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Family stories, General fiction, Gentle romance
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When Sophia James, a struggling but passionate photographer, receives a mysterious gift from a long-time crush, she sees it as…
the sign she’s been waiting for. Deciding life is too short to not finally go for it, she jumps into action, even though being in love with your best friend’s brother is never the easiest terrain to navigate.But with her newly developing carpe diem attitude, Sophia becomes more attuned to the influence and consequences of her own choices. She uses her new insight to support her siblings through the road bumps in their own lives, all while working to expand her fledgling business. Though overwhelming and challenging, as change always is, Sophia rediscovers the importance of family, love, and holding on to hope when times get most difficult. Dealing with issues of miscarriages, mental health, long-distance relationships, and struggles with sexual orientation, Sophia learns difficult truths about her family and herself that force her to grow into the woman she hopes to become. A Snapshot of Hope is sure to give you all the feels and remind you that no problem is too big if you have family by your side.
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General fiction, Family stories, Serious and literary fiction
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Una mujer que enfermó de lepra en la adolescencia cuenta su tratamiento y curación, que va en paralelo al descubrimiento…
de la escritura. Una poderosa reflexión sobre el arte de escribir. «Cuando nombro la lepra la gente se sorprende, me interroga. Nunca sé si sienten miedo o solo curiosidad. Me apuro a decir que estoy totalmente curada, que soy una persona sana [...]. Cada vez comparto con más gente la historia. Hablar es entender. Escribir es curarse.» Cuando contrajo la enfermedad de Hansen, comúnmente conocida como lepra, la autora era una adolescente que tenía una vida feliz, en una ciudad de provincia, con una familia amorosa. Iba a la escuela, jugaba con sus amigos, le gustaba escribir. Sus padres decidieron no contarle que era lepra para protegerla de los prejuicios que todavía hoy persisten en la sociedad. El tratamiento con antibióticos la curó por completo, y no fue hasta que cumplió los veinte años que su médica le informó de qué se trataba. Ese silencio alrededor de la enfermedad, sus consecuencias, es de lo que trata este libro. Y de cómo la escritura es también una manera de sanar. «Una palabra tuya bastará para sanarnos es mucho más que el testimonio de una escritora que en su infancia padeció lepra, esa enfermedad mítica, temida y estigmatizada. Es un libro sobre el amor, el miedo, el silencio, el agradecimiento y, ante todo, sobre lo que Gisela Galimi llama "mi cuerpo propio ajeno a mí"; es también una hermosa reflexión, atravesada por la mirada poética y el humor, sobre la escritura como un camino de liberación, que nos abre la posibilidad de ver más allá de lo que habitualmente vemos.»Piedad Bonnett, autora de Lo que no tiene nombre
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Bestsellers (Fiction), General fiction, Family stories, War stories
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Afghanistan, 1970s-2000s. At age fifteen Mariam is married off to much-older, abusive shoemaker Rasheed. Rasheed takes a second wife, Laila,…
a student who lost her family and true love. The women bond as violence escalates at home and in wartorn Kabul. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2007
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Family stories, Historical fiction
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Renny and Alayne Whiteoak suffer a marital crisis with tragic undertones. An old uncle returns to Jalna, and later young Wakefield, after a stay at a monastery, comes home. 1936
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Family stories, Historical fiction, Romance
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1928-1946. Giles Lytton and his siblings, Venetia, Adele, and Kit, are unprepared to inherit their family's London publishing empire. The…
children come of age, finding both family and business threatened by war and romantic and professional entanglements. Sequel to No Angel (RC 57360). Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2001
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Family stories, Christian fiction
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Dave and Clarice Johnson have a car accident during which Clarice's leg is broken. Her recovery exposes rifts in the…
couple's marriage and their vastly different priorities. As their relationship falters, Dave grows closer to Clarice's physical therapist and fellow church member, Julie Sawyer, and Julie's young son. 2006
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Family stories, Christian fiction, Romance, General fiction, Multi-cultural fiction, Science fiction
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When the Reverend Curtis Black, from The Best-Kept Secret (DB 61266), goes on the road, his third wife, Charlotte, suspects…
he's cheating. Charlotte also worries about other matters, especially that her five-year-old daughter may be the child of an affair Charlotte had. Some violence and some strong language. 2007
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Family stories, Historical fiction
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The continuing saga of the Whiteoak family of Canada from the spring of 1939 to the fall of 1940. Focuses…
on Wakefield, the youngest of the Jalna clan and a successful actor, and his bittersweet love affair. 1941
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Family stories, General fiction, Multi-cultural fiction
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Vietnam. Instead of going to school, nine-year-old Binh sells fruit from a cart to help her family. When her grandmother…
announces that Binh's American aunt is coming to visit, Binh assumes that all Americans are wealthy and her aunt will solve the family's financial problems. For grades 3-6. 2007
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Family stories
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In 1900, sixteen-year-old Seth's father moves the family to the booming port city of Galveston, Texas, for better opportunities. After…
a destructive hurricane, Seth joins the reconstruction efforts, deepening his resolve to be a carpenter like his father rather than to attend college. Grades 5-8. 2006.
