Catalog Search Results
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
This novel provides an examination of contemporary America through the prism of a family tragedy: when a powerful parent dies, each of his adult children reacts in startling and unexpected ways, and his grieving widow in the most surprising way of all. Stark and penetrating, it's an exploration of psychological trauma, class warfare, grief, and eventual healing.
Author
Series
Journey of the heart volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
When Sarah Montgomery's father succumbs to his long illness, Sarah is faced with a life-altering choice : submit to her brother's will and marry the deceptive Ben Croftner, or escape through the dangerous American West to reclaim the heart of her beloved Rand Campbell at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. From captivity in her family's home, Sarah makes her decision, and begins the perilous journey to Wyoming by train.
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of the year's most anticipated by Marie Claire, Essence, Debutiful, & Goodreads
A brilliant debut by a British-Nigerian author—a heartfelt family drama that will delight book club readers and fans of books like The Girl with the Louding Voice and Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows.
"Jendella Benson has drawn such a compelling world. The book and the characters stayed with me long
...Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It's a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what's left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everyone's business. Can a dead tree full of annoying...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Riley MacPherson has spent her entire life believing that her older sister Lisa committed suicide as a teenager. Now, over twenty years later, her father has passed away and she's in New Bern, North Carolina cleaning out his house when she finds evidence to the contrary. Lisa is alive. Alive and living under a new identity. But why exactly was she on the run all those years ago, and what secrets are being kept now? As Riley works to uncover the truth,...
7) The Lie Tree
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
On an island off the south coast of Victorian England, fourteen-year-old Faith investigates the mysterious death of her father, who was involved in a scandal, and discovers a tree that feeds upon lies and gives those who eat its fruit visions of truth.
On an island off the south coast of Victorian England, Faith investigates the mysterious death of her father, who was involved in a scandal. She discovers a tree that bears fruit only when she whispers...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
Garnering media attention when she tries to incinerate her dead father, reclusive Sally Diamond, beginning to discover the horrors of her early childhood, steps into the world for the first time and soon finds her trust issues severely challenged by a sinister voice from her past she does not remember.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Nightingale Books, nestled on the main street in an idyllic little village, is a dream come true for book lovers-- a cozy haven and welcoming getaway for the literary-minded locals. But owner Emilia Nightingale is struggling to keep the shop open after her beloved father's death, and the temptation to sell is getting stronger. The property developers are circling, yet Emilia's loyal customers have become like family, and she can't imagine breaking...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Wildly different half-sisters Maggie, Simone, and Star have hardly seen each other since their sprightly summers at Rowan Thorp, their eccentric father Augustus's home. Known for the fruitful ways in which his bustling knick-knack shop kept the tired town afloat, Augustus was loved by all and known by none, not even his daughters. Now, years later, the three estranged women are unexpectedly reunited at the reading of Augustus's will. Maggie, Simone,...
11) True grit
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the 1870s, young Mattie Ross learns that her beloved father was gunned down by his former handyman. But even though this gutsy 14-year-old is seeking vengeance, she is smart enough to figure out she can't go alone after a desperado who's holed up in Indian territory. With some fast-talking, she convinces mean, one-eyed US Marshal "Rooster" Cogburn into going after the despicable outlaw with her.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
As a child, W* sees his loving father kill himself. On the carpet, he finds a note with the cryptic words "I am not who you think I am." He hides the note, telling no one. Since then, his mom has worked two jobs to provide for W* and his younger sister. It hasn't been easy.
Eight years later, shy, awkward teenage boy meets girl. J* seems genuinely interested in him, but she also catches the eye of W*'s only friend, a handsome jock named C*. W* has...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"The December 31st deadline is fast approaching, and Cal's enemies are closing in on all sides. Even the notorious "Toe Cutter" Durham has emerged from the underworld to join the hunt."--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Cal's old life ended as soon as the deadly 365-day countdown began. He's a hunted fugitive who'll do anything to survive. But is Cal desperate enough to befriend a traitor with killer connections? Or risk returning to the scene of his attempted murder? Should he meet with a mysterious informant, when it could be a setup? The clock is ticking. Any second could be his last.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Turns out that reading nothing but true crime isn't exactly conducive to modern dating-and one woman is going to have to learn how to give love a chance when she's used to suspecting the worst. PhD candidate Phoebe Walsh has always been obsessed with true crime. She's even analyzing the genre in her dissertation-if she can manage to finish writing it. It's hard to find the time while she spends the summer in Florida, cleaning out her childhood home,...
16) Slammed: a novel
Author
Series
Slammed volume 1
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following the unexpected death of her father, eighteen-year-old Layken is forced to be the rock for both her mother and her younger brother. Outwardly, she appears resilient and tenacious, but inwardly, she's losing hope. One young man brings change to all of this. After moving across the country, Layken meets her attractive twenty-one-year-old neighbor who has an intriguing passion for slams. Within days of their introduction, Will and Layken form...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
How can Cal find out more about Piers Ormond's will if he is stuck on a fishing boat after becoming indebted to the captain. If he can find his great-aunt Millicent he may have a better chance of finding the will. But should he expose another relative to danger?
19) The season of us
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
To outsiders, Appleville, New Hampshire, is a storybook small town complete with a little white church and a gazebo on the village green. To Gincy Gannon Luongo, it was a place to escape from, as quickly and as permanently as she could. Since she moved away twenty years ago, Appleville has been her hometown in name only. But at her brother Tommy's urging, Gincy is coming back to visit their recently widowed mother in the weeks leading up to Christmas...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Cal Ormond travels to Ireland in search of the final clues to his father's death. He must reach the Ormond Singularity before the stroke of midnight. In the final days of this deadly 365-day countdown, it is clear that any second could be his last.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request