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  • A Family is a Family is a Family by Sara O'Leary

    A Family is a Family is a Family

    Sara O'Leary

    When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways -- but the same in the one way that matters most of all. One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her classmates talk about what makes their families special. One is raised by a grandmother, and another has two dads. One is full of stepsiblings, and another has a new baby.

  • All Families are Different by Sol Gordon and Vivien Cohen

    All Families are Different

    Sol Gordon and Vivien Cohen

    Discusses differences in families in today's society, as well as what makes each family special.

  • All Families are Special by Norma Simon

    All Families are Special

    Norma Simon

    Students in Mrs. Mack's class describe their families--big or small, living together or apart, with two moms or none--and learn why every family is special and important.

  • Along for the ride : a novel by Sarah Dessen

    Along for the ride : a novel

    Sarah Dessen

    It's been so long since Auden slept at night. Ever since her parents' divorce - or since the fighting started. Now she has the chance to spend a carefree summer with her dad and his new family in the charming beach town where they live. A job in a clothes boutique introduces Auden to the world of girls: their talk, their friendship, their crushes. She missed out on all that, too busy being the perfect daughter to her demanding mother. Then she meets Eli, an intriguing loner and a fellow insomniac who becomes her guide to the nocturnal world of the town.

  • And Then There Were Four by Nancy Werlin

    And Then There Were Four

    Nancy Werlin

    When five high school students are brought together under mysterious circumstances, they begin to piece together a theory that their parents are working together to kill them all.

  • A Place in the World by Malcolm Frierson

    A Place in the World

    Malcolm Frierson

    Set in Baltimore, Ghana, and rural Georgia, a novel of love, marriage, betrayal, divorce, discovery, African heritage, international adoption, racism, and tragedy unfolds. Kwame and Evelyn adopt Kofi whom they adore. After divorce and remarriage, their nationalistic and interracial families clash. Caught between households, Kofi strives to find himself and battles dangerous anxiety attacks.

  • Ash by Malinda Lo

    Ash

    Malinda Lo

    In this variation on the Cinderella story, Ash grows up believing in the fairy realm that the king and his philosophers have sought to suppress, until one day she must choose between a handsome fairy cursed to love her and the King's Huntress whom she loves.

  • Bait by Alex Sanchez

    Bait

    Alex Sanchez

    Diego keeps getting into trouble because of his explosive temper until he finally finds a probation officer who helps him get to the root of his anger so that he can stop running from his past.

  • Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White

    Belle Prater's Boy

    Ruth White

    When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives. Everyone in Coal Station, Virginia, has a theory about what happened to Belle Prater, but twelve-year-old Gypsy wants the facts, and when her cousin Woodrow, Aunt Belle's son moves next door, she has her chance.

  • Ben and the Sudden Too-Big Family by Colby Rodowsky

    Ben and the Sudden Too-Big Family

    Colby Rodowsky

    Until now, ten-year-old Ben has believed that life is made up of "all right" and "not all right" stuff, but when his father remarries and the couple adopts a Chinese baby, he wonders which kind of stuff will prevail.

  • Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

    Betty Before X

    Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

    Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.

  • Binge by Tyler Oakley

    Binge

    Tyler Oakley

    Pop-culture phenomenon, social rights advocate, and the most prominent LGBTQ+ voice on YouTube, Tyler Oakley brings you Binge, his New York Times bestselling collection of witty, personal, and hilarious essays. For someone who made a career out of over-sharing on the Internet, Tyler has a shocking number of personal mishaps and shenanigans to reveal in his first book: experiencing a legitimate rage blackout in a Cheesecake Factory; negotiating a tense stand­off with a White House official; crashing a car in front of his entire high school, in an Arby’s uniform; projectile vomiting while bartering with a grandmother; and so much more. In Binge, Tyler delivers his best untold, hilariously side-splitting moments with the trademark flair that made him a star.

