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By Anita Rau Badami. 2000
Sripathi Rao lives in his crumbling ancestral home in India with his extended family. His daughter left years earlier to…
study in America and remained in Canada after marrying a Canadian man. Then Sripathi receives the news that his daughter and her husband have been killed and that his seven-year-old granddaughter must now come to live with him and the family in India. Canada Reads 2016. Bestseller. 2000.By Jessica Stirling. 1978
Here is the second part of the saga of the Stalkers, a family determined to survive. In the town of…
Blacklaw, the mine-owner Houston Lamont squeezes the last ounce of profit from his pitmen, until the coalfields erupt in violent and bloody riots. With her father and two brothers dead Mirrin, the restless fire-brand of the family, takes to the road. Sequel to "The spoiled earth" (DC36013), followed by "Dark pasture". 1978.By Pauline Gedge. 1999
The "Two Lands" of upper and lower Egypt have been under the rule of the Hyksos, invaders from Asia Minor,…
for 200 years. They have exiled and humiliated the Tao family, hereditary kings and queens of Egypt, until they are finally pushed into rebellion. However, after several generations of Hyksos rule, it is often difficult to discern where true loyalty and wisdom lie. Followed by "The oasis" (DC30419). 2000, c1999. (Lords of the two lands ; 1)By Gary Paulsen. 1992
Fourteen-year-old John Barron must take 6,000 sheep up to the summer pasture where he's to care for them by himself…
for three months. Although he is not sure he can handle the job, John feels he has no choice: his father must remain in town, and the hired man must tend the rest of the ranch. John's father made the trip at age fifteen, and his great-grandfather claimed their vast spread when he was only eighteen. For junior, senior and older readers. 1992.By Ronald Koertge. 1992
Fifteen-year-old Gabriel is continually embarrassed by his teacher/writer father, but when he goes to live with him in Los Angeles…
in an apartment complex full of unusual characters, Gabriel gains new insights into himself and his father. For junior and senior high readers. c1992.By Rosella M Leslie. 2006
In an isolated cabin on the Sunshine Coast, two eccentric sisters find themselves taking in an abandoned baby. Gentle Florrie…
welcomes baby Jen, but wily Mag finds it much harder to accept Jen into her life. Jen grows up torn between the rural lifestyle she loves and her quest for acceptance from her classmates in the nearby town of Sechelt. 2006.By Bill Gaston. 2000
Bob Loose Bonaduce is a hockey player who never quite made it to the big time. Now he's decided to…
retire and return to his home province of New Brunswick. Once there, he lies his way into graduate school and attempts to get close to the son he abandoned twenty years earlier. At the same time he has to deal with the fact that he is stricken with multiple sclerosis and may eventually lose control over the body that has taken him so far in life. Some strong language.By David Homel, Martine Desjardins, Fred A Reed. 2018
Louis-Dollard Delorme, his miserly wife Estelle, and his three spinster sisters revere money so much that they have converted their…
residence's "green chamber" into a place of worship and have elevated domestic penny-pinching to an art form. As for the family's heir, Vincent, they intend for him to make a highly profitable marriage - a reasonable prospect, until the day when the house opens its doors to Penny Sterling, a young woman whose means equal only her curiosity. 2018. Uniform title: Chambre verte.By Kenneth Steven, Lars Saabye Christensen. 2004
Barnum, an award-winning screenwriter, relates the lives of four generations of his Norwegian family. On May 8, 1945, his mother…
Vera, hoping to celebrate the end of World War II with her mother and grandmother, is brutally raped by an unknown assailant. From that crime is born a boy named Fred, a misfit who later becomes a boxer. Barnum, born several years later, and Fred form a bizarre but special relationship. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and violence. Original Norwegian edition published in 2001. 2004. Uniform title: Halvbroren.By Anne Enright. 2015
Ardeevin, County Clare, Ireland. 1980. When her oldest brother Dan announces he will enter the priesthood, young Hanna watches her…
