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Zak is on his final warning. If he tells one more lie, however little, he won't be going to the skate park with Baba and Hana. With one job left to do, what could go wrong? A lot, it turns out, including an encounter with two bothersome boys, being chased by a mighty animal called Moose, and an adventurous lizard called Dwayne. J. Samia Mair has published four children's books, three of which are picture books: Zak and His Good Intentions, Amira's...
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Not all love stories are steeped in romance.
Searching for identity is the undercurrent to this story, which emphatically deals with intergenerational bonding, hope and coping mechanisms, while underscoring the power of faith in one's life.
Readers will delve into the complexities of:
Grief
Betrayal
Cancer
Suicide
The challenges of blended families
The dilemma of the orphan-hearted
Finding "miracles in the madness"
An incredible happenstance of...
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This is a true story.
Master Joshua is a pansexual, polyamorous pro-Dom (the term for a male Dominatrix, or a man who Dominates others for money). He leads a BDSM tribe and, when we met, was battling accusations of rape and abuse. Master Joshua was the intended subject of my story... until I became it.
My own name doesn't matter. I can't use it here. Suffice to say that I was a reporter, and a comfortably married mother of two. But, following him...
345) A Girl Named Ellie
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My figure skates take only a minute or so to lace up, and, taking a deep breath, I glide out onto the ice. With each stroke I take, my anxiety lessens its grip around my heart.
Ellie Hollander wears many hats: foster kid, figure skater, nervous wreck. Plagued by OCD, panic attacks, and flashbacks, Ellie wishes she could just be Ellie, the girl who skates. But after seeing how her anxiety affects her performance, her hotshot Russian figure skating...
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10-year-old Levi has just joined a new foster family. Levi knows living with a new family can be daunting, but wants everyone know about all the good things that can come from foster care. With vibrant watercolor illustrations and a kid-friendly story, "Two Ways Home: A Foster Care Journey" can help children learn more about their new situation and feel more comfortable with their foster family!
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Hades' Angels: An Inside View of Women Who Love Lifers and Death Row Inmates is the story of twenty-six women who each experienced a transformative journey through their relationships with prison lifers and death row inmates. These women did not know these men prior to his incarceration. This work applies Kohut's understanding of the individual, the soul's drive for potentiality from inner bondage, out of deadness and subjectivity, towards wholeness,...
348) My military mom
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Lenny follows Connor for a school project and learns about his life with a military mom.
349) 806: a novel
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KT, sixteen, learns that her father was Donor 806, discovers two half-brothers, and travels with them from Missouri to California to meet their biological father, redefining their notions of "family" along the way.
350) The Yo-Yo Prophet
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Small, shy Calvin becomes the Yo-Yo Prophet when his street tricks get the attention of a bully named Rozelle.
351) Trail of crumbs
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"In this young adult novel, Greta and her twin brother are abandoned by their father and stepmother, and Greta struggles with the confusion and shame she feels after being raped."--
352) A long pitch home
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When Bilal's family suddenly moves to America, his father stays in Pakistan, and Bilal embraces baseball, an unexpected friend, and a new language. But this new way of life does not feel so special without Baba--will he ever get to America to see Bilal pitch a game?
353) Wutaryoo
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Wutaryoo enjoys hearing other animal's origin stories but wants to learn her own, so she sets out on a journey on which she meets many strange creatures and learns important truths.
354) The End of the Wild
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This timely coming of age novel takes on the controversial issues of fracking and environmental protection.
Stay away from my woods.
Eleven-year-old Fern doesn't have the easiest life. Her stepfather is out of work, and she's responsible for putting dinner on the table—not to mention keeping her wild younger brothers out of trouble. The woods near their home is her only refuge, where she finds food and plays with her neighbor's...
Stay away from my woods.
Eleven-year-old Fern doesn't have the easiest life. Her stepfather is out of work, and she's responsible for putting dinner on the table—not to mention keeping her wild younger brothers out of trouble. The woods near their home is her only refuge, where she finds food and plays with her neighbor's...
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"The interviews in Co-Parenting from the Inside Out are with real moms and dads in diverse circumstances, showing them making choices, sometimes struggling, and often growing. Their stories offer insights into wise decision-making, as well as practical strategies that strengthen families. Parents see that they are not alone as they navigate their feelings and build a future. While pain exists in most stories, there is also hope. Co-parents often feel...
356) Hearts at stake
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As her momentous sixteenth birthday approaches, Solange Drake, the only born female vampire in 900 years, is protected by her large family of brothers and her human best friend Lucy from increasingly persistent attempts on her life by the powerful vampire queen and her followers.
357) Loving her
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A groundbreaking novel of two very different women, one black and one white, and a remarkable love threatened by prejudice, rage, and violence A struggling African American musician, Renay married Jerome Lee when she discovered she was pregnant with his child. Yet even before their daughter, Denise, was born, Renay realized what a terrible mistake she had made, tying herself to a violent, abusive alcoholic. Then, while performing at an upscale supper...
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This lyrical middle grade historical novel set during the Great Depression from award-winning author L. M. Elliott is a moving tale of the spirit of American persistence, found family, and the magical partnership between girl and horse. Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction!
Bea wakes to Daddy's note in a hayloft, where he abandoned her with her little sister after the stock market crash took everything:
...359) Blood feud
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As the clans gather for the coronation of the next vampire queen, new alliances are beginning to form and the power of the clan leaders is threatened by a would-be usurper.
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"A magical gender variant child brings transformation and change to the world around them thanks to their mother's enduring love. In the magical time between night and day, when both the sun and the moon are in the sky, a child is born in a little blue house on a hill. And Miu Lan is not just any child, but one who can change into any shape they can imagine. The only problem is they can't decide what to be: a boy or a girl? A bird or a fish? A flower...
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