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Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
When his father and sister are injured in an accident that has rendered his father comatose, estranged son Edward decides to stop his father's life support so that his organs can be donated, a choice his sister urges him to reconsider.
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1969 Alabama, eleven-year-old Dixie Dupree learns that the family she once believed was happy has deep fractures and records everything in her diary in this coming-of-age story about mothers and daughters, the guilt and pain that pass between generations, and the truths that are impossible to hide, especially from ourselves. --Publisher
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Alone since her mother's death, Jill Wagner wants to eat, sleep and breathe Cade Olmstead when he bursts upon her life--golden, handsome and ambitious. Even putting college on hold feels like a minor sacrifice when she discovers she's pregnant with Cade's baby. But it won't be the last sacrifice she'll have to make. Retreating to the Olmsteads' New England farm seems sensible, if not ideal. They'll regroup and welcome the baby, surrounded by Cade's...
44) Eventide
Author
Series
Days of redemption volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Elsie Keim, who is slowly going blind, keeps her condition a secret from her new neighbor Landon Troyer, with whom she has fallen in love, but when her brother tells him the truth, it changes everything.
45) Those girls
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Life has never been easy for the three Campbell sisters. Jess, Courtney, and Dani live on a remote ranch in western Canada where they work hard and try to stay out of the way of their father's fists. One night, a fight gets out of hand, and the sisters are forced to go on the run, only to get caught in an even worsenightmare when their truck breaks down in a small town. Events spiral out of control, and a chance encounter with the wrong people leaves...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Trapped inside her home when a devastating pandemic enters America, Ann Brooks is forced to make life-or-death decisions involving once-everyday choices in order to protect her family.
47) Krampus
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Young Max turns his back on Christmas as his dysfunctional family comes together and clashes over the holidays. When they accidentally unleash the wrath of Krampus, an ancient entity from European folklore, all hell breaks loose and beloved holiday icons take on a monstrous life of their own.
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Everyone's favorite neighbor is back in this hilarious Family Guy spin-off! When Cleveland Brown moves back to his hometown to start a new life with his old high school sweetheart, their fledgling family faces everything from crazy redneck neighbors to an outrageously overcrowded honeymoon.
49) Safe passage
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Recently estranged from her husband, a mother of seven sons is poised to pursue a whole new way of life when tragedy strikes.
50) After class
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A dysfunctionally-functional family attempts to work together to support their grandmother during her final days.
51) A good family
Author
Publisher
Graydon House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Beth is the darling of God Halsa, a pharmaceutical giant, and she's got the outrageous salary and lifestyle to prove it. Until she lands in white-collar women's prison, thanks to a high-profile whistleblower suit. Sam, Beth's husband, used to be the town's most eligible bachelor, and he's never had to do anything for himself. Until his wife goes to jail, and he's left to raise two daughters on his own. Lise, the au pair, is the whistleblower. But...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Thirty years ago, a teenage Vincent King was sent to prison. But now, he's served his sentence and is returning to his hometown. The hometown where his childhood best friend, Walk, is now the chief of police. The town where his childhood sweetheart, Star Radley, still lives. The same Star Radley whose sister he killed. Duchess, Star's daughter, is a self-proclaimed outlaw. She needs to be. Who else is going to take care of her and her five-year-old...
55) No good asking
Author
Publisher
ECW
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Ellie and Eric Nyland have moved their two sons back to Eric's childhood farmhouse, hoping for a fresh start. But there's no denying it, their family is falling apart, each one of them isolated by private sorrows, stresses, and missed signals. With every passing day, Ellie's hopes are buried deeper in the harsh winter snows. When Eric finds Hannah Finch, the girl across the road, wandering alone in the bitter cold, his rusty police instincts kick...
Author
Series
Christopher's diary volume 1
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen year old Kristin Masterwood is thrilled when her father's construction company is hired to inspect the Foxworth property for a prospective buyer. The once grand Southern mansion still sparks legends and half truths about the four innocent Dollanganger children, even all these decades later. Foxworth holds a special fascination for Kristin, who was too young when her mother died to learn much about her distant blood tie to the notorious family....
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"Johnny MacKinnon might be on the verge of losing it all. The ice factory he married into, which he's run for decades, is facing devastating OSHA fines following a mysterious accident and may have to close. The only hope for Johnny's livelihood is that someone in the community saw something, but no one seems to be coming forward. He hasn't spoken to his son Corran back in Scotland since Corran's heroin addiction finally drove Johnny to the breaking...
59) Angel sister
Author
Series
Rosey Corner volume 1
Language
English
Description
It is 1936 and Kate Merritt works hard to keep her family together. Her father slowly slips into alcoholism and his business suffers during the Great Depression. As her mother tries to come to grips with their situation and her sisters seem to remain blissfully oblivious to it, it is Kate who must shoulder the emotional load. Who could imagine that a dirty, abandoned little girl named Lorena Birdsong would be just what the Merritts need?
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Katie Kuhlmann's marriage is falling apart. But she has a secure job, her children are healthy, and her house, a new construction in the prestigious Country Club neighborhood of Edina, Minnesota, is beautiful. She can almost ignore the way her husband, Jack, has been acting--constantly checking his phone, not going to work, disappearing from the house only to show up again without explanation. Tension in the Kuhlmann house only gets worse when Adam...
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