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Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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On her eighteenth birthday, Hilde leaves her orphanage in 1930s Berlin, and heads out into the world to discover her place in it. But finding a job is hard, at least until she stumbles into Café Lila, a vibrant cabaret full of expressive customers. Rosa, one of the club's waitresses and performers, immediately takes Hilde under her wing. As the café denizens slowly embrace Hilde, and she embraces them in turn, she discovers her voice and her own...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When she discovers long-lost relatives that have abilities like her own, Trix McCabe might have finally found somewhere she belongs, but when her past resurfaces, she'll have to decide whether to take a chance on this new life or keep running.
63) The Haunting
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A dark family secret prompts a ghost to wreak havoc in this spooky novel in the spirit of Mary Downing Hahn. The only life 12-year-old Emily has ever known is the cold, unloved existence of being an orphan. But everything changes when the Thorntons, a young couple from London, adopt Emily, whisking her away to a new life at their grand estate. At first, life at Blackthorn Manor is wonderful. But as Emily explores the grounds and rooms, she stumbles...
66) Love is love
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
Teased for having two fathers, a boy views his friend's traditional family as similar to his own and realizes he can counter the ridicule by taking pride in his fathers and the love that makes them a family.
67) Furious thing
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Determined to make her family proud of her, Lexi tries to ignore the anger she feels, but it simmers below the surface waiting to explode.
68) Outside beauty
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Shelby and her three sisters must go to live with their respective fathers while their mother, who has trained them to rely on their looks, recovers from a car accident that scarred her face.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"All people are different! Maybe you or someone else in your family has a difference that means you or they need a little extra help or a little more time to do things, and that's OK. This thoughtful book will explore families with members who have special needs or challenges. It will encourage young readers to consider both similarities and differences, as well as how they can help or support friends whose families might have their own unique differences"--...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Each family is unique. Sometimes families only have one parent, and that's OK. Many children in the United States live with one parent. This title explores the joys, hardships, and complexities of life with a single parent. Some families with one parentare surrounded by positive circumstances, while others face difficulties such as a lack of childcare, poverty, and more. This title touches upon the different situations that might lead to a single-parent...
71) Bruce's big move
Author
Series
Mother Bruce volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"With four geese, three mice, and a very grumpy bear all crowded into one den, Bruce is ready for a new home"--
72) Blended families
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and photographs present blended families, including how family members interact with one another"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
The comprehensive guide for single women interested in proactively becoming a mother??-??includes the essential tools needed to decide whether to take this step, information on how best to follow through, and insight about answering the child's questions and needs over time.
Choosing Single Motherhood, written by a longtime journalist and Choice Mother (a woman who chooses to conceive or adopt without a life partner), will become the indispensable...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
"Each family is unique. Some families have a mom and a dad. Some have only one parent. Others have two dads. Families with two dads aren't so different from those with a mom and a dad. Family members go to work, cook meals, and do yard work and other chores as well as fun things together. In this title, the similarities between traditional families and families with two dads are highlighted, showing readers that being different is OK. Readers learn...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
"There are all sorts of families in the world. Some have a mom and a dad. Others have two dads. Others have two moms! This title explores the joy of family in its varied forms, focusing on family life in homes with two moms. It examines key concepts suchas teamwork, discussing feelings, family structure, and the many benefits to living with two moms in one household"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Sumac Lottery considers it her job to make sure none of the Lottery celebrations are forgotten, especially now at Christmas time, and in her large, gay, and multiethnic family there are a lot of occasions for celebration in the house they all call Camelottery--but when a terrible ice storm hits Toronto, one of her dads, and her favorite brother cannot make it home from India, and it becomes increasingly difficult to hang on to the holiday...
79) Worse than weird
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A story of a citywide scavenger hunt and a girl who learns that family--and weirdness--is relative."--publisher
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
This book covers common open adoption situations and how real families have navigated typical issues successfully. Like all useful parenting books, it provides parents with the tools to come to answers on their own, and answers questions that might not yet have come up.
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