mother howl in agony and retreat to her room. In the years that follow, the Madigan children leave one by one. When Christmas Day reunites the children under one roof, each confronts the terrible weight of family ties and the journey that brought them home. 2015.By Millenia Black. 2006
For six years, Reginald Brooks--slick Disney marketing VP--has pulled off the perfect scam. He has juggled two families without the…
other one finding out. He stays two weeks in Miami with his wife and two young adult daughters and the next two weeks in Orlando with his trophy mistress and their young daughter. But when the charade unravels, it's clear there's been a lot more pretending than anyone realized. Soon wide-ranging consequences begin to take their toll. 2006.By Margie Rutledge. 1999
To solve their overflowing laundry crisis, the Lawrence family buys large baskets, from a mysterious shop, to put it all…
in. But are the baskets the end of their problems or just the beginning? Abigail, Jacob and Ernest love magic, so they decide to cast themselves into adventure after adventure as the baskets become gateways to other eras. Grades 3-6. 1999.By Fern Michaels. 2000
After their parents died mysteriously, young Abby and Mallory Evans were adopted by their uncle. Shortly afterwards, Mallory was institutionalized…
because of her behaviour. Now as adults, the sisters are reunited, but someone wants the past kept hidden. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. c2000.By Pamela Oldfield. 1991
Life for the Halliday girls seems full of promise, but disaster comes when their father faces financial ruin. With their…
brother abroad in the army Eve, drawn towards a man she can never marry, takes control. Vi faces unrequited love, and Maude takes the ultimate risk and marries. Against a colourful background of horseracing in England and France at the turn of the century, the girls struggle against jealousy, betrayal, despair and death. 1991.By Nicholas Sparks. 2003
When Julie Barenson's husband died, he vowed to watch over her and left her a puppy she named Singer. Ready…
to love again four years later, Julie has a choice between a newcomer or a longtime friend. The jealousy of one turns deadly, and Singer becomes the guardian her husband promised. Some violence. 2003.By R. F Delderfield. 1968
Paul and Claire Craddock have grown older in years - but not in spirit. World War II is over. But…
for Craddock and his family there are new battles to be fought and won. The new property laws enable speculators to reap huge profits from agricultural lands, and Paul's livelihood is threatened. With the help of his children and grandchildren, Paul struggles to preserve the happiness and peace he has built up over the years. In doing so, he comes to discover deeper, richer ties with those around him - ties which hold a ripe promise for the future! Sequel to "A horseman riding by" (DC06111). 2002. (Craddock Family Saga ; 2)By Carrie Mac. 2009
In the future, the Chrysalis Corporation can bring people back to life, called a "recon", when they fall victim to…
an early death. Due to a premature birth and a drowning accident at the age of six, teenager Phoenix has already been brought back to life twice, leaving her with only one more recon and a jaded perspective on life, death, and the people around her. When Phoenix's beloved brother Gryphon has a suspicious accident and may not be reconned, she races to solve the mystery of Gryphon's death and save his life. For junior and senior high readers. Some strong language. c2009.By M. H Herlong. 2008
Still mourning the death of their mother, three brothers go with their father on an extended sailing trip off the…
Florida Keys and have a harrowing adventure at sea. Some strong language. Grades 5-8. 2008.By Janice Kulyk Keefer. 1996
Eva has carefully constructed her world in a bid to make herself invisible. The structure falls to pieces when a…
stranger gives her a photograph of a boy identical to her own son, but who lived in the 1930s in another place. The photograph sets Eva on a journey to trace her family's unknown history. 1996.By Anna Kerz. 2010
1954. Theresa's life is changed forever when her family leaves their displaced persons camp and emigrates to Canada. Before they…
leave, her friend Martin gives her a stone he calls the Gnome's Eye, which he says will protect her from all things evil, living or dead. Once in Toronto, Theresa is afraid of everything, but as time goes by, she is finally able to give the Gnome's Eye to someone who needs it more than she does. Grades 3-6. c2010.