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1) The club
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Publisher
DCB
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Jaxson is the only child of a single mom, but he's never been short on family. His best friend Logan, who has five sisters, claims Jax as a "brother." Jaxson enjoys the chaos of Logan's home, but he also loves the calm of his own. Between hanging with Logan, going to the movies with his first girlfriend, Samantha, and being the star trumpet player in the school orchestra, eighth grade is sure is looking up for Jaxson! But then Liv, the new girl at...
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English
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Rita Minelli grew up in Brooklyn, the only child of a narcissistic Italian woman who married a GI at the end of World War II. After her mother's death, Rita decides to quit her job and show up at the home of her aristocratic but cash-strapped relatives, the Count and Countess Casati, in Assisi. It is a while before they realize-to their chagrin-that Rita has come to stay. But when the family assembles to watch the penitents' procession in the town...
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English
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This is the compilation of all 3 novella books in "The Coming Out Series", starting with "The Rejected Son" "The Rejected Son" is book 1 of "The Coming Out Series", a Family Saga about a boy and his struggle to deal with life as a gay man. Logan is an the only child until his Momma marries George, an industrial mechanic. George also has a son, Tim, who becomes Logan's step-brother. As soon as the wedding is over, the family is relocated and Logan...
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English
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The sleepy seaside town of Kissing Point, Australia comes alive at Christmas when it fills to the brim with summer holidaymakers. But, this year there are more than carols and the scent of barbeques in the air. This year, Santa is determined to play Cupid, with the help of some warm summer nights and sparkling ocean waves.
Justin Halliwell is a stunt double from a large, loud family who's been having trouble with his memories after a recent head...
5) Death Wish
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English
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NUMBER 1 in Listopia's Hard Drinking: Alcoholism in Romance.Contemporary romance; growing up the only child of an alcoholic mother, Colin didn't get much love. In the small community he grew up in everyone knew his situation and the boy turned increasingly inward. The only thing that helps is going higher, further and faster. One other child sees the hurt. Paul, a little older brings Colin into his home. They become friends for life.Paul finds a girl,...
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English
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Growing up in poverty as the only child of a single mother, Loyd had the odds stacked against him. With no father figure or strong male role model, Loyd was forced to figure out life on his own. Fortune smiled upon him when he made the decision to join the US Army. During his time in the Army, he flourished, serving in a variety of roles, most notably as a paratrooper in the 5th Special Forces Group (A) and the renowned 101st Airborne Division. It...
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English
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This bestselling bittersweet story of love and second chances takes place over the course of a single summer day . . . or does it? The only child of eccentric academics who never married, Laura Lewis was an undergrad at Oxford when she met Ben Patterson. They shared an idyllic few months of passion, only to go their separate ways when Ben ended their relationship. Two decades later, Laura is a self-employed accountant with a history of unfulfilling...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Charity Brown’s life is about to change – her family have been left a huge, rambling house by a mysterious benefactor, and her parents want to move in and throw open its doors to the needy. Only recently back from hospital after months of isolation with polio, Charity is over-protected and lonely as the only child still at home. Her family are very religious – her sisters are called Faith and Hope, and her brother Ted is studying to be a preacher...
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English
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Magical metal-worker Joan Sands must navigate court intrigue and escape the fae queen's control as she strives to release her grandfather from royal prisons, grapple with a city plagued by fae attacks, and fulfill her destiny as Ogun's only child to reforge the pact between humanity and the fae.
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Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schsuter, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Mark Chan this. Mark Chan that. Writer and barista Emily Hung is tired of hearing about the great Mark Chan, the son of her parents' friends. You'd think he single-handedly stopped climate change and ended child poverty from the way her mother raves about him. But he's just a boring, sweater-vest-wearing engineer, and when they're forced together at a wedding, it's obvious he thinks he's too good for her. But Emily's mother is fixated on getting...
Author
Publisher
Delphine Publications
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"After seven long years in state prison, Tameka Williams is being set free. Unfortunately, all of the anger and resentment that she's lived with during her incarceration are being freed as well. While Brook Mansfield-Banks was not pleased with the idea of her mortal enemy being released, she was ready to defend her family and show Tameka that she was no longer the naive pushover that she once was. But, Brook has forgotten just how deep Tameka's wickedness...
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Publisher
Milky Way Picture Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Losing someone you love, someone close to you, can be difficult to talk about. But, sometimes, writing a letter can help you find the words you wish you could say. That's exactly what a young fox realizes one morning after learning about the death of his beloved grandmother, someone with whom he shared so many special memories. As he longingly searches for any trace of her presence in all their familiar haunts, the young fox soon discovers that only...
13) Way far away
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Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Way Far Away is the Colombian master Evelio Rosero's ninth novel and has been billed by his Spanish publisher as "one of the most important Colombian works of fiction written in the past two decades." In search of his missing granddaughter Rosaura, an old man named Jerem©Ưas Andrade arrives in a town strewn with dead mice and overflowing with mist and fog. The owner of a rotten hotel and the dwarf who always accompanies her; children who play with...
14) Pŭrok'ŏ: Broker
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Korean
Description
Two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumvent the bureaucracy of legal adoption. After an infant's mother surprises the duo by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a journey to find the right couple.
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Series
Publisher
Rise x Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Los niños se dan cuenta desde muy pequeños de que existen las razas y el racismo muy temprano. Nunca es demasiado pronto para empezar este conversación. ¡Puedes empezar con este libro!
"Developed by experts in the fields of early childhood and activism against injustice, this topic-driven picture book offers clear, concrete language and beautiful imagery that young children can grasp and adults can leverage for further discussion. While young...