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"The adopted daughter of an outlaw, Catriona Macgregor, once the Blessed, meets a renegade priest who helps her understand how her ability may be part of a much bigger picture — one involving facing the man who ordered her parents killed and his son, who betrayed them all."--
4) The twin
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"After sixteen-year-old Ivy's twin sister, Iris, moves in with her and their father, Ivy learns that Iris is trying to push her out of her own life--and may be responsible for their mother's death." --
5) Dare to fall
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"Still dealing with the repercussions of her own family's tragedy, Mackenzie Rivers abandons her almost boyfriend, Jaden, and his twin sister, Dani, after their parents are killed in a car accident." --
6) Rachel Bird
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"Rachel and her little sister, Jane, are spending the summer with strangers: their grandparents. Up until their mom's death a few months ago, she didn't even know they existed. When their last remaining uncle decides they can't spend the summer in Vancouver, they are packed off to the family ranch in the BC interior. But her new-found family isn't the only secret that's been kept from them, and Rachel soon realizes there are secrets everywhere"--
7) Losing Faith
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Brie tries to cope with her grief over her older sister Faith's sudden death by trying to learn more about the religious "home group" Faith secretly joined and never talked about with Brie or her parents.
9) The pond
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A young boy and his family are trying to overcome the loss of his father. The natural world becomes part of the healing process.
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"Mary Anne's been going through some big changes lately. She has a new home and a new boyfriendless life. Her stepsister, Dawn, is coming to stay for the summer, which is always fun. But this time Dawn is bringing a guest: Sunny, her best friend from California. Sunny's been going through changes that are even bigger than Mary Anne's; her mom just died, and she isn't ready to face it yet. How can Mary Anne and Dawn help her?"
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"In the two years since his mother was killed in an automobile crash, Colin has been anticipating further disasters, writing down what to do in the event of an avalanche or mentally practicing the Heimlich maneuver just in case--but the real trouble is that his mathematician father is obsessed with a classic math problem and has a hoarding problems that is spiraling out of control, leaving Colin desperate to hide this chaos from his friends and everyone...
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Josie, Jack, Archie, Harrison, and Dayana were inseparable as preschoolers, but life got in the way. As senior year approaches, with its parties, football, and college applications, they're basically strangers to each other. Then their parents die in a plane crash. To survive, the group must face the issues that drove them apart, reveal secrets they've kept since childhood, and confront mysteries their parents left behind. The five will discover who...
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Spellslinger ; 7
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"Ten year old Ferius Parfax has a simple plan: kill every last inhabitant of the spell-gifted nation that destroyed her people, starting with the man who murdered her parents. Killing mages is a difficult business, of course, so Ferius undertakes to study the ways of the Argosi: the loosely-knit tribe of tricksters known for getting the better of even the most powerful of spellcasters. But the Argosi have a price for their teachings, and by the time...
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Henry's and Eva's lives are forever changed when their parents die in a mysterious boating accident. That was a very bad day, but things are going to get worse. Their uncle Claude the Clod and his awful girlfriend, Terri the Terrible, have moved into the children's house on the cliff "to take care of them," but Eva has her doubts about their intentions. And when some spooky visitors appear with a message, Henry and Eva realize that their parents'...
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"Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people ... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to...
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Walker & Co
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2010.
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When her unstable mother dies unexpectedly, sixteen-year-old Lucy must take control and find a way to keep the long-held secret of her mother's compulsive hoarding from being revealed to friends, neighbors, and especially the media.
17) The laugh
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Flying Eye Books
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2023.
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A little girl loves her mother's laugh, but after her mother dies, she fears she will never hear the laugh again.
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Black Rose Writing
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2022.
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"Sixteen-year-old Leigh Howard's life has been ripped apart. Orphaned, she goes to live with incredibly wealthy relatives she never knew she had. Struggling to fit into her new world, she can't let go of her grief. When the police tell her the investigation in to her parents murder has hit a brick wall, she knows the only way she will ever know peace is to solve the mystery herself. With new family and friends, which includes a ghost with multiple...
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Nube de Tinta
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2016.
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"Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss." --
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