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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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THE BELOVED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER—FROM THE AUTHOR OF HANG THE MOON
The extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, "nothing short of spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world's most gifted storytellers.
The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When...
The extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, "nothing short of spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world's most gifted storytellers.
The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When...
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Series
Texas gold volume 1
Language
English
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Enduring a highly publicized downfall when her husband's fraudulent activities and faithlessness are discovered, Texas socialite Claire starts over against terrible odds to save her family and discover a better life.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Follows a young woman who has been captured and confined by a serial killer--who is a father, widower, former Marine, and lineman for the local electric company--as he hides the true nature of his double life from his daughter, neighbors, and the local bartender who could be his next victim, unless his captive manages to stop him.
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Publisher
G.P. Putnum's Sons
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
When Sophia and Darius say good-bye to their teenage daughters one unremarkable morning, they have no idea how permanently their family will be affected by a decision made around the breakfast table. One of the daughters will have a terrible accident, the other will meet a boy. Both events will change their lives forever.
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Series
Rosie novels (Graeme Simsion) volume 3
Publisher
Text Publishing
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Don and Rosie help their eleven-year-old son who is struggling at school and having trouble fitting in while trying to open a cocktail bar.
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Language
English
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The complex, deeply binding relationship between mothers and daughters is brought vividly to life in Katie Hafner’s remarkable memoir, an exploration of the year she and her mother, Helen, spent working through, and triumphing over, a lifetime of unresolved emotions.
Dreaming of a “year in Provence” with her mother, Katie urges Helen to move to San Francisco to live with her and Zoë, Katie’s teenage...
Dreaming of a “year in Provence” with her mother, Katie urges Helen to move to San Francisco to live with her and Zoë, Katie’s teenage...
Author
Publisher
Brush Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this clear and honest guide for those loving a partner with dementia, Dr. Kirkpatrick shares his double perspective as both a loving and grief-stricken husband coping with a profound change in his marriage, and as a geriatric psychiatrist pushing to learn and do as much as he can for his wife. Dr. Kirkpatrick tackles the tough questions about caretaking, grief, loss, love and sex for those whose partners have the disease. Whether your partner has...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Feeling unmatched beside her identical sisters, fraternal triplet Clementine is shattered by the revelation of a parent's secret that forces the trio to redefine family roles and loyalties, a process made more difficult by a college boyfriend's suicide and complicated feelings for a best friend.
13) Shards of Glass
Author
Publisher
Createspace
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Seymore recounts the horrific physical, emotional and sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her father throughout her childhood. Throughout, the author maintains a calm, unaffected tone; although she doesn't shy away from blaming her father for the abuse, the memoir is never bitter. Overall, readers will be left with the impression of a woman who endured a traumatic childhood and came to understand how it shaped her; along the way, she maintained...
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Series
Cavendon chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
Picks up nine years after the events of Cavendon Women, in an epic tale that finds Cecily and Miles drawing on the collective strength of the whole family to protect Cavendon Hall and its clan from the challenges of World War II.
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Publisher
Credo House Publishers
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The author shares her son Mark Becker's story, from his childhood in Parkersburg, Iowa, through the murder of Ed Thomas and the events that followed, using her family's experiences to demonstrate the need for reform in the existing mental health system.
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
As a former varsity athlete and university instructor teaching sport literature, novelist Angie Abdou is no stranger to sport obsession, but she finds herself conflicted when faced with the reality of the struggles, joys, and strains of having a child in amateur hockey. In Home Ice, with equal parts humour and anguish, Abdou charts a full season of life as an Atom-level hockey mom, from summer hockey camp to the end-of-season tournament. Her revealing...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When he was two years old, Hunter Biden was badly injured in a car accident that killed his mother and baby sister. In 2015, he suffered the devastating loss of his beloved big brother, Beau, who died of brain cancer at the age of forty-six. These hardships were compounded by the collapse of his marriage and a years-long battle with drug and alcohol addiction. In Beautiful Things, Hunter recounts his descent into substance abuse and his tortuous...
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Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Hazard is a poignant, unflinching memoir of the emotional intricacies of growing up with a severely disabled sibling. Margaret Combs shows how her Southern Baptist family coped with the reality of autism in an era of ignorance and shame, the 1950s through the 1970s, and shares her own tragedy and anguish of being torn between helping her brother and yearning for her own life.
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