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Schiffer, Miriam B.

Summary: Stella brings her two fathers to school to celebrate Mother's Day.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2015

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCH

LaCour, Nina

Summary: When her mother goes on a business trip, a little girl, who loves to sit between Mama and Mommy at the table, misses her a lot and feels empty until Mommy finally comes home, filling the void with love.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LAC

McMann, Lisa

Summary: Five children who are the offspring of supernatural criminals and who have special abilities of their own leave their isolated tropical home and head to the city of Estero, where they hope to find their parents and the treasure they hid years ago.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MCM

Messenger, Shannon

Summary: A graphic novel adaptation of the book, in which twelve-year-old Sophie discovers the abilities that have always caused her to stand out are because she is actually an elf and, after she is brought to Eternalia where she can hone her skills, Sophie learns she harbors certain secrets that others would kill to learn.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2023

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC MES

Pitman, Gayle E.

Summary: A child celebrates her Maddy, who is neither mommy nor daddy but a little bit of both, like so many things in nature. Includes note to parents.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PIT

Reynolds, Jason

Summary: "Portico Reeves is the greatest superhero a lot of people have never heard of. He likes it that way--then no one can get in the way of him from keeping other other people safe. Super safe. He's Stuntboy. He's got the moves. And the saves. Except. There's been one major fail. He couldn't save his parents from becoming Xs. Which is a word that sounds like coughing up a hairball. But don't talk to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC REY

Schine, Cathleen.

Summary: Greta finds her life turned upside down by the arrival of her grown daughter, Elizabeth, by the increasingly eccentric behavior of her widowed mother, and by unexpectedly falling in love with someone other than her devoted husband.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2003

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCH

Candlish, Louise

Summary: "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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2018

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAN

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAN

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CAN

Bauer, Joan

Summary: Feeling scared and powerless when her father's anger escalates and her parents separate, twelve-year-old Anna spends the summer with her grandmother and decides to make a difference when she sees what seems to be a girl held against her will.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BAU

MacGregor, Maya

Summary: Follows 17-year-old Will as they struggle with the aftermath of parental abuse and learn to a forge a new life for themself.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Astra Young Readers 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MAC

Messenger, Shannon

Summary: "A telepathic girl must figure out why she is the key to her brand-new world-before the wrong person finds the answer first. Twelve-year-old Sophie has never quite fit into her life. She's skipped multiple grades and doesn't really connect with the older kids at school, but she's not comfortable with her family, either. The reason? Sophie's a Telepath, someone who can read minds. No one knows...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Gross, Gwendolen

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2002

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRO

Doan, Lisa.

Summary: "Jack's parents have decided to guide safaris in Africa, much to Jack's chagrin and none of their previous schemes have worked"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Darby Creek 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DOA

Kinsella, Sophie

Summary: "It's been over two years since Effie's beloved parents got divorced, destroying the image of the happy, loving childhood she thought she had. Since then, she's become estranged from her father and embarked on a feud with his hot (and much younger) girlfriend, Krista. And now, more earth-shattering news: Greenoaks, the rambling Victorian country house Effie called home her whole life, has been...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Company 2022

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KIN

Kinsella, Sophie

Summary: It's been over two years since Effie's beloved parents got divorced, destroying the image of the happy, loving childhood she thought she had. Since then, she's become estranged from her father and embarked on a feud with his hot (and much younger) girlfriend, Krista. And now, more earth-shattering news: Greenoaks, the rambling Victorian country house Effie called home her whole life, has been...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2021

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Thayer, Nancy

Summary: "Lisa Hudson feels more alive than she has in a long time after hiring hunky carpenter Mack Whitney to renovate her old Nantucket home. There's no denying the spark growing between them--despite the fact that Mack is ten years her junior. But her twentysomething children, Juliet and Theo, on the island for the summer, worry that the new relationship will only lead to Lisa's heartbreak. Yet...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020

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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC THA

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC THA

Harrington, Claudia

Summary: Lenny, the class reporter, follows Elsie for a school project and learns about her life with her two moms.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Looking Glass Library, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2016

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC HAR

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HAR

Melleby, Nicole

Summary: On a quest to become someone's favorite Ali-O'Connor, ten-year-old middle child Marina enlists Boom, her new neighbor, to help make a documentary about her, but when things do not go according to plan, Marina begins to wonder if she will ever feel like she belongs.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2023

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MEL

Markovits, Benjamin

Summary: "Twelve-year-old Ben is a shy, quiet kid. His life isn't perfect, but he feels at home in his New York City apartment. Then his dad takes a job in London, and everything changes. His parents separate, and Ben's mom moves them back to her hometown of Austin, Texas. Ben's simple life is suddenly complicated. He misses his apartment, his best friend, Jake, and his dad. Then he meets Mabley, who...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MAR

Melleby, Nicole

Summary: "Eleven-year-old Sam, who lives with her siblings and mothers in a house on Sunrise Lagoon, tries to come up with a plan to save the family's charter boat business before the summer is over"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MEL

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MEL

Kramer, Richard

Summary: Wesley, a tenth grader, tries to navigate through life, despite having divorced parents, a father who has come out as gay ,and a popular friend who also comes out as gay right after winning a school election.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Unbridled Books 2012

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KRA

Doan, Lisa.

Summary: Upon the death of his Aunt Julia, twelve-year-old Jack is whisked by his scheming and dreaming parents from Pennsylvania to a small Caribbean island, Compano, and soon finds himself alone on a deserted island.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Darby Creek 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DOA

Blundell, Judy

Summary: "The ultimate summer read--featuring indelible characters, crackling wit, and sophisticated storytelling--about one season when everything in a woman's life goes wrong On Memorial Day weekend in a seaside town on Long Island, Ruthie, her still-adored ex-husband, Mike, and the couple's sullen fifteen-year-old daughter, Jem, are packing up the last bits of their household in preparation for the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLU

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLU

Olson, Jessica S.

Summary: She's a portrait artist whose paintings alter people's bodies, which is a talent some would kidnap, blackmail, and worse to control. Guarding that