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21) Brava, Valentine
Author
Series
Valentine trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Description
A once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity takes shoe designer and businesswomen Valentine Roncalli from the winding streets of Greenwich Village to the sun-kissed cobblestones of Buenos Aires, where she finds a long-buried secret hidden deep within a family scandal. Once unearthed, the truth rocks the Roncallis and Valentine is determined to hold her family together as she longs to create one of her own.
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Just as Masters and Johnson were pioneers in the study of human sexuality, so Dr. John Gottman has revolutionized the study of marriage. As a professor of psychology at the University of Washington and the founder and director of the Seattle Marital and Family Institute, he has studied the habits of married couples in unprecedented detail over the course of many years. His findings, and his heavily attended workshops, have already turned around thousands...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A mother and daughter on vacation in Paris unpack a lifetime of secrets and hopes. Every daughter has her own distinctive voice, her inimitable style, and her secrets. Laurie is an artist, a collector of experiences. She travels the world with a worn beige duffel bag. Every mother has her own distinctive voice, her inimitable style, and her secrets. "Dr. Liz," Laurie's mother, is an elegant perfectionist who travels the world with a matched set of...
24) The nix
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 36
Language
English
Description
"An epic novel about a son, the mother who left him as a child, and how his search to uncover the secrets of her life leads him to reclaim his own"--
25) Shanghai girls
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Two sisters leave Shanghai to find new lives in 1930s Los Angeles in this fresh, fascinating adventure.
26) Saint Anything
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Sydney's charismatic older brother, Peyton, has always been the center of attention in the family but when he is sent to jail, Sydney struggles to find her place at home and the world until she meets the Chathams, including gentle, protective Mac, who makes her feel seen for the first time.
27) Ramona's world
Author
Series
Ramona Quimby volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of nine-year-old Ramona at home with big sister Beezus and baby sister Roberta, and at school in Mrs. Meacham's class.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A sweeping, masterful debut about a daughter's fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born In present-day Miami, Jeanette is battling addiction. Daughter of Carmen, a Cuban immigrant, she is determined to learn more about her family history from her reticent mother and makes the snap decision to take in the daughter of a neighbor detained by ICE. Carmen, still wrestling...
Author
Language
English
Description
After uprooting her life in the States, Irene Steele has just settled in at the villa on St. John where her husband Russ had been living a double life. But a visit from the FBI shakes her foundations, and Irene once again learns just how little she knew about the man she loved. With help from their friends, Irene and her sons set up their lives while evidence mounts that the helicopter crash that killed Russ may not have been an accident. Meanwhile,...
Author
Series
Inheritance games volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first. Now the great Tobias Hawthorne is dead and his family disinherited, but some lessons linger. When Grayson's half-sisters find themselves in trouble, he swoops in to do what he does best: take care of the problem--efficiently, effectively, mercilessly. And without getting bogged down in emotional entanglements. Jameson Hawthorne...
31) Matilda
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different, but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull, she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It will take superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves, and Matilda may be just the one to do it!"--Jacket...
Author
Series
Paradise volume 2
Language
English
Description
A year ago, Irene Steele had the shock of her life: her loving husband, father to their grown sons and successful businessman, was killed in a plane crash. But that wasn't Irene's only shattering news. He'd also been leading a double life on the island of St. John, where another woman loved him, too. Now Irene and her sons are back on St. John, determined to learn the truth about the mysterious life -- and death -- of a man they thought they knew....
33) Fudge-a-mania
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
Peter chronicles his family's vacation in Maine highlighted by the antics of his younger brother Fudge and the presence of his sworn enemy Sheila Tubman.
34) Long lost
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Myron Bolitar hasn't heard from Terese Collins since their torrid affair ended ten years ago, so her desperate phone call from Paris catches him completely off guard. In a shattering admission, Terese reveals the tragic story behind her disappearance: her struggles to get pregnant, the greatest moment of her life when her baby was born -- and the fatal accident that robbed her of it all. Now a suspect in the murder of her ex-husband in Paris, Terese...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
36) My darling girl
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Alison has never been a fan of Christmas. But with it right around the corner and her husband busily decorating their cozy Vermont home, she has no choice but to face it. Then she gets the call. Mavis, Alison's estranged mother, has been diagnosed with cancer and has only weeks to live. She wants to spend her remaining days with her daughter, son-in-law, and two granddaughters. But Alison grew up with her mother's alcoholism and violent abuse and...
37) Extra credit
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides--sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.
38) Low pressure
Author
Language
English
Description
Bellamy Lyston was only 12 years old when her older sister Susan was killed on a stormy Memorial Day. Bellamy's fear of storms is a legacy of the tornado that destroyed the crime scene along with her memory of what really happened during the day's most devastating moments. Now 18 years later Bellamy has written a sensational, bestselling novel based on Susan's murder. Because the book was inspired by the tragic event that still pains her family, she...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to the love--and life--she's been looking for"--
When Iris moves to New York City to restart her life, her friend Bobby drags her to an autumn street fair in Little Italy. Among the food stalls, a family-run gelateria catches her eye. She returns the next day and meets Gio, whose uncle is recuperating from a stroke and cannot remember the family's gelato recipe. Sampling the last...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Amy and Brian's world was changed forever with his diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's. Forced to confront the daily frustrations and realities of the disease and its impact on their lives and marriage, Brian resolved not to let it dictate his life and instead asked himself: What makes life meaningful, and how do I want to live the rest of mine? His decision led them to learn about Dignitas and to fly to Zürich for a peaceful ending of Brian's...
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