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In high school, overweight Lainey is shocked to learn that Sydney, her best friend since age seven, was leading the…
teasing against Lainey. Now, eighteen years later, Lainey agrees to hide Sydney's baby from Sydney's estranged, abusive husband. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2011
The Dan Kearney Associates PIs who repossess cars and collect old debts in the San Francisco area are in big…
trouble: California authorities are after the firm's license over an "irregular" case. Kearney's staff dodges killers while searching for a witness who can refute the misconduct charges. Strong language. 1978
Cricket hates change, but is forced to deal with attending her mother's upcoming wedding, moving from the house she grew…
up in, and picking a college. Meanwhile, her love for her boyfriend Janssen complicates matters. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2012
After ditching her fiancé at the altar in Call Me Irresistible (DB 72736), Lucy leaves Texas on the back of…
a motorcycle with a guy named Panda. Lucy ends up in northern Michigan, where she learns more about her rescuer. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012
Newly widowed Hannah and her baby move in with Hannah's aunt in Pleasant Valley, Pennsylvania--a place that Hannah's family left…
after they disavowed the Mennonite order. Hannah helps Amish furniture maker William control his stutter and falls in love. Meanwhile, her father-in-law seeks custody of his grandson. 2012
After her father, brother, and little sister are killed in a plane crash, twelve-year-old Daralynn "Dolly" Oakland and her mother…
react in different ways. While her mom withdraws, Dolly investigates the background of her aunt's suitor, Mr. Clem, who claims to be setting up a crematorium. For grades 4-7. 2010
Sarah Thornhill, daughter of William from The Secret River (DB 64041), navigates life in colonial New South Wales, Australia. Her…
stepmother disapproves of her first love Jack Langland's aboriginal roots. Then Sarah meets Irishman John Daunt, a more appropriate suitor. Some descriptions of sex. 2011
When a boy unexpectedly drops from a tree, Naomi and her chatty friend Lizzie worry he is dead. But the…
boy, Finn, saunters off, leaving the girls determined to learn more about him. Meanwhile, across an ocean Mrs. Kavanagh calmly plots revenge. For grades 5-8. 2012
The five families from Fall of Giants (DB 71970) continue to struggle through the tumultuous 1930s and 1940s. Carla von…
Ulrich, daughter of Maud and Walter, fights the Nazis while Lloyd Williams and Boy Fitzherbert vie for the attentions of socialite Daisy Peshkov. Violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2012
Impressions of Syria recorded by an American writer during two trips made in 2009. Conveys her enthusiasm for the richness…
and complexity of the country's history and the warmth of its people. Discusses archaeological sites, religious practices in this secular country, and the personality cult of political leaders. 2011
Biography of E.B. White (1899-1985), who wrote that he "felt a kinship for animals that he never felt for people"…
and penned the 1952 children's novel featuring a spider. Discusses White's New Yorker magazine days, marriage to editor Katharine Angell, and Maine farm that inspired Charlotte's Web (DB 46839). 2011
Author draws a connection between the widening gap of wealth and the shrinking of personal privacy. Defines privacy, discusses its…
worth, and describes the difference between alienation and the preference for a private life. 2012
In this follow-up to The Happiness Project (DB 70275), Rubin narrowed her focus to finding more joy in her home…
life for nine months. She vowed to prove her love to her husband, build shrines, pay more attention as a parent, and cultivate unhurriedness. Bestseller. 2012
Songwriter and music professor details the history of musical theater from the nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. Discusses historical…
influences on the art form, prominent composers and producers, and significant productions of shows. 2010
Blind Broadway set designer and artist Burlingame adopts the point of view of his dogs, Hickory and Kemp, to recount…
their adventures in New York City. Describes training at The Seeing Eye guide-dog school, and includes e-mails exchanged between Hickory, near the end of his service, and successor Kemp. 2012
Sports commentator and former New York Yankees press director presents a year-by-year history of the team from its beginnings in…
1903 to the death of George Steinbrenner in 2010. Discusses players, managers, owners, and stadiums. Foreword by Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra. 2012
Montana, 1876. Wesley Case, son of a Canadian timber baron, settles in Montana to ranch. He falls in love with…
widow Ada Tarr and helps the American and Canadian armies negotiate peace with native tribes--but violence erupts from the Sioux. Some violence and some strong language. 2011
Miami Heat superstar's memoir traces his rise from a hardscrabble childhood in Chicago with a drug-addicted mother to a basketball…
scholarship at Marquette University and an NBA contract. Describes his 2008 divorce, custody battle for his two sons, and determination to be a good father. 2012
Professor and author of The Radical Lives of Helen Keller (DB 57987) chronicles the role of people with disabilities in…
America. Discusses the concept of dependency, Native American beliefs, disabled war veterans, institutionalization, and civil rights activism. 2012
Writer and National Public Radio commentator's memoir of growing up with spinal muscular atrophy, a hereditary neurological disorder that causes…
progressive muscle weakness. Discusses his college career at Harvard (1980-84), his marriage, and fatherhood. Covers the disability rights movement and its effects on his life. Some strong language. 2012