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81) Night job
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
What is it like to work at night, while the rest of the city is asleep? Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse's quietly powerful story of a boy and his father is tenderly brought to life by G. Brian Karas in this luminous tribute to an enduring, everyday sort of love.
Author
Series
Magic misfits volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
Leila and the other Magic Misfits have the opportunity to perform with a famous stage psychic known as Madame Esmeralda, who may hold secrets to Leila's past.
Author
Series
Father Christmas mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
vi, 374 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Thornford Regis has never been lovelier: larks on the wing, lilacs in bloom, and the May Fayre in full swing. But inside the empty village hall, the huge Japanese o-daiko drum featured in the festivities has been viciously sliced open-- and curled up inside is a bludgeoned body. Father Tom Christmas, still haunted by the tragedy that has left him a widower and his nine-year-old daughter motherless, soon realizes that this idyllic village is not the...
85) Home at last
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.
Description
"After Lester is adopted from his foster home by Daddy Albert and Daddy Rich, he can't fall asleep in his new bed. What will it take to make Lester feel home at last?" --
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"Two siblings provide instructions for how to surprise one's dad, including surprises you can make, do, or find--and how to plan a Special Day surprise party for him"--
Author
Series
Red River of the North volume 7
Formats
Description
After several years of widowhood and hardship, Ingeborg focuses on the good she's been given while she watches her widowed stepson fall in love once again. But not everything is comfortable for Ingeborg; one of her dearest friendships is changing--and she will have to decide if her settled life is worth more to her than a future she hardly dares to imagine.
88) Lone stars
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Lone Stars follows the arc of four generations of a Texan family in a changing America. Julian Warner, a father at last, wrestles with a question his husband posed: what will you tell our son about the people you came from, now that they're gone? Finding the answers takes Julian back in time to Eisenhower's immigration border raids, an epistolary love affair during the Vietnam War, crumbling marriages, queer migrations to Cambridge and New York, up...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 22 cm
Description
In early 1960s Alabama, eleven-year-old Ben, carrying an urn with his father's ashes, sets out on an eventful journey to the Augusta National, "the Sistine Chapel of golf courses," to make peace with his father.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Thirteen-year-old brilliant but socially-challenged Stewart and mean-girl Ashley must find common ground when, two years after Stewart's mother died, his father moves in with his new girlfriend--Ashley's mother, whose gay ex-husband lives in their guest house.
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Description
On their trip to the zoo, a young son tries to reign in his rambunctious father who manages to lose his hat, spill his ice cream, and spend too much time in the souvenir shop.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
In this touching celebration of fatherhood, the close bond between parent and child comes to life with heartwarming resonance. Laurenne Sala's tranquil text, accompanied by Mike Malbrough's tender watercolor illustrations, creates a warm look at the joys, fears, and responsibilities of being a dad over the years.
93) Two by two
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"At 32, Russell Green has it all: a stunning wife, a lovable six year-old daughter, a successful career as an advertising executive and an expansive home in Raleigh. He is living the dream, and his marriage to the bewitching Vivian is the center of that. But underneath the shiny surface of this perfect existence, fault lines are beginning to appear...and no one is more surprised than Russ when he finds every aspect of the life he took for granted...
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
270 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Matthew Grzbc is a talented musician who plays the concert harp. He is a divorced dad who lives in Chicago, has a sexy girlfriend, and has a major, potentially life-changing audition with an orchestra on the horizon. At least that's how he appears on paper. But take a closer look and a very different man starts to emerge: an obsessive, self-sabotaging Midwesterner, fumbling through his relationship with his curiously neurotic six-year-old daughter...
Author
Series
Cowboy Christmas volume 1
Formats
Description
Sheriff Ben Marsden of Branding Iron, Texas has no plans to attend the annual Christmas Ball until a pretty newcomer comes to town and gets involved in the planning. Jessica Ramsey's relatives seem to be in jail more than out, and Ben tells himself that's why he needs to keep an eye on her. As Jessica moves ahead to open a bed-and-breakfast with her mother, the future starts looking merry and bright.
96) Wyoming legend
Author
Series
Wyoming men volume 8
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
8 CDs (10 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
While working for a handsome Wyoming rancher as she heals from an injury, a famous ice skating Olympic champion forms a special bond with both him and his daughter.
97) Sweet talk
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 17 cm.
Description
Claire Keyes is a twenty-eight year old piano prodigy who has never had a regular boyfriend, much less a real romance. Her music career has left little room for friends or family - which is just part of the reason she hasn't seen the family bakery or her two sisters in years.
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Twelve-year-old Norman Foreman and his best friend, Jax, are a legendary comedic duo in waiting, with a plan to take their act all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe. But when Jax dies, Norman decides the only fitting tribute is to perform at the festival himself. The problem is, Norman's not the funny one. Jax was. There's also another, far more colossal objective on Norman's new plan that his single mom, Sadie, wasn't ready for: he wants to find the...
100) Blue Moon haven
Author
Series
New Americana volume 7
Formats
Description
"Can the good old-fashioned warmth of a rural small town make a broken family whole? New York Times bestselling author Janet Dailey explores the healing power of love and the enduring allure of the drive-in movie theater in the latest novel in her New Americana series . . . Kelly Jenkins heads to bucolic Blue Moon, Alabama, believing a new life will heal the two orphaned children in her care. Signing on to revive the drive-in theater seems like a...
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