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101) Red at the bone
Author
Language
English
Description
"An extraordinary new novel about the influence of history on a contemporary family, from the New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming. Two families from different social classes are joined together by an unexpected pregnancy and the child that it produces. Moving forward and backward in time, with the power of poetry and the emotional richness of a narrative ten times its length,...
102) Raising Cubby: a father and son's adventures with Asperger's, trains, tractors, and high explosives
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The comic memoir of an Aspergian father raising his Aspergian son, by the bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye"--
103) Spy runner
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
It's 1953 and the Cold War is on. Communism threatens all that the United States stands for, and America needs every patriot to do their part. So when a Russian boarder moves into the home of twelve-year-old Jake McCauley, he's on high alert. What does the mysterious Mr. Shubin do with all that photography equipment? And why did he choose to live so close to the Air Force base? Jake's mother says that Mr. Shubin knew Jake's dad, who went missing in...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"From PEN/Hemingway award winner Brando Skyhorse comes this stunning, heartfelt memoir in the vein of The Glass Castle or The Tender Bar, the true story of a boy's turbulent childhood growing up with five stepfathers and the mother who was determined to give her son everything but the truth. When he was three years old, Brando Kelly Ulloa was abandoned by his Mexican father. His mother, Maria, dreaming of a more exciting life, saw no reason for her...
Author
Language
English
Description
Who is your teenager listening to? Teenagers today are bombarded by messages from their peers, the Internet, music, movies . . . the list goes on. As parents, you may wonder if your words mean anything at all. If so, take heart: all research indicates that the most significant influence on the life of a teenager comes from his or her parents. Yes--parents! In this updated volume, marriage and family expert Dr. Gary Chapman lays out the tools you
...107) La suma de los días
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Audio
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Unabridged
Language
Español
Description
Escucha esta obra al tiempo emotiva, irónica y apasionada, como la propia autora, en la que nos entrega la suma de sus días como mujer y como escritora.
En La suma de los días, Isabel Allende narra con franqueza la historia de su vida y la de su peculiar familia en California, en una casa abierta, llena de gente y de personajes literarios, y protegida por un espíritu; hijas perdidas, nietos y libros que nacen, éxitos y
...Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the bestselling author of Girl in Translation, a novel about a young woman torn between her family duties in Chinatown and her escape into the world of ballroom dancing.
Twenty-two-year-old Charlie Wong grew up in New York’s Chinatown, the older daughter of a Beijing ballerina and a noodle maker. Though an ABC (America-born Chinese), Charlie’s entire world has been limited to this small area. Now grown, she lives...
Twenty-two-year-old Charlie Wong grew up in New York’s Chinatown, the older daughter of a Beijing ballerina and a noodle maker. Though an ABC (America-born Chinese), Charlie’s entire world has been limited to this small area. Now grown, she lives...
Author
Language
English
Description
" A modern take on the classic coming-of-age novel, inspired by Anne of Green Gables In the grand tradition of Anne of Green Gables, Bridget Jones's Diary, and The Three Weissmanns of Westport, Andi Teran's captivating debut novel offers a contemporary twist on a beloved classic. Fifteen-year-old orphan Ana Cortez has just blown her last chance with a foster family. It's a group home next-unless she agrees to leave East Los Angeles for a farm trainee...
110) First, best and only
Author
Publisher
[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2012], p2012
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (ca. 6 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
Marni Lange was just seventeen when she fell passionately in love with the irresistibly sexy Brian Webster. Then a tragic accident tore them apart. Fourteen years later, Marni is now a successful businesswoman, about to appear on the cover of a national magazine -- and come face-to-face with the world-famous photographer profiling her...Brian Webster. As Marni struggles with her attraction to the man who haunts her past, is she now brave enough to...
111) Beautiful bad
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"There are two sides to every story ... and every person. Maddie and Ian's love story began with a chance encounter at a party overseas, while she was a travel writer visiting her best friend, Jo. Now almost two decades later, married with a beautiful son, Charlie, they are living the perfect suburban life in Middle America. But when a camping accident leaves Maddie badly scarred, she begins attending writing therapy, where she gradually reveals her...
112) Runaway
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
�2012
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
3 audio discs (3 hr., 13 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Florian feels like he's losing everything. His soccer camp, which his parents can't pay for. His chance to flirt with his secret crush at camp. His parents' attention. But most of all, his big sister Sarah, who has cancer. Florian is sick of everyone acting like everything is fine when they all know that Sarah isn't getting any better. So Florian makes a split decision: instead of celebrating his sister's depressing eighteenth birthday at the hospital,...
113) The residence
Author
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
9 sound discs (10 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An intimate account of White House life from the perspectives of the service staff from the Kennedys through the Obamas details their friendships, marriages, everyday activities, and elaborate state dinners.
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