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1) Check & mate
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
When eighteen-year-old Mallory begrudgingly agrees to return to chess in one last charity tournament, her surprise upset against Nolan Sawyer, the reigning world champ and bad boy of the chess world, sets her on an worldwin adventure as she rediscovers her passion for the game.
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A pair of socially-challenged siblings who discover they are adopted half-brothers in their late father's videotaped will. Their journey in search of their true father takes them to the small, insular Danish island of Ork, where they stumble upon three additional half-brothers, each also sporting hereditary harelips and lunatic tendencies, living in a dilapidated mansion overrun by barn animals.
Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
283 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
Roger and George Pomeroy's struggles with financial troubles lead to a series of poor choices that affect their three children, especially Patsy, the youngest, who will spend her life fighting to overcome the decisions' consequences.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
271 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Fifth grader Benny wants to focus on not flunking out of fifth grade, but he must also cope with his complicated home life with newly divorced parents, a mother who moves away, and a father with terminal lung cancer.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Eleven-year-old Lou wishes she could turn back time to mend her friendship with Francie after a terrible fight, so when Lou befriends Cece she is eager to prove herself, but as she uncovers the truth about Cece's family, she grapples with what being a good friend means.
7) Train I ride
Author
Formats
Description
Traveling from California to Chicago after her mother dies of a drug overdose and her grandmother of lung cancer, thirteen-year-old Rydr meets other passengers on the train and attempts to accept her own situation.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
390 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
Having settled in at Shadow Falls Camp, a training ground for vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural beings, sixteen-year-old Kylie Galen is eager to discover what her abilities might be, but an interfering ghost and a rogue vampire on a murdering rampage get in the way of her search.
9) Coming apart
Author
Series
Main Street (Ann M. Martin) volume 9
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
200 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
When Nikki's father left her family, she thought all of the screaming and fighting at home would be over, but when he returns, she calls on the support of her mother and friends to pull her through the difficult time.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Inseparable siblings Con and Sofie have loved their mother throughout her struggle with addiction, but when she disappears without warning, the two must decide who they can trust and whether or not they can survive on their own.
13) Dear Justyce
Author
Appears on list
Description
Incarcerated teen Quan Banks writes letters to Justyce McCallister, with whom he bonded years before over family issues, about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system.
15) Zhara
Author
Series
Guardians of dawn volume 1
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
viii, 404 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
Forbidden from practicing magic and burdened by her responsibilities, Jin Zhara's life takes an unexpected turn when she becomes involved with the Guardians of Dawn, a group dedicated to fighting a demonic plague that is corrupting magicians.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Twelve-year-old Mysti Murphy of Texas wishes she were a character in a book. If her life were fiction, she'd know how to solve her problems at school; take care of her family when her dad has to spend time in the hospital; and deal with her family's secret: that her mother is agoraphobic and never leaves the house"--
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
371 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Description
After their father dies unexpectedly in prison, twins Alex and Olly's relationship becomes fractured as they cope with their loss very differently, and to make matters worse, Olly is hiding the truth that Tyler, who recently arrived at their lakeside townfor the summer, is actually their half-brother.
18) White fur flying
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
112 ; cm.
Description
A sad and silent nine-year-old boy finds his voice when he moves next to a family that rescues dogs.
20) When we collided
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Can seventeen-year-old Jonah save his family restaurant from ruin, his mother from her sadness, and his danger-seeking girlfriend Vivi from herself?
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