Summary: Catch a wave with America's favorite southern California beach teen. Join the fifteen year old perky Frances Elizabeth Lawrence; better known to her family and friends as Gidget.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GIDConlon-McIvor, Maura.
Summary: The daughter of an FBI agent discusses her unsuccessful efforts to get her father to talk about his work, her childhood fantasies about becoming an agent, and the family challenges that eventually enabled her to confront her father.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CONLON-MCIVOR, MAURA CONSummary: Hank tries to collaborate on a rock opera based on his book with a famous rock star while taking up with his beautiful muse; Charlie and Stu compete for the affections of Marcy; Marcy falls under the spell of a seriously radical feminist; Becca drops out of college to become a writer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CALRyan, Jennifer
Summary: When an at-home DNA test reveals the truth about her father, Summer Sutherland, meeting him for the first time, settles into his Carmel home, ready to get to know her instant family--and pursue a romance with his business partner, which could tear their lives apart.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC RYAYe, Chun
Summary: "After her village is devastated by famine, 10-year-old Sixiang is sold to a human trafficker for a bag of rice and six silver coins. Her mother is reluctant to let her go, but the promise of a better life for her beloved daughter ultimately sways her. Arriving in America with the profits from her sale and a single photograph of Guifeng, her absent father, Sixiang journeys across an unfamiliar...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2023
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CHUReid, Taylor Jenkins
Summary: "Malibu: August 1983. It's the day of Nina Riva's annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit. Together the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC REIGrimes, Shaunta
Summary: When thirteen-year-old Tessa's father remarries months after her mother's death and moves them to California, Tessa must build a new life and friendships, while fighting a compulsion about missing children.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRISummary: A deeply religious Midwestern businessman enters the dark world of the pornography business in California in search of his young runaway daughter.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY HARBrennan-Jobs, Lisa
Summary: A frank, smart, and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs. Born on a farm and named in a field by her parents, artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs, Lisa Brennan-Jobs' childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. When she was young, Lisa's father was a mythical figure who was rarely present in her life. As she grew older, her father took an interest in...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 BRENNAN-JOBS BRERuths, Mitali Banerjee
Summary: At her mother's request Priya is planning a surprise anniversary party for her father, but she is finding it hard to keep it a secret from her inquisitive dad.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE RUTSummary: Living in the same universe as The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead is a gritty drama that explores the onset of the undead apocalypse through the lens of a fractured family. Set in a city where people come to escape, shield secrets, and bury their pasts, a mysterious outbreak threatens to disrupt what little stability high school guidance counselor Madison Clark and English teacher Travis...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FEAKeating, Jess
Summary: "When Mary Shelley is kidnapped by a mad scientist, Nikki Tesla and the other members of the Genius Academy team are forced to agree to steal a priceless, lethal high-tech ring in order to free her; but Nikki also plans to use the heist to get closer to her long-lost father who claims he is not the criminal mastermind she believes him to be." --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KEAAzuma, Kiyohiko
Summary: The curious and curiouser Yotsuba moves to a new town with her dad. In the process of moving in, Yotsuba encounters things like swingsets and broken door handles, which all bring about a never-ending torrent of questions and shrieks of amazement.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2009