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Family stories, Humourous fiction, General fiction
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Publicist-turned-stay-at-home-mom Julia Einstein returns to work when her husband, Peter Morrissey, gets fired. Julia's first client is Mary Ford, a…
cantankerous former movie star who's marketing an awful new perfume. Julia reconciles Mary with her daughter and revives Mary's and her own career--while Peter loves housekeeping. Some strong language. 2006
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Disabilities fiction, Historical fiction, Family stories, General fiction
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1940s. Sixth-grader Norman Schmidt's desire to be a baseball player or an artist suffers a setback when he loses his…
left hand in a meat grinder. But a mother who makes him do everything for himself and his own determination put Norm on the baseball team. For grades 4-7. 2006
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Friendship stories, Historical fiction, Family stories, Multi-cultural fiction, General fiction
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Pennsylvania, 1897. Nate Tanner is the spoiled son of a coal-mine-owning family. Against his father's wishes, he befriends some boys…
employed in the mines and secretly works a shift with them. Later Nate is caught up in a clash between strikers and his family. For grades 6-9. 2004
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Family stories, Multi-cultural fiction, General fiction
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Fourteen-year-old American Clara Luna learns about her Mexican father's background when she spends the summer with her grandparents in their…
remote village in Oaxaca. She discovers her grandmother's gift for healing, becomes friends with Pedro, and finds missing pieces of her soul. For grades 6-9. 2006
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Family stories, General fiction, School stories, Multi-cultural fiction
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During the first semester of her junior year of high school, Alice McKinley decides to change her "good girl" image…
and experiments with boys and parties. Alice ultimately discovers her true self with the help of family and friends. Some descriptions of sex. For junior and senior high readers. 2007
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Adventure stories, Historical fiction, Family stories, War stories, Multi-cultural fiction, General fiction
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1944. Two Dutchmen codenamed Tamar and Dart lead the resistance against the Nazis. Enduring starvation, Tamar lives with his lover…
Marijke while Dart resides at a hospital. Decades later a fifteen-year-old British girl named Tamar investigates her family's past. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2007
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Science fiction, Family stories
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“What is this place?” In a drought-stricken world, Devin and his grandfather have barely scraped out a living on their…
isolated farm. When his grandfather dies, Devin knows he can’t manage alone and heads for the nearest city to find help. But in the city he finds only children alone like him, living on the streets. Then a small act of kindness earns Devin an invitation to the Gabriel H. Penn Home for Childhood—a place with unlimited food and toys and the hope of finding a new home. But Devin soon finds out that the Gabriel Penn Home is no paradise. A zombie-like sickness afflicts many of the children who live there—and it will claim Devin, too, unless he can become the first to find a way out of this dystopian nightmare. “[A] chilling and engrossing tale . . . A standout.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Fast-paced and gripping. An original dystopian story.” —School Library Journal, starred review “A timeless story that deserves to become a children’s classic for decades to come.” —The Christian Science MonitorA Summer 2014 Kids’ Indie Next List Pick One of the Christian Science Monitor’s 25 Best New Middle Grade Novels of 2014
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Family stories, Romance, General fiction, Animal stories, Multi-cultural fiction
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Coping with an anxiety disorder and warring parents, Seattle high school senior Jade volunteers at the zoo, where she meets…
and falls in love with twenty-year-old single father Sebastian. But Sebastian hides a secret that might disrupt Jade's already unsettled life. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2007
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Family stories, General fiction, Alphabet, number and picture books, Multi-cultural fiction
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France. Late one stormy night, ten-year-old Yann Doutreleau, a toddler-sized mute, awakens his three sets of older twin brothers and…
convinces them that they all must flee from their parents. The brothers journey west towards the ocean. A modern retelling of Perrault's "Tom Thumb." For grades 6-9. Batchelder Award. 1999
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Ghost and horror stories, Historical fiction, General fiction, Family stories, Multi-cultural fiction
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New England, 1931. Thirteen-year-old Nick, whose parents died in a 1918 epidemic, has always been troublesome. Now his reflection has…
escaped from the mirror and townspeople accuse Nick of committing increasingly dangerous crimes. To prove his innocence, Nick pursues a stranger who looks exactly like him. For grades 5-8. 2004