  • Bird Lake Moon by Ellen Hopkins

    Bird Lake Moon

    Ellen Hopkins

    Twelve-year-old Mitch and his mother are spending the summer with his grandparents at Bird Lake after his parents separate, and ten-year-old Spencer and his family have returned to the lake where Spencer's little brother drowned long ago, and as the boys become friends and spend time together, each of them begins to heal.

  • Booker T. Washington (Biographies of Biracial Achievers) by Jim Whiting

    Booker T. Washington (Biographies of Biracial Achievers)

    Jim Whiting

    Biography of the African American slave who was freed, got an education, and opened Tuskegee Institute in 1881 and devoted his life to black education.

  • Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

    Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

    Trevor Noah

    Noah's path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at the time such a union was punishable by five years in prison. As he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist, his mother is determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life....

  • Chinese Handcuffs by Christ Crutcher

    Chinese Handcuffs

    Christ Crutcher

    Dillon is living with the painful memory of his brother's suicide-and the role he played in it. To keep his mind and body occupied, he trains intensely for the Ironman triathlon. But outside of practice, his life seems to be falling apart. Then Dillon finds a confidante in Jennifer, a star high school basketball player who's hiding her own set of destructive secrets. Together, they must find the courage to confront their demons-before it's too late.

  • Cinder by Marissa Meyer

    Cinder

    Marissa Meyer

    As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.

  • Colt by Nancy Springer

    Colt

    Nancy Springer

    A young boy with a crippling disease learns, through a horseback riding program, to overcome his own anxieties and to help others in dealing with their own problems.

  • Cut Both Ways by Carrie Mesrobian

    Cut Both Ways

    Carrie Mesrobian

    Senior Will Caynes must face unsettling feelings for his best friend Angus after they share a drunken kiss, while also embarking on his first real relationship with sophomore Brandy--all as the burden of home-life troubles weigh heavily.

  • Dad and Pop: An Ode to Fathers and Stepfathers by Kelly Bennett

    Dad and Pop: An Ode to Fathers and Stepfathers

    Kelly Bennett

    A little girl celebrates her two fathers, who are very different except in one very important way.

  • Damsel Distressed by Kelsey Macke

    Damsel Distressed

    Kelsey Macke

    A teen girl struggles with obesity, self-harm, and the infuriatingly perfect stepsister in her journey to overcome the stigmas put on her life, on her friendships, and on her future.

  • Dark Silence by Maureen Crane Wartski

    Dark Silence

    Maureen Crane Wartski

    Randy wanted things to be the way they used to be, but her mother is dead, her father has remarried, they've moved to a new neighborhood and her first friend in it cuts her off for no reason that Randy can figure out.

  • Dear Rachel Maddow by Adrienne Kisner

    Dear Rachel Maddow

    Adrienne Kisner

    Brianna gets the lead in the Thanksgiving school play. She'll be Hero the Hen! She almost forgets about the coughing and breathing trouble she's been having.Brianna loves practicing her leaping and flapping. But at the dress rehearsal, she has a bad coughing attack and feels a tightness in her chest. The teacher calls 911 and the paramedics take Brianna to the hospital. There, Dr. Anderson diagnoses Brianna with asthma. Brianna begins to learn about her disease and how to manage it. Things are soon under control, and she's back on stage for her debut!

  • Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families by Marc Brown and Laurene Krasny Brown

    Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families

    Marc Brown and Laurene Krasny Brown

    Text and illustrations of dinosaur characters introduce aspects of divorce such as its causes and effects, living with a single parent, spending holidays in two separate households, and adjusting to a stepparent.

  • Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson

    Double Act

    Jacqueline Wilson

    Ruby and Garnet are ten-year-old twins. They're identical, and they do everything together, especially since their mother died three years earlier - but they couldn't be more different. Bossy, bouncy, funny Ruby loves to take charge, while quiet, sensitive, academic Garnet loves nothing more than to curl up with one of her favourite books

 
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