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By Jeanne Birdsall. 2006
While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four young sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with…
a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother. Grades 4-7. 2006.By Jacqueline Wilson. 2002
Ellie, Magda and Nadine have got all sorts of trouble. A kiss at a party threatens to break Ellie and…
Magda's friendship. But they both know that Nadine's about to get into big trouble with an "Internet date" and only the two of them together can save her. Will pride or friendship come first?By Jacqueline Wilson. 2000
Jade is so used to being with and agreeing with Vicky, her best friend, that when a tragic accident occurs,…
she can hardly believe that Vicky's no longer there. But Vicky is not going to let being dead stop her from enjoying life to the full. Wherever Jade is, Vicky makes her presence felt. Grades 2-4.By Anita Brookner. 1997
Seventy-year-old Dorothea May enjoys the freedoms of her comfortable, albeit dull, life. A wedding in her family brings unexpected young…
visitors to her home and, to her surprise, she finds that she enjoys the company of Steve, the best man. Her reaction to Steve's presence makes Thea question her comfortable facade and the life she is living. 1997.By Judy Blume. 1998
Two women from very different families meet on the brink of adolescence and spend the pivotal summers of their coming-of-age…
years as companions on Martha's Vineyard. "Summer sisters" is a riveting exploration of the choices that define us, of the families we are born into and those we struggle to create. It is an unforgettable story of two women, two families and the friendships that shape a lifetime.By Alan Hollinghurst. 2004
"The line of beauty" traces the further history of a decade of change and tragedy. A time when drugs, gay…
sex and AIDS are rife. In the summer of 1983, 20-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens as the Thatcher boom-years unfold. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2004 Man Booker Prize. 2004.By Anne Fine. 1997
Tulip's outlandish behaviour doesn't matter to Natalie. Natalie finds Tulip exciting, and at first she doesn't care that other people…
are so upset and unnerved by her bizarre games. But as the games become increasingly wild and sinister, Natalie realises that Tulip is going too far. And deep inside, Natalie knows that Tulip won't rest until she's won the most dangerous game of all. Junior high readers. 1997.By James Patterson, Maxine Paetro. 2006
Homicide detective Lindsay Boxer and her colleagues in the Women's Murder Club investigate suspicious deaths at the San Francisco Municipal…
Hospital, where patients in recovery are suddenly dying at an alarming rate. Clues include buttons on the corpses' eyes. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bestseller. 2006. (Women's Murder Club mystery ; 5)By Marc Brown. 2003
Arthur and his friends try to find a substitute to attend the Father's Day picnic with Buster, whose father is…
not around much since his parents' divorce. But Buster keeps saying he has other plans. Will his friends be able to give him a happy Father's Day? Grades 2-4. 2003.By Zadie Smith. 2000
Meet the Joneses, the Iqbals and the Chalfens. Three families all English to varying degrees and involved in each other's…
lives in every conceivable way - personally, politically, historically, genetically. Different colours, different religions and different sides of the unforgotten colonial fence, they have one thing in common: a small borough of North London where extremism of all kinds is the order of the day and the dilemmas of previous generations are obsessively played out in the present.By Rudyard Kipling, Isabel Quigly. 1987
By Jeff Kinney. 2011
Greg Heffley has always been in a hurry to grow up. But is getting older really all it's cracked up…
to be? Suddenly Greg is dealing with the pressures of boy-girl parties, increased responsibilities, and even the awkward changes that come with getting older. Sequel to "Dog days", followed by "Cabin fever". Grades 4-7. 2011.By Michelle Magorian. 1983
Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of WW2. A sad, deprived child,…
he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley - but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back in London. Junior High. 1983.By Lisa Jewell. 1999
By Ernest Hemingway. 1952
An old Cuban fisherman hooks a giant marlin after eighty-five days without a catch. He then fights a losing battle…
with sharks that deprive him of his triumph. Recorded in textbook format. Winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. 1952.By Katie Fforde. 2005
Ellie Summers' life is unravelling - finding herself pregnant (and her sexy but idle boyfriend Rick less than enthusiastic about…
parenthood) she needs a plan. Grace Soudley's life is also coming apart at the seams - her only security is the beautiful yet crumbling old house she was left by her godmother. But unless she can find a fortune, Luckenham House will disintegrate around her. When Ellie and Grace meet, the two very different women find they can help each other out: Ellie needs a place to stay; Grace needs a lodger; both of them need a friend. But then the disconcertingly engaging Flynn Cormack arrives on the scene, apparently determined to help. And when Grace discovers some beautiful painted panels hidden behind the tattered dining-room curtains, the whole business of restoration starts to get serious. 2005.By Dorothea Benton Frank. 2014
Best friends and housemates in one of their parents' beach house, Ashley Anne Waters and Mary Beth Smythe, now 23…
years old, try to navigate the relationships and responsibilities of adult life. Bestseller. 2014.By Sharon Creech. 1995
After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along…
the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left. Junior high readers. 1995.By Elizabeth Levy. 2002
While 11-year-old Sam is playing chess online with 12-year-old Vlad Clinciu in Bucharest, Romania, Sam's annoying cousin Mabel prattles on…
about vampires and Count Dracula. Then Vlad and his family come to New York for a chess tournament, and Sam is astounded and annoyed to find that his friend is not a chess beginner at all. Meanwhile, Mabel and Sam's brother Robert find all sorts of reasons to believe that Vlad really is a vampire. Grades 3-6. 2002. (Sam and Robert Bamford books ; 4)By Helen Humphreys. 2002
In 1941, horticulturist Gwen Davis leaves London for the Devon countryside to instruct a group of girls growing crops for…
the home front. There she meets two people who will change her life forever: Raley, a Canadian officer waiting to be posted to the front, and Jane, a frail but free spirit whose fiancé is missing in action. Gwen finds herself facing her past and present, and when she discovers a 'lost' garden, she at last learns the joys and risks of love. Canada Reads 2003. 2002.