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1) Vicki Lansky's divorce book for parents: helping your children cope with divorce and its aftermath
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Language
English
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Vicki Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents presents practical suggestions for parents who want to learn those new parenting techniques and is based on the author's own experiences, those of other divorced parents, and the expertise of professionals, Lansky offers sensible advice for almost every issue of parenting through divorce. Lansky identifies predictable behavior parents can expect from their kids and shows how to best respond to help them through...
2) Our house
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
"From an internationally acclaimed author, a disturbing and addictive novel of domestic suspense where secrets kept hidden from spouses cause shocking surprises that hit home... There's nothing unusual about a new family moving in at 91 Trinity Avenue. Except it's her house. And she didn't sell it. When Fiona Lawson comes home to find strangers moving into her house, she's sure there's been a mistake. She and her estranged husband, Bram, have a modern...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"What parents need to know from kids about divorce" is a compliation of candid interviews with kids ages 4-18 talking about their experiences of their parents' divorce. They talk about their pain. They talk about their adjustment. They talk about their love and understanding. They have phenomenal wisdom and compelling practical advice to share.
6) Wish
Author
Publisher
Disney * Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When an elephant couple decides it is time to have a child, unexpected challenges arise but, at last, the pair's deepest wish comes true.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From the challenges the author faced working and caring for her own parents, readers will learn how they, too, can navigate caregiving while working. There are plenty of books about managing careers and children but little advice about balancing careers and parents--along with children, marriages, and friendships. Provides a blueprint for women and a call to action for business leaders and policy makers.
10) Everblaze
Author
Series
Keeper of the lost cities volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
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Description
Sophie's talents are getting stronger and, with the elusive Black Swan group ignoring her calls for help, she is determined to find her kidnappers but a daring mistake pushes her world to the edge of war, and soon she has exposed a a major conspiracy that could threaten all she loves.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"T. Kingfisher's A House With Good Bones is a contemporary Southern Gothic from a master of modern horror that explores the deep, dark roots of family and in which grandma's ghost haunting your house may be the least of your worries. In this ordinary North Carolina suburb, family secrets are always in bloom. Samantha Montgomery pulls into the driveway of her family home to find a massive black vulture perched on the mailbox, staring at the house....
12) Rogue
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
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Description
Blake, a millionaire dot-com entrepreneur and Maxine a psychiatrist specializing in childhood trauma and adolescent suicide are divorced. Maxine is about to marry Dr. Charles West when a devastating earthquake strikes near one of Blake's palatial foreign homes and he sees hundreds of orphaned children in need of shelter. Now Blake wants Maxine in his life again, as a partner in a humanitarian project that could change countless lives.
13) Imperfect birds
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Language
English
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Rosie Ferguson is seventeen and ready to enjoy the summer before her senior year of high school. But as the school year draws to a close, there are disturbing signs that the life Rosie claims to be leading is a sham, and her deceptions will have profound consequences.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Being a father is a lifetime commitment that requires a lot of love, time, and energy. An interview with fathering expert Steve Onell is paired with interviews of young fathers to explain the impact and importance of a father in a child's life. Divided into four chapters, Fathering: What It Means To Be a Dad offers sound advice to new dads.--Kanopy.
20) The last song
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father--a former concert pianist and teacher--moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father ... until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. An unforgettable story of love on...
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