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His whole life
By Elizabeth Hay. 2015
At the outset, ten-year-old Jim and his Canadian mother and American father are on a journey from New York City…
to a lake in eastern Ontario during the last hot days of August. What unfolds is a completely enveloping story that spans a few pivotal years of his youth. Moving from city to country, summer to winter, wellbeing to illness, the novel charts the deepening bond between mother and son even as the family comes apart. Bestseller. 2015.Girls out late (Girls. #3.)
By Jacqueline Wilson. 2003
Ellie's dad says she has to be home by nine o'clock, but while she's out with her best friends, Magda…
and Nadine, she meets a boy. Will Russell stay interested in a girl who has to be home by nine? Junior High. Sequel to "Girls under pressure". 2003.Heirs of Ravenscar (House of Deravenel ; #2)
By Barbara Taylor Bradford. 2008
As the First World War draws to a close, all seems golden for young Edward Deravenel, charismatic head of the…
family empire and master of Ravenscar. Yet beneath the surface lies discord. Elizabeth Deravenel, his beautiful wife, is jealous and her lies and gossip damage the family name. Worse still is Edward's brother George. His reckless behaviour and treachery lead to blackmail and betrayal. The fortunes of the house of Deravenel begin to suffer. It is up to Edward's daughter Bess, and her son Harry to secure the Ravenscar inheritance. Sequel to "The Ravenscar dynasty" (DC31736). 2008. (House of Deravenel ; 2)Flowers in the attic (Dollanganger family. #2.)
By V. C Andrews. 1979
In order to inherit her father's estate, a mother keeps her children concealed in his attic. His demise, however, does…
not occur as quickly as she had hoped. Bestseller. Explicit descriptions of sex. Sequel to "Garden of shadows". Followed by "Petals on the wind". 1979. (Dollanganger family ; 2)Family matters
By Rohinton Mistry. 2002
This novel takes us to Bombay in the mid-1990s. Nariman Vakeel is a seventy-nine-year-old Parsi widower and the patriarch of…
a small discordant family. Beset by Parkinson's disease and haunted by memories of the past, he lives in a once-elegant apartment with his two middle-aged stepchildren. When Nariman's illness is compounded by a broken ankle, the need for his round-the-clock care sets in motion a series of events that unravel and reveal the family's love-torn past. Winner of the 2003 CNIB Torgi Award. 2002.Fasting, feasting
By Anita Desai. 1999
From the heart of a close-knit Indian household to the cool centre of American family, this novel examines a surfeit…
of feasting and Indian family life, and the self-denial and starving of affluent American women in the land of plenty. 1999.Divisadero
By Michael Ondaatje. 2007
California, 1970s. A man who lost his wife in childbirth is raising his two daughters, Anna and Claire, and tending…
his farm with the help of a young man, Coop, who he has more or less adopted. When the older Anna, and Coop fall into a sexual relationship and are discovered, the man becomes violent and Anna and Coop flee forever. The force of this event on how these three individuals lead the rest of their lives is the tripartite tale followed over the course of the next several years. Winner of the 2007 Governor General's Award for Fiction. 2007.Dream wheels
By Richard Wagamese. 2006
In pursuit of a world-champion title, Joe Willie Wolfchild suffers a career-ending accident and is taken to his family's ranch…
to recuperate. Meanwhile, urban street-kid Aiden, sick and tired of his mother Claire's long string of abusive boyfriends, plans a robbery only to land in jail. Upon his release, a concerned parole officer finds a place for Aiden and his mom at the Wolfchild ranch. Strong language. 2006.Diary of a wimpy kid: Rodrick rules (Diary of a wimpy kid. #2.)
By Jeff Kinney. 2009
It's a brand-new year and a brand-new journal and Greg is keen to put the humiliating (and secret!) events of…
last summer firmly behind him. But someone knows everything - someone whose job it is to most definitely not keep anything embarrassing of Greg's private - his big brother, Rodrick. Grades 4-7. 2009.Dagmar's daughter
By Kim Echlin. 2001
Dagmar, whose mother is Irish, is able to control the weather and has a remarkable gift for gardening. When her…
daughter, Nyssa, runs off with one of her father's oldest friends. Dagmar is undone by her daughter's disappearance and her wrath invokes an icy rain, which envelops the landscape. Some descriptions of sex. 2001.Can you wave bye bye, baby?: stories
By Elyse Gasco. 1999
Chasing Redbird (Joanna Cotler Bks.)
