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Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
402 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Informed by a stranger that his son was switched at birth with another baby, Pete struggles to adjust to the needs of two families before an investigation unearths disturbing questions about the hospital and the night the exchange occurred.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
355p. 23cm.
Language
English
Description
With hits like Election and Joe College to his credit, author Tom Perrotta has established himself as a master of satire. Unhappily married Sarah passes her days at the local playground with her three-year-old daughter. When happily unemployed Todd (also married) and Sarah meet, their attraction is immediate. They begin a passionate affair just as their suburban utopia is rattled by the arrival of registered sex offender Ronald James McGorvey. With...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Karen Kingsbury delivers a powerful new novel about two parents' love for their child and the surprising lengths they will go to keep their family together when a judge rules that their adopted son must be returned to his biological father.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
NEWBERY COLLECTION. Newbery medal winner, 1984. In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
180 p.: ill.; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Feeling neglected on his birthday, Ereth, the cantankerous old porcupine, sets out looking for his favorite treat and instead finds himself acting as "mother" to three young fox kits.
9) Owen
Author
Series
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[24] p.: col. ill.; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Owen's parents try to get him to give up his favorite blanket before he starts school, but when their efforts fail, they come up with a solution that makes everyone happy.
10) Carry me!
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill.; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Brief rhymes celebrate the closeness of parent and child when the child is being carried, talked to and sung to.
11) We wanted you
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[28] p.: col. ill.; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Parents tell how they waited and prepared for the baby that they wanted so much.
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text explores what would happen if animals celebrated Christmas like humans do, from a penguin and chick writing letters to Santa to a koala and her parents sharing a holiday cuddle.
Author
Series
Children of exile volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old girl raised in a foster village is returned to her biological parents, and discovers home is not what she expected it to be.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
401 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A blended family in crisis after a drunk driving accident leaves the daughter of one parent dead--and the son of the other parent charged with manslaughter." -- Publisher annotation.
17) In the yard
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the seasons change, a family shares both fun and chores in their yard.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
28 p.: col. ill.; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Anna is unhappy when her tired mother says no to all of her after-school plans but after an evening of letting only Daddy do things for her, Anna cannot go to sleep until she and Mama make up.