Author: Gene Stone
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671519520
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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After a terrifying incident of child abuse, Ruth Finley, as an adult, suffers from suicidal depression and dissociative behavior.
Author: Lucy Christopher
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545317711
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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While her father is in the hospital, 13-year-old Isla befriends Harry, the first boy to understand her love of the outdoors, and as Harry's health fails, Isla tries to help both him and the lone swan they see, struggling to fly, on the lake outside Harry's window.
Author: Gene W. Stone
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671780852
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Story of Canada's kidnapping crisis.
Author: Kristin Hannah
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 125003180X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Return to the world of FIREFLY LANE—now a Netflix series—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah. Once, a long time ago, I walked down a night-darkened road called Firefly Lane, all alone, on the worst night of my life, and I found a kindred spirit. That was our beginning. More than thirty years ago. TullyandKate. You and me against the world. Best friends forever. But stories end, don't they? You lose the people you love and you have to find a way to go on. . . . Tully Hart has always been larger than life, a woman fueled by big dreams and driven by memories of a painful past. She thinks she can overcome anything until her best friend, Kate Ryan, dies. Tully tries to fulfill her deathbed promise to Kate--to be there for Kate's children--but Tully knows nothing about family or motherhood or taking care of people. Sixteen-year-old Marah Ryan is devastated by her mother's death. Her father, Johnny, strives to hold the family together, but even with his best efforts, Marah becomes unreachable in her grief. Nothing and no one seems to matter to her . . . until she falls in love with a young man who makes her smile again and leads her into his dangerous, shadowy world. Dorothy Hart--the woman who once called herself Cloud--is at the center of Tully's tragic past. She repeatedly abandoned her daughter, Tully, as a child, but now she comes back, drawn to her daughter's side at a time when Tully is most alone. At long last, Dorothy must face her darkest fear: Only by revealing the ugly secrets of her past can she hope to become the mother her daughter needs. A single, tragic choice and a middle-of-the-night phone call will bring these women together and set them on a poignant, powerful journey of redemption. Each has lost her way, and they will need each one another--and maybe a miracle--to transform their lives. An emotionally complex, heart-wrenching novel about love, motherhood, loss, and new beginnings, Fly Away reminds us that where there is life, there is hope, and where there is love, there is forgiveness. Told with her trademark powerful storytelling and illuminating prose, Kristin Hannah reveals why she is one of the most beloved writers of our day.
Author: Kathleen Jennings
Publisher: Picador Australia
ISBN: 1760982075
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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'A superbly told tale of folklore-infused fantasy, full of rising dread, set in a sharply observed Australian outback town.' Garth Nix Strange what chooses to flourish here. Which plants. Which stories. Bettina Scott lives a tidy, quiet life in Runagate, tending to her delicate mother and their well-kept garden after her father and brothers disappear - until a note arrives that sends Bettina into the scrublands beyond, searching for answers about what really happened to this town, and to her family. For this is a land where superstitions hunt and folk tales dream - and power is there for the taking, for those willing to look. WINNER OF THE BRITISH FANTASY AWARDS: THE SYDNEY J. BOUNDS AWARD FOR BEST NEWCOMER 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE COURIER-MAIL PEOPLE'S CHOICE QUEENSLAND BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021 PRAISE FOR FLYAWAY 'Jennings' prose dazzles, and her magic feels real enough that you might even prick your finger on it.' Kelly Link 'Half mystery, half fairy tale, all exquisitely rendered and full of teeth.' Holly Black 'Brilliant light washes through these pages, a perfect foil for the novella's shadowy, all-too-serious battles of class, community and family. Sly visitations from imported, half-naturalised folklore add further layers of mystery and wonder to a more-than-magical tale of history's grip, the land's memory, and the harm we cannot help but do to ourselves and each other.' Margo Lanagan 'In spellbinding, lyrical prose Jennings lulls readers into this rich, dreamlike world. Lovers of contemporary fairy tales and magical realism will find this a masterful work.' Publishers Weekly
Author: Ann Grifalconi
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Sent by her mother to the edge of the Niger to gather rushes for the Ceremony of Beginnings, Nsia encounters many distractions, until the ancestors' spirits guide her on her way to becoming a wise little woman.
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442460091
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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While in North Dakota helping her Aunt Frankie prepare for a possible flood, Lucy finds her voice as a poet with the help of her two-year-old brother Teddy, the rest of their family, and a few cows.
Author: Nora Rock
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554694698
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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After a member of her competitive cheerleading team is injured in practice, sixteen-year-old Marnie is asked to be a flyer-the most coveted role in cheerleading. The Soar Starlings team has a real shot at the provincial championship, and Marnie has only a few weeks to prepare. But as she scrambles to polish her lifts and throws, Marnie's personal life begins to unravel. First, her boyfriend of two years breaks up with her, and then her best friend Arielle, captain of the Starlings, disappears during a team trip to Toronto. As Marnie struggles to adjust to being both a flyer and the team's new captain, she realizes that, to be a leader, you have to let go of old alliances to make room in your life for new ones.
Author: Wendy E. Lund
Publisher: Eloquent Books
ISBN: 9781609116606
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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Chosen from the toy shop for a little girl's birthday, Bitsy Balloon begins a new adventure that takes her out of the shop, through the park and up, up---and away! Suddenly on her own, Bitsy discovers a whole new world as she encounters buzzing bees, flying birds and little fish in a stream. But her floating journey takes her farther and farther away, and Bitsy soon realizes she must somehow make her way back to the little girl. This is a charming tale of Bitsy Balloon's adventures in the park as she leaves the safety of the toy shop for a walk with the little girl who bought her. As she finds herself floating away from the little girl, Bitsy promises to find her way home-and she does! You will want to read this story over again and again! - Sue Burns, CEO Bonapatea, Inc., Bonaparte, Iowa. Author Wendy E. Lund grew up in the Puget Sound area of Washington State near the capital city of Olympia. Lund likes to write, sing, garden, sew, quilt and travel, as well as camp out with her husband when time permits. Lund and her husband make their home in the same beautiful Puget Sound area where she spent her childhood. She is currently putting the finishing touches on her next book. Publisher's website: http: //www.StrategicPublishingGroup.com/title/The_Fly_Away_Balloon.htm
Author: Andrew McCarthy
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616206292
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 271
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Fifteen-year-old Lucy Willows discovers that her father had an illegitimate child, now an eight-year-old boy who lives in the same town, and she begins to question everything she thought she knew about her family and life.