By Sharon Creech. 1997
Thirteen-year-old Zinny has always preferred Aunt Jessie and Uncle Nate's house next door because it is so quiet. Her house…
is a zoo of noises--the stereo blasting, the computer bleeping, and the phone clanging. Shortly after Aunt Jessie dies, Zinny discovers a trail that begins on their Kentucky farm. As she uncovers the old trail, Zinny learns a lot about herself and her family. Grades 4-7. c1997.Bernie Magruder & the parachute peril (Bernie Magruder Ser.)
By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. 1999
Strange things are happening - a mysterious building is going up in the town over, and Bernie's absent-minded sister Delores…
surprises everyone by becoming a parachute maker. But when she's supposed to jump from a plane wearing one of her creations, Bernie and his friends smell trouble. Who would volunteer Delores for such a dangerous stunt, and who is the suspicious guy hanging around the new building? Grades 3-6. 2001, c1999.Cease to blush
By Billie Livingston. 2006
Vivian, an actress and model, shows up late to the funeral of her mother, the famous feminist Josie Callwood, whose…
ideals she has spent her life flouting. She then discovers that Josie had a flaming sexual past more exotic than anything Vivian has been able to pull off. She follows her mother's trail through the Vegas where movie stars, singers, strippers, politicians and the mob mingled. Descriptions of sex, some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2006.Before I wake
By Robert J Wiersema. 2006
Karen and Simon Barrett make the painful decision to take their 3-year-old daughter Sherry, victim of a hit-and-run driver, off…
life support, but when they do, she spontaneously begins breathing on her own. Henry Denton, the driver who struck Sherry, is haunted by the accident and attempts to take his own life, only to be saved by an unexplained force. Sherry's nurse discovers that the little girl has the power to heal, and when word of her gift leaks, the sick begin lining up to be saved, and a mysterious stranger sets his sights on vanquishing the believers - and the Barretts. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2006.Believe me
By Patricia Pearson. 2005
Frannie Mackenzie thought she finally had her life on track, even though she got pregnant with baby Lester before she…
even knew how to spell her lover Calvin's last name. Then her mother-in-law takes to her death bed and Calvin can't cope. Add in a near-death experience, a suburban shaman, and her editors at The Moral Volcano, and Frannie has her work cut out for her as she tries to uncover lasting lessons on life, mortality, and faith. Some strong language. Sequel to "Playing house". c2005.Canterbury Beach
By Anne Simpson. 2001
Tells the story of a family on their annual summer vacation to the cottage in Maine. Over the years, they…
have become geographically scattered and emotionally estranged from each other, but every year they come together for this journey. This year, however, the gathering holds a new and different promise. Some strong language.Break on through
By Jill Murray. 2007
Just as Nadine "Lady Six Sky" Durant's getting used to the idea of a new baby sister, her parents announce…
they're moving out of Parkdale to cheesy Rivercrest, a million miles away in the middle of nowhere. Is this a conspiracy to keep her from breakdancing and her boyfriend Sean, especially when they finally had a shot at the Hogtown Showdown, the biggest b-boy battle in town? With the Showdown just months away, nobody is going to keep Nadine from dancing, no matter how hard anyone tries. Some descriptions of sex. Some descriptions of violence. Some strong language. Junior and senior high readers. c2007.Brahma's dream
By Shree Ghatage. 2004
In Bombay, 13-year-old Mohini Oek suffers from a rare form of anemia that gradually diminishes her physically but increases her…
understanding of life. Vishnupant, her grandfather, is a professor of history who has devoted his life to making sense of India's past so that the country might fulfil the promise of its future. Keshav, her father, while embracing the prospect of independence, is eager to hold on to any progress made through British rule. The lives of the Oek family are lived against the backdrop of the confrontation between a far-flung empire and the diminutive Mahatma Gandhi. 2004.Blue Mountain trouble
By Martin Mordecai. 2009
After being saved from a disastrous landslide by an extraordinary goat that blocks their usual way to school, twins Pollyread…
and Jackson, living with their parents high in the mountains of Jamaica, find the strange goat reappearing at crucial intervals, as their day-to-day life is changed by series of mysterious events involving the return of a local troublemaker, and secrets from their family's past. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. 2009.