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1) Mercury
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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Description
Arriving in Mercury, Pennsylvania, in 1990, gorgeous teenager and perpetual loner Marley West marries one of the Joseph brothers and tries to lead this family of roofers to stability in this hardworking, blue-collar town by helping them escape their unwieldy fathers shadow.
2) Homegrown
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"While her mother puts the finishing touches on her twists, a young girl asks what it means to be 'homegrown'. Touring precious memories and lively rooms warmed by family, Mama and Granny explain that home isn't just a place, but rather a reflection of people who support and love one another." --publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
When Mr. and Mrs. Gargelson-Bittle decide life is too quiet, they go in search of the perfect pet, but after welcoming a menagerie into their home, they still felt like something is missing, until a puppy shows up at their doorstep, and now their family is complete.
Publisher
Page Street YA
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"A family curse that turns spoken prophecy into truth. A world where your soulmate's feelings appear as words on your skin. A boy who has to decide whether or not to attend his brother's wedding even though their parents have forbidden it. A girl who encounters the boy she loved and lost and realizes where her heart truly lies. These genre-bending stories focus on the magic (and tension) of the biggest family gathering. Both award-winning and debut...
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Publisher
Diana
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
En este libro, Vienna Pharaon nos propone un proceso de sanación muy profundo en el que vamos a comprender nuestra familia de origen, es decir, la familia y el entorno en el que crecimos, y a examinar qué cosas funcionaron (y cuáles no) en ese sistema. Ciertas disfunciones (o heridas) de esa familia de origen se manifiestan en nuestros comportamientos adultos de formas sorprendentes, desde retos en el trabajo a conflictos recurrentes en nuestras...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Emma hasn't told her husband much about her past. He knows her parents are dead and she hasn't spoken to her sisters in years. Then they lose their apartment, her husband gets laid off, and Emma discovers she's pregnant--right as the bank account slips into the red. That's when Emma confesses that she has one more asset: her parents' house, which she owns jointly with her estranged sisters. They can't sell it, but they can live in it. But returning...
9) On fire
Publisher
Cineverse
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspired by true and harrowing events, On Fire tells the story of an ordinary man who finds his world suddenly torn apart as devastating wildfires rip through the surrounding countryside. With precious moments ticking by, he must flee with his son and pregnant wife if they have any hope of surviving the rapid forces of Mother Nature.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
253 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
When Ridge, a time-traveling teenager from the future, gets trapped in 1999, he befriends Michael, a lonely twelve-year-old boy, changing the course of their lives forever.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Jericka Walker had planned to spend the summer before senior year soaking up the sun with her best friend on the Jersey Shore. Instead she finds herself in Coldwater, Maryland, a small town with a dark and complicated past where her estranged grandmother lives—someone she knows only two things her name and the fact that she left Jericka's mother and uncle when they were children. But now Jericka's grandmother is dying, and her mother has dragged...
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This is the story of my family's adventure. We left the Canadian west coast on Vancouver Island, travelled to the North Peace River area in northern British Columbia, Canada, established our home there, and then left. It is the story of six children who managed to live this adventure and build a new life after the journey ended. It is a tale of poverty and determination, heartwrenching loss and a testament to grit and a bittersweet life, Here is...
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If you have a school age child, you probably know bullying is a problem that is quickly gaining ground in our nation's schools. A quick surf of the internet or television channels reveals horrific news stories of bullying in all areas of our country and it's escalating at an alarming rate.The first in a three-part series, Taking the Bully by the Horns discusses the kindergarten to high school bully, how to identify bullies and their victims, as well...
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In "Breaking the Cycle: Understanding the Psychology of Bullying," acclaimed author Desmond Gahan delves into the intricate web of factors that contribute to the pervasive issue of bullying. This comprehensive exploration goes beyond surface-level analyses, providing readers with a deep understanding of the psychological underpinnings that sustain the cycle of aggression.Drawing on the latest research in psychology, sociology, and education, Desmond...
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"A sweeping and gorgeously rendered exploration of grief and yearning, following the fracturing of an multinational family in the wake of its patriarch's death. In the early hours of June 14, 2017, the world watches as flames leap up the sides of a residential high-rise in West London, devouring Grenfell Tower and the makeshift lives it houses-those of London's immigrants, its refugees, its working class. At the same time across town, another spark...
Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
225 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"At the height of the military dictatorship in South Korea, Insuk and Sungho are arranged to be married. The couple soon moves to San Jose, California, with an infant and Sungho's overbearing mother-in-law. Adrift in a new country, Insuk grieves the loss of her past and her divided homeland, finding herself drawn into an illicit relationship that sets into motion a dramatic saga and echoes for generations to come. From the Gwangju Massacre to the...
18) The deadly omens
Author
Series
The Uncommoners volume 3
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"Ivy and her friends travel to Nubrook, the magical trading city under New York to look for Valian's long-lost sister Rosie and put an end to the Dirge once and for all"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
23 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"Dolores Madrigal has the amazing ability to hear things that are very far away, from across the whole Encanto she calls home. But one morning when she wakes up, she doesn't hear something she usually does. But what? To find out, join Dolores and her magical Madrigal family as they team up to solve a mystery in this sweet and silly story set in the world of Disney Encanto!"--
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
335 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Isaiah "Ice" Abernathy has always worshiped his older brother, Seth. For years they've been not just brothers but best friends--and as Seth starts his senior year, Ice is eager to spend as much time with his brother as he can, making memories before Seth goes to college. But when Seth announces he's leaving much earlier than expected, and then he misses an important event--one he'd promised to attend--it causes a major fight. Filled with regret, Ice...
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