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Author
Publisher
Random House
Physical Desc
285 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Annie Brown, a fun-loving woman, suddenly dies, her husband, best friend, and her children all struggle to find ways to go on after the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives, and who made life happy, fun, and secure. Her husband is overwhelmed with four children to raise, and turns to his teenage daughter for help, and to an old girlfriend for solace. Annie's best friend struggles again with opioid addiction, having depended on...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First North American edition.
Physical Desc
506 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1948 Beirut, the eldest son of a prominent French family, Jean, who has committed a terrible crime, emigrates to Paris with his materialistic wife, while Etienne, the youngest son, seeks to make his fortune in Saigon and middle son, journalist Francois, tracks a killer who is closer than he thinks.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
469 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
As late summer 1951 descends on Elmira, New York, Myra Larkin, thirteen, the oldest child of a large Catholic family, meets a young man she believes to be Mickey Mantle. He chats her up at a local diner and gives her a ride home. The matter consumes her until later that night, when a triple homicide occurs just down the street, opening a specter of violence that will haunt the Larkins for half a century.
As the siblings leave home and fan across...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a family: Irini, a musician, who teaches children to read and play music; her husband, Tasso, who paints pictures of the forest, his greatest muse; and Chara, their young daughter, whose name means joy. On the fateful day that will forever alter the trajectory of their lives, flames chase fleeing birds across the sky. The wildfire that will consume their home, and their lives as they know it,...
5) Diavola
Author
Publisher
Nightfire, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A dysfunctional family is haunted by a vengeful Italian ghost, in a darkly funny vacation horror novel.
Author
Publisher
Marysue Rucci Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Marysue Rucci Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
339 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1945 Malaya, when her family is in terrible danger due to a choice she made 10 years earlier, Cecily Alcantara, who was lured into a life of espionage for the invading Japanese forces during World War II, finds her actions catching up with her and will do anything to save those she loves"--
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Pacific Hills, California: Gated communities, ocean views, well-tended lawns, serene pools, and now the new home of the Shah family. For the Shah parents, who came to America twenty years earlier with little more than an education and their new marriage, this move represents the culmination of years of hard work and dreaming. For their children, born and raised in America, success is not so simple. For the most part, these differences among the five...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
276 p. ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Hannah and Eric Rosenthal are devout Jews living in North London with their three children and Eric's father Yosef, a Holocaust survivor. Both intellectually gifted and deeply unconventional, the Rosenthals believe in the literal truth of the Old Testament and in the presence of God (and evil) in daily life. As Hannah prepares to publish a sensationalist account of Yosef's years in war-torn Europe--unearthing a terrible secret from his time in the...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
379 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"After a tumultuous childhood, Christa Liddle has hidden away, both figuratively and literally. Happily studying sea snails in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Christa finds her tranquil existence thrown into chaos when her once-famous father--long thought dead after a plane crash--turns out to be alive, well, and ready to make amends. The world goes wild, fascinated by this real-life saga, pinning Christa and her family under the spotlight. As if...
Author
Series
Diary of a Wimpy Kid volume 12
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
217 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Greg Heffley and his family are getting out of town. With the cold weather and the stress of the approaching holiday season, the Heffleys decide to escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation. A few days in paradise should do wonders for Greg and his frazzled family.
But the Heffleys soon discover that paradise isn't everything it's cracked up to be. Sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venomous critters all threaten...
11) Prophet song
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning toward tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new,...
Author
Series
The House of Falconer volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"James Falconer--a tycoon and a self-made man--seems to have the world in the palm of his hand. But the Great War looms, and James decides to fight for king and country. The fighting is bloody and brutal, and James returns a changed man, with wounds both physical and mental. His beloved wife is dead, but a new woman returns to help nurse him back to health. Georgiana Ward once held James in her thrall, but years have passed and bitterness has set...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ralphie is all grown up in this sequel to the annual holiday favorite in which he must deal with Christmas and all that comes with it, this time as a dad. Peter Billingsley returns to the role that has made kids of all ages anticipate Christmas morning like no other.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"It’s the summer of 1984 in Swaffham, Massachusetts, when Mel (short for Melanie) meets Sylvia, a tough-as-nails trans woman whose shameless swagger inspires Mel’s dawning self-awareness. But Sylvia’s presence sparks fury among her neighbors and throws Mel into conflict with her mother and best friend. Decades later, in 2019, Max (formerly Mel) is on probation from his teaching job for, ironically, defying speech codes around trans identity....
15) Monica
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
106 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story-- actually, stories"--
16) Parachute Kids
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Feng-Li can't wait to discover America with her family! But after an action-packed vacation, her parents deliver shocking news: they are returning to Taiwan and leaving Feng-Li and her older siblings in California on their own.
Suddenly, the three kids must fend for themselves in a strange new world--and get along. Starting a new school, learning a new language, and trying to make new friends while managing a household is hard enough, but Bro and...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Language
English
Description
"The definitive, paradigm-shifting guide to healing intergenerational trauma-weaving together scientific research with practical exercises and stories from the therapy room-from Dr. Mariel Buqué, PhD, a Columbia University-trained trauma-informed psychologist and practitioner of holistic healing"--
18) Mercury
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's 1990 and seventeen-year-old Marley West is blazing into the river valley town of Mercury, Pennsylvania. A perpetual loner, she seeks a place at someone's table and a family of her own. The first thing she sees when she arrives in town is three men standing on a rooftop. Their silhouettes blot out the sun. The Joseph brothers become Marley's whole world before she can blink. Soon, she is young wife to one, The One Who Got Away to another, and...
19) A Letter for Bob
Author
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Ever since the day Mom and Dad brought Bob home from the car dealership, Bob has been a part of Katie's family.
Bob has taken them all over, from powwows to vacations to time spent with faraway family. Bob has been there in sad and scary times and for some of the family's most treasured memories.
But after many miles, it's time for the family to say goodbye to Bob...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Shaindy Goodman feels awkward, over-looked. Across the street and in another league, elegant Gayil, lives the life of a queen bee, gorgeous, liked and admired, the perfect Bais Yaakov Middle School girl. Even her school uniform looks chic. So it's more than a shock when Shaindy sees Gayil in the window looking at her and holding a sign with five little words: want to know a secret?
Gayil's found a way to break into their school after hours; and asks...