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1102) The Gruffalo's Child
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Gruffalo's Child goes out to find the Big Bad Mouse she has heard so much about.
1103) Bluey : Easter
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's Easter! Bluey and Bingo are worried that the Easter Bunny has forgotten them, until they find a clue that takes them on an egg hunt. Will Bluey and Bingo find their Easter eggs?"--
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Kayla, a young girl, convinces her father to put away his cell phone during a stroll through the forest and enjoy a "forest bath," taking in all the sights and sounds around them. Includes a description of forest bathing and its benefits.
1106) DEAD GIRLS WALKING
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Temple Baker, the daughter of a well-known serial killer, assumes the role of a camp counselor at a camp for true crime enthusiasts while she attempts to unearth the truth surrounding her mother's murder, but becomes embroiled in a disturbing series of events when a girl is found dead in the woods.
1107) Kim/Kimi
Author
Publisher
M.K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c1987
Language
English
Description
Despite a warm relationship with her mother, stepfather, and half brother, sixteen-year-old Kim feels the need to find answers about the Japanese American father she never knew.
1108) Girls from da hood 15
Series
Girls from da hood volume 15
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Lust: "Amira James has always had everything she ever the home, the clothes, and the rich daddy. However, there was a fire deep inside of her that wanted more and more . . . and more. So when she stumbles across the entrance of an underground sex club, she welcomes the new kind of high. Secretly, out of the gaze of the watchful eye of her prominent lawyer father, Amira slips deeper and deeper into this new and exciting life, taking on the name Lust...
1109) Pine
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"They are driving home from the search party when they see her ... The trees are coarse and tall in the winter light, standing like men. Lauren and her father Niall live alone in the Highlands, in a small village surrounded by pine forest. When a woman stumbles out onto the road one Halloween night, Niall drives her back to their house in his pickup. In the morning, she's gone. In a community where daughters rebel, men quietly rage, and drinking is...
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"If you have experienced hurt or rejection from your father, this biblical, practical book will help you identify the lies you've believed and overcome wounds such as insecurity, low self-esteem, perfectionism, and trouble connecting with God"--
1112) Jefferson in Paris
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, c1995
Language
English
Description
In the mid-1780s, widower Thomas Jefferson replaces Benjamin Franklin as the U.S. representative to French regents Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. He tries to resist the beautiful Mrs. Cosway. Also in Paris is Jefferson's daughter Patsy; when another daughter dies back in Virginia, Jefferson sends for his youngest, who brings along her slave, Sally Hemings, then 15, whom he also finds irresistible.
Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"At the height of the Second World War in England, Nina Woodrow joins the Royal Air Force and rebels against her careful upbringing by embarking on an illicit affair with an officer. She risks losing everything for Guy Nicholson: her comfortable home, her childhood friends, and, especially, the love of her father, an enigmatic widower. Meanwhile, in the sleepy village where Nina grew up, where the upheavals of war seem far away and divorce remains...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse-keepers -- and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking."--
1115) Chasing secrets
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lizzie and her secret friend Noah, who is hiding in her house, plan to rescue Noah's father from the quarantined Chinatown, and save everyone they love from contracting the plague that is spreading in 1900 San Francisco.
1116) Beyond the tides
Author
Series
Prince Edward Island shores volume 1
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When Meg's father decides to sell his Prince Edward Island lobster fishing business to her high school nemesis Oliver, she sets out to prove she should inherit it instead. But there is more than just a fleet on the line--her heart is, too"--
1117) The last song
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen, angry, and alienated from her estranged father, Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller's life gets turned inside out when her mother forces her to spend the summer with him in the small Georgia beach town where he lives. Here, Ronnie finds salvation, friendship, second chances, and first love.
1118) Over the river
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1947, after the war, Willa Mae's father returns to the Illinois town where she has lived with her maternal grandparents for the last five of her eleven years, and Willa Mae finds herself struggling to understand old family tensions and secrets.
1119) Heavy crown
Author
Series
Brutal birthright romances volume 6
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"She was a temptation he couldn't resist...Sebastian Gallo couldn't believe it when her saw her being stuffed into a trunk: Yelena Yenina, the only daughter of the most vicious Bratva boss in Chicago. The Bratva hate Sebastian's family - in fact, they burned his uncle alive. He should have just left Yelena to her fate. But she fought like a Valkyrie - gorgeous, ferocious, and unbreakable. Sebastian had to save her, and after feeling the electricity...
1120) The kill clause
Author
Series
Tim Rackley novels volume 1
Publisher
HarperTorch
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Seeking justice after his daughter's murderer is released on a technicality, U.S. deputy marshal Tim Rackley encounters a group of streetwise vigilantes who have had similar experiences and who tempt Rackley to compromise his personal ethics.
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