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Author
Publisher
Douglas & McIntyre
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The powerful story of a mother's struggle to save her son from addiction--and the strength and hope for change that she found in her grief. When the author's son, Tristan, began experimenting with drugs at age of fourteen, Kathy Wagner told herself it was just a phase. But by the time he was fifteen, she had to face the gravity of Tristan's addiction. Unable to get him treatment without his consent, she did everything else that she could to try to...
1465) City of the sun
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Anchor Books mass market ed.
Physical Desc
419, 14 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve year old Jamie Gabriel gets on his bike before dawn to deliver newspapers in his suburban Indianapolis neighborhood. Somewhere en route, he vanishes without a trace. Fourteen months later, Paul and Carol Gabriel are on the verge of abandoning all hope. Ex-cop Frank Behr, now private investigator enters into an uneasy partnership with Paul on a quest for the truth.
1466) My two moms and me
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
20 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 18 x 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Families with same-sex parents are celebrated in this board book that follows busy moms and their kids throughout their day-eating breakfast, going on a playdate, heading to the pool for a swim, and settling back in at night with a bedtime story and a good-night lullaby. LGBTQ+ parents and their friends and families will welcome this diverse and cheerful book that reflects their own lives and family makeup.
Twice the moms means twice the love in...
1467) Just keep walking
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
223 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two years after her parents' surprising and painful split, twelve-year-old Jo and her mom find themselves on the 100-mile hike on the Superior Hiking Trail along Lake Superior's north shore--a journey that Jo had always looked forward to hiking with her dad. It's not a situation that either of them ever predicted they'd find themselves in, yet here they are in the wilderness with their entire lives stuffed into a pair of thirty-pound packs. Along...
1468) Her forever family
Author
Series
Publisher
Steeple Hill
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Widowed father Ben Lamar isn't an expert on parenthood. Especially when it comes to helping his teenage son with special needs. So when a caring child psychologist offers to work with the boy, Ben is relieved. Until he discovers that Alison Stone's ideas are very different from his. Granted, his son is responding very well to treatment. But the lovely doctor is asking way too much of a hardheaded guy like Ben. Such as opening his mind and heart to...
1469) Families grow
Author
Publisher
Rise x Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
AD 590L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text shows an appreciation of the joy and excitement of the different ways a family can grow.
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
8 books (428 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm), in a cloth bag ; 38 x 46 cm
Language
English
Description
Harry Crane is an analyst for the US Forest Service, until his wife dies suddenly and he is unable to cope. Leaving his job and his old life behind, Harry makes his way to the remote woods of northeastern Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains. Determined to lose himself, he takes up residence in the woods. Oriana and her mother, Amanda, are struggling to pick up the pieces from their own tragedy. Oriana roams the forest searching for answers, and she believes...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Baby and Mamma are going to visit Nonna today. Roll, roll in the stroller. Beep, beep on the bus. Choo, choo on the train -- all the way to Nonna's. Whee!
1472) Mommy, mama, and me
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
20 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 16 x 16 cm
Language
English
Description
A baby enjoys a number of fun activities with her two mothers.
1473) Mommy, mama, and me
Author
Description
A baby enjoys a number of fun activities with her two mothers.
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
HL 800L
Physical Desc
1 book club bag ; in container
Language
English
Description
Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 book club bag ; in container
Language
English
Description
"Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indian American student, and home, with her family's traditions and holidays. But Reha's parents don't understand why she's conflicted--they only notice when Reha doesn't meet their strict expectations. Reha feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma, although their names are linked--Reha means 'star' and Punam means 'moon'--but they are a universe apart. Then Reha finds out that her...