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22) Harry's trees
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Language
English
Description
"When you climb a tree, the first thing you do is to hold on tight... Thirty-four-year-old Harry Crane works as an analyst for the US Forest Service. When his wife dies suddenly, he is unable to cope. Leaving his job and his old life behind, Harry makes his way to the remote woods of northeastern Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains, determined to lose himself. But fate intervenes in the form of a fiercely determined young girl named Oriana. She and her...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Summer begins with Mary Kay Andrews, in this delightful summer read about flipping houses, and finding true love. Hattie Kavanaugh went to work helping clean up restored homes for Kavanaugh & Son Restorations at eighteen; married the boss's son at twenty; and was only twenty-five when her husband, Hank, was killed in a motorcycle accident. Broken hearted, but determined to continue the business of their dreams, she takes the life insurance money,...
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Language
English
Description
On a warm June evening, the students of Nantucket High gather for the traditional graduation bonfire on the beach. But the celebration ends in tragedy after a horrible car accident leaves the driver, Penny Alistair, dead, and her twin brother, Hobby, in a coma. Penny's boyfriend, Jake, and her friend Demeter are unhurt but haunted by the events of that night, and by the questions that linger about what happened in the car -- and what happened in the...
Author
Language
English
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
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
A story of first love and family loss follows the estrangement between daredevil Jude and her loner twin brother, Noah, as a result of a mysterious event that is brought to light by a beautiful, broken boy and a new mentor.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Moving to a tiny Scottish island a year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, dies in an accident, Angus and Sarah are shattered when their surviving daughter claims they have mistaken her identity and that she is actually the twin they believed dead.
Author
Language
English
Description
L.A. is no place for widows. This is what Hannah Bernal quickly discovers after the tragic death of her loving husband, John. Misery and red-rimmed eyes are little tolerated in the land of the beautiful. But life stumbles on: Hannah{u2019}s sweet three-year-old daughter, Ellie, needs to be dropped off at her overpriced preschool, while Hannah herself must get back to work in order to pay the bills on "Casa Sugar," the charming Spanish-styled bungalow...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
During her sophomore year, Jessica develops a relationship with Vivi which helps her deal with the anger she has felt since her father's death, only to be overwhelmed again when Vivi dies during their senior year.
Author
Series
Charlotte Holmes volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
A year after August's death, Jamie and Charlotte are manipulated into reforming their detective team by someone who wants to see them suffer.
35) Letters of trust
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Life is good on their Pennsylvania Amish farm for newlyweds Vic and Eleanor Lapp--until the day Vic's youngest brother drowns in their pond and Vic turns to alcohol to numb the pain. Things get so bad that Vic loses his job and their marriage is coming apart. Eleanor is desperate to help her husband and writes letters to her friend, Doretta, living in Indiana for advice. The trust Eleanor places in her friend and the gentle words she receives in...
37) Boys like you
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Monroe Blackwell, who is spending the summer at her grandmother's Louisiana bed-and-breakfast, meets Nathan Everets, who has a court-appointed job there, they share, and begin to recover from, their respective feelings of loss and guilt.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 30
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two years after the death of enigmatic and celebrated author Scott Landon, his wife Lisey fields inquiries from academics and private collectors requesting his personal letters and unpublished works--if any exist. Then aother interested party makes contact by leaving a dead cat in her mailbox. And then the terrifying phone calls begin. Lisey's only escape comes in the strange fantasy world where her husband found his inspiration. Now she must struggle...
39) Signs of you
Author
Publisher
Soho Teen
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Riley copes with the loss of her mother two years earlier with the help of a support group, which gets involved in a mystery surrounding a relic of St. Ignatius.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Living with her warden father in an apartment above a 1950s prison, Cammie O'Reilly struggles to come to terms with the loss of her mother, who died saving her from harm when she was a baby, and interacts with some of the reformed inmates.
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