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3) Locust lane
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Publisher
Celadon Books
Language
English
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"On the surface, Emerson, Massachusetts, is just like any other affluent New England suburb. But when a young woman is found dead in the nicest part of town, the powerful neighbors close ranks to keep their families safe. The three teenagers who were partying with her that night are the suspects: Hannah, a sweet girl with an unstable history; Jack, the popular kid with a mean streak; Christopher, an outsider desperate to fit in. Their parents, each...
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When his best friend Teddy dies of an overdose on the last day of 1987, Jude Keffy-Horn finds his relationship with drugs and his parents devolving into the extreme when he gets caught up in an underground youth culture known as straight edge.
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English
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The lives of two very different men collide with shocking consequences in the darkness of the California night in this gripping noir thriller from an acclaimed master Successful Northern California vintner Cameron Gallagher suffers from alcoholism, depression, and persistent nightmares. Truck driver Nick Hendryx lost everything when a hit-and-run accident put his wife in a coma. They are two men with seemingly little in common, but their disparate...
Author
Series
Janie Johnson volume 2
Language
English
Description
The members of two families have their lives disrupted when a teenage girl who had been kidnapped twelve years earlier discovers that the people who raised her are not her biological parents. Sequel to "The Face on the Milk Carton."
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English
Description
Taking chances is part of life, but when you bet your future against the odds, it's a high-risk game. Kate Madison's stylish resale shop has been a big SoHo success, supporting her and her four kids since her husband's untimely death. Now they are grown and ready to forge lives of their own. And they all choose to play against the odds, to their mother's dismay. Isabelle, a dedicated attorney, is in line to make partner at her Wall Street firm when...
Author
Series
Janie Johnson volume 1
Language
English
Description
A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie on a search for her real identity.No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. But as Janie Johnson glanced at the face of the ordinary little girl with her hair in tight pigtails, wearing a dress with a narrow white collar-a three-year-old who had been kidnapped twelve years before from a shopping mall in New Jersey-she felt overcome with...
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Series
Janie Johnson volume 3
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Janie feels devastated when she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her and her family through his college radio program. Companion novel to "The Face on the Milk Carton" and "Whatever Happened to Janie?"
10) Owen
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Language
English
Description
Owen's parents try to get him to give up his favorite blanket before he starts school, but when their efforts fail, they come up with a solution that makes everyone happy.
11) We wanted you
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Edition
1st ed. (lib. bdg.)
Language
English
Description
Parents tell how they waited and prepared for the child that they wanted so much.
12) The younger wife
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Language
English
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Description
"Sally Hepworth, the newest breakout star of domestic suspense delivers her next twisty novel about family secrets and lies in The Younger Wife. Stephen Aston is getting married again. The only problem is, he's still married to his first wife, even though she is in a care facility for dementia. But he'll take care of that easily, by divorcing her--even if his adult daughters protest. Tully and Rachel Aston look upon Heather as nothing but an interloper....
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English
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In this heartfelt and incisive new novel, Danielle Steel celebrates the virtues of unconventional beauty while exploring deeply resonant issues of weight, self-image, sisterhood, and family. Landing her dream job as a high school teacher, Victoria Dawson loves working with her students and wages war on her weight at the gym. Despite tension with her parents, Victoria remains close to her sister, Gracie, and when Grace announces her engagement to a...
14) Just like you
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Description
Mama Mouse and Little Mouse, having seen and heard various animal parents pledging their love to their children, tell each other how special they are.
15) Concealed
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Whatever her name is, it won't last long. Katrina doesn't know any of the details about her past, but she does know that she and her parents are part of the Witness Protection Program. Whenever her parents say they have to move on and start over, she takes on a new identity. A new name, a new hair color, a new story. Until their location leaks and her parents disappear. Forced to embark on a dangerous rescue mission, Katrina...
17) Good-bye, daddy!
Author
Publisher
North-South Books
Language
English
Description
A little boy's teddy bear helps him come to terms with his parents' divorce by telling him a story about a little bear in similar circumstances.
19) Stay with me
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
"A novel about a married Nigerian couple who must grapple with staggering levels of loss and betrayal in their quest to create a family for themselves" -- Provided by publisher.
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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 devestating 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...
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