies, Amy to her position as a second-grade teacher--but neither feels quite ready. And so the...
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
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Description
Disillusioned by romance and love since her bitter divorce, a single mother has avoided personal relationships and abandoned her dream of opening a catering business, until she meets a widowed doctor who has come to Cape Light to build a new life for himself and his teenage daughter.
93) A duet for home
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"At first June can't believe it: their new home is a homeless shelter? When she's told she can't bring her cherished viola inside, she's convinced the worst luck in the world landed her at Huey House. But Tyrell has lived at Huey House for three years, and he knows all the good things about it: friendship, hot meals, and the music from next door drifting through the windows. With his help, June begins to see things differently. just as she's starting...
94) Love Anthony
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Language
English
Description
Olivia Donatelli's dream of a "normal" life shattered when her son, Anthony, was diagnosed with autism at age three. Understanding the world from his perspective felt bewildering. And just as Olivia began to realize that happiness and autism could coexist, Anthony died. Now Olivia is alone in a cottage on Nantucket, separated from her husband, desperate to understand the meaning of her son's short life, when a chance encounter with another woman facing...
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English
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While her grandmother was alive, Emma's world was filled with enchantment. But now Gram is gone, and suddenly strange spots are appearing on Emma's skin. Soon, shes diagnosed with vitiligo-a condition that makes patches of her skin lose their color-and the magic in her world is suddenly replaced with school bullies and doctor appointments. But when Emma writes one last story in the journal she shared with Gram, something strange happens. Someone...
96) Tiger eyes
Author
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
Resettled in the "Bomb City" with her mother and brother, Davey Wexler recovers from the shock of her father's death during a holdup of his 7-Eleven store in Atlantic City.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An irresistible comedy of manners about three generations of a Chicago restaurant family and the private jokes, ancient grudges, broken hearts, and deep, abiding love that feeds them all. Here are the three things the Sullivan family knows to be true: the Chicago Cubs will always be the underdogs; historical progress is inevitable; and their grandfather, Bud, founder of JP Sullivan's, will always make the best burgers in Oak Park. But when, over...
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Language
English
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"In this profoundly honest and examined memoir about returning to Iowa to care for her ailing parents, the star of Orange Is the New Black and New York Times bestselling author of Born with Teeth takes us on an unexpected journey of loss, betrayal, and the transcendent nature of a daughter's love for her parents. They say you can't go home again. But when her father is diagnosed with aggressive lung cancer and her mother with atypical Alzheimer's,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
For children, who are "new" at so many things, it can be a very difficult experience to lose a loved one. For the very young, the finality of death is hard to understand. How, after all, could something like this happen? Where is this person? Will they be back? Who is going to take care of me now? The questions and the sadness, whether they are voiced or not, can go on and on. Author, Linus Mundy, offers practical coping skills to help young readers...
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Physical Desc
29 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a close friend or family member dies, it can be sad for kids and difficult for them to express the big feelings they are experiencing. This book will help explain in a gentle way that death is a natural complement to life and that grief and a sense of loss are normal feelings to have following the death of a loved one.
Parents, teachers, and gift givers will find:
• language that is simple, direct, and easy for young children to understand
• a...