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On different shores
Par Jen McVeity. 1998
Tess lives with her politician father, stepmother, and half-sister during the week and with her fashion-model mother on weekends. As…
her sister struggles to impress their increasingly distant father, Tess abandons competitive swimming and good grades to concentrate on her guerrilla environmental group's activities. For grades 5-8. 1998Love me tomorrow
Par Rosanne Bittner. 1998
1850. When her wealthy husband Edward decides to leave Pittsburgh for the west, young Maggie McCahan has no choice but…
to accompany him. Maggie and their guide, Rafe Morrisey, are immediately attracted to each other. The hardships they endure only increase their love. Some violence and some explicit descriptions of sexAnnie's rainbow
Par Fern Michaels. 1999
Annie Clark finds a cache from a bank robbery and keeps it to help her family and start a business.…
After becoming wealthy and falling in love, Annie anonymously repays the money. But years later a determined insurance investigator and a paroled bank robber remain suspicious. Some strong languageA long way from Chicago: a novel in stories
Par Richard Peck. 1998
In eight short stories an old man reminisces about the week each summer he and his little sister spent with…
his grandmother. Joey likes the train ride and his feisty, independent grandmother, who tells "whoppers," fishes, and shoots a shotgun. For grades 6-9Yara
Par Tamara Berger. 2023
FEATURED IN QUILL & QUIRE 'S 2023 FALL PREVIEW THE GLOBE AND MAIL : BOOKS TO READ IN FALL 2023…
CBC BOOKS CANADIAN FICTION TO READ IN FALL 2023 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BIG INDIE BOOKS OF FALL 2023 From the author of Maidenhead , a reverse cautionary tale about a young woman exploring the boundaries of sex and belonging in the early 2000s Distraught that her teenage daughter is in love with a woman a decade older, Yara's mother sends her away from their home in Brazil to Israel, on a Birthright trip for Jewish youth. Freed from her increasingly controlling and jealous girlfriend, Yara is determined to forge her own path and follow her desires. But Birthright takes a debaucherous turn, and Yara flees Israel for Toronto and then California. As she wanders, Yara is forced to reframe her relationship and her ideas around consent. Set in the sex-tape-panicked early 2000s, Yara is a reverse cautionary tale about what the body can teach usPrincesse: roman
Par Danielle Steel. 2008
"Jeune princesse moderne, Christianna a grandi dans son royaume du Liechtenstein, puis fait de longues études à Berkeley. Depuis son…
retour au palais, elle supporte mal le protocole strict de la cour. Aussi lorsqu'une prise d'otage a lieu en Russie et qu'elle assiste au travail de la Croix-Rouge, elle n'a plus qu'une seule idée : s'engager elle aussi dans une organisation humanitaire. Elle extorque à son père la permission de partir comme volontaire en Érythrée sous une fausse identité et, dans un camp de réfugiés, rencontre un jeune médecin américain..." -- 4e de couvMorgy makes his move
Par Maggie Lewis. 1999
When Morgy MacDougal-MacDuff's family moves from California to Massachusetts, Morgy is bullied by an older kid, demoted to beginners' ice…
hockey, and laughed at about his name, his snow pants, and his lunch bag. But his one new friend, Byron, makes it all easier. For grades 2-4. 1999Moving Mama to town
Par Ronder Young. 1997
Freddy James Johnson, thirteen, is confused when his father, "Big Kenny," leaves his family members to fend for themselves on…
the farm in 1947. But Freddy soon arranges to move Mama and little Kenneth Lee into town, and he gets a job to support them. For grades 5-8The secret life of Amanda K. Woods
Par Ann Cameron. 1998
Just before Amanda's only friend, Lyle, moves away, the two eleven-year-olds use a technique from a comic book to exchange…
hands in order to remain close. Amanda uses her new right hand and some advice from her "perfect" older sister to guide her through the awkward, friendless time that follows. For grades 4-7Plein ciel: roman (Grands romans)
Par Danielle Steel. 1995
Family tree
Par Katherine Ayres. 1996
When sixth-grader Tyler Stoudt gets an assignment to create a family tree, her heart sinks. Her widowed father won't talk…
about his own family or her mother's, so Tyler has no idea who her relatives are. For grades 3-6The good lord bird (national book award winner): A novel
Par James McBride. 2023
Now a Showtime limited series starring Ethan Hawke and Daveed Diggs Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction From…
the bestselling author of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store , Deacon King Kong (an Oprah Book Club pick) and The Color of Water comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade—and who must pass as a girl to survive. Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1856-a battleground between anti- and pro-slavery forces-when legendary abolitionist John Brown arrives. When an argument between Brown and Henry's master turns violent, Henry is forced to leave town-along with Brown, who believes Henry to be a girl and his good luck charm. Over the ensuing months, Henry, whom Brown nicknames Little Onion, conceals his true identity to stay alive. Eventually Brown sweeps him into the historic raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859-one of the great catalysts for the Civil War. An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, and told with McBride's meticulous eye for detail and character, The Good Lord Bird is both a rousing adventure and a moving exploration of identity and survivalDearly beloved
Par Mary Putney. 1990
Following a hasty marriage--the result of youthful passion--Gervase Brandelin deserts Diana Lindsay. But fate takes Diana to London and places…
her in a position to make Gervase pay for his cruelty. Gervase is unaware of Diana's disguise as a courtesan, but she will make sure he finds out--at the right time. Descriptions of sexA gown of Spanish lace
Par Janette Oke. 1995
Ariana Benson, a religious young schoolteacher, never knew her birth mother. But she does have her mother's wedding dress--a gown…
of imported Spanish lace. Laramie Lawrence, the adopted son of an outlaw boss, didn't know his mother either. Thrust together through unusual circumstances, they eventually fall in love and plan to marry. But when Ariana brings out her mother's gown, it appears she and Laramie may be siblingsRedemption
Par Howard Fast. 1999
Isaac Goldman, seventy-eight, is driving across the George Washington Bridge just as a young woman attempts to jump. He stops,…
changing the course of his life and that of forty-seven-year-old Elizabeth Hopper. They fall in love and are planning to marry when she is suddenly accused of murdering her ex-husband. Some strong languageMeet Josefina, an American girl (Historical Character)
Par Valerie Tripp, Jean-Paul Tibbles, Susan McAliley, Peg Ross. 1997
In 1824 nine-year-old Josefina lives with her father and three sisters on a rancho near Santa Fe, New Mexico. The…
girls try hard to take care of things the way Mama did before she died the previous year. When their grandfather comes for a visit, they are surprised by the guest he brings--Tia Dolores, their mother's sister. Prequel to Josefina Learns a Lesson (DB 45562). For grades 2-4The house on Hope Street
Par Danielle Steel. 2000
California divorce lawyers Liz and Jack Sutherland have five children and an idyllic marriage. But after Jack is killed by…
the deranged husband of a client, the family gradually learns to cope without him. Then an accident brings a new person into their lives. Some strong language. 2000A year down yonder
Par Richard Peck, Steve Cieslawski. 2000
During the 1937 recession fifteen-year-old Mary Alice from Chicago is sent to live with feisty Grandma Dowdel in rural Illinois.…
There she learns about small-town ways and grows to love her grandmother. Sequel to A Long Way from Chicago (DB 50305, BR 12129). For grades 6-9. Newbery Medal. Bestseller. 2000Maura's angel (An Avon Camelot book)
Par Lynne Banks. 1984
On her way home from her Belfast school, Maura is knocked flat by a bomb's blast. When she looks around,…
she is amazed to see a naked girl who looks just like her. Maura must teach this new acquaintance to walk, eat, and even sleep. In return, Maura and her family experience wonderful changes while in her presence. For grades 4-7Ask Mariah
Par Barbara Freethy. 1997
Michael Ashton is raising his six-year-old twin daughters alone following their mother's death. The girls think she is coming back,…
and the crystal ball from their grandmother says they can find their mother at school. When they arrive at summer school, they find Joanna Wingate, a look-alike of their mother. Some descriptions of sex