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1) Afterlife
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Language
English
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Description
"Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of this novel, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her husband, Sam suddenly dies. And then more jolt: her big-hearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Antonia has always sought direction in the literature she loves--lines from her...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Meet The Adults. Claire and Matt are no longer together but decide what's best for their daughter Scarlett is to have a "normal" family Christmas. They can't agree on whose idea it was to go to the Happy Forest Holiday park , or who said they should bring their new partners. But someone did--and it's too late to pull the plug. Claire brings her new boyfriend Patrick (never Pat), a seemingly sensible, eligible from a distance, Iron-Man-in-Waiting....
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Language
English
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After the disappearance of his grandfather "Big" and the arrest of his older brother, JT, "Little" McCardell is looking out for his younger cousin, trying to stay afloat in school, working in the town graveyard for extra cash, and in his spare time pining after Rowan, the girl JT was dating until he got locked up. When the sheriff's deputy catches him hunting deer out of season and threatens to prosecute, Little must cooperate in their investigation...
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Language
English
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Cap'n Warren's Wards is the first book by Joseph C. Lincoln that moves off the fictional towns of Cape Cod (in this case South Denboro) and into the big city hustle of Manhattan. Elijah Warren finds himself the guardian of his brother's children who are rapidly reaching adulthood but haven't had to face the harsh realities of self responsibility due to their father's wealth. Unfortunately now there are a few snags with A. Rodgers Warren's estate and...
5) Fin & Lady
Author
Language
English
Description
It's 1964. Eleven-year-old Fin and his glamorous, worldly, older half sister, Lady, have just been orphaned. Lady, whom Fin hasn't seen in six years, is now his legal guardian and his only hope. That means Fin is uprooted from a small dairy farm in rural Connecticut to Greenwich Village, smack in the middle of the swinging '60s. He soon learns that Lady -- giddy, careless, and obsessed with being free -- is as much his responsibility as he is hers....
Author
Series
Campground Kids ; 2
Language
English
Description
"The Campground Kids discovered a newfound tradition and love for camping at the Grand Tetons. they can't wait for their next adventure: exploring the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Shortly after they arrive, thekids soon understand why camping in the Smoky Mountains comes with great responsibility. When a young child wanders off, Isaiah, Sadie, and Ethan are eager to join the search until Isaiah and Sadie are separated from the group. they...
Author
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Hailed by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as a successor to John Cheever and Raymond Carver, Andrew Porter crafts plainspoken family dramas that audiences find completely enthralling. The 10 stories presented here further cement his position among America's finest short fiction authors.
11) Frank and Ernest
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
An elephant and a bear take over a diner and find out about responsibility and food language.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone else knows the truth about you, now you can know it, too. That's the slogan. The product: a junky contraption that tattoos personalized revelations on its users' forearms. It's an old con, playing on the fear that we are obvious to everybody except ourselves. This particular one's been circulating New York since the 1960s. The ad works. And, oddly enough, so might the device ... A small stream of city dwellers buy into this cult of the epiphany...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles, the late 1970s: Jess Shepard is an installation artist who creates environments that focus on light and space, often leading to intense sensory experiences for visitors to her work. A run of critically lauded projects peaks with Zero Zone, an installation at the once upon a time site of nuclear bomb testing in the New Mexico desert. But when a small group of travelers experience what they perceive as a religious awakening inside Zero...
Author
Publisher
Melanin Origins
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Read along as Ximena and Miguel laugh, share and play with their little sister, Ariana. While in play, the older siblings show Ariana the values of teamwork, responsibility and love as only a family can. The story is told in both English and in Spanish for bilingual readers and language learners.
15) The transition
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Do you or your partner spend more than you earn? Have your credit card debts evolved into collection letters? Has either of you received a court summons? Has either of you considered turning to a life of a crime? You are not alone. We know. We can help. Welcome to the Transition. While taking part in the Transition, you and your partner will spend six months living under the supervision of your mentors, two successful adults of a slightly older generation....
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"Shortly after retiring from the university where she taught literature, Antonia Vega, a Latino writer, loses her beloved husband and her life seems to suddenly fall apart. Until then, she seemed to have found comfort in the literature she loves--the words of her favorite authors spin around her head like prayers--but the disappearance of her sister, with her unpredictable personality and big heart, along with the appearance of an immigrant illegally...
18) Burn it all down
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old aspiring comic Joey Rossi just found out his boyfriend has been cheating on him for the past ten months. But what did he expect? Joey was born with an addiction to toxic jerks--something he inherited from his lovably messy, wisecracking, Italian-American spitfire of a mom (and best friend): 34-year-old Gia Rossi. When Gia's latest non-relationship goes up in flames only a day later, the pair's Bayonne, New Jersey apartment can barely...
19) Coop messes up
Author
Series
Publisher
New Growth Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Coop, the youngest member of the Wheelie family, has trouble following all the rules even with his big sister's help, but ultimately learns about accepting responsibility and forgiveness.
20) Manos
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
Twelve-year-old Trevor has an adult problem to deal with: how to protect himself, his sisters, and his mother from his abusive stepfather (currently in prison) and he thinks the way to do that is to take up boxing--although he would really rather draw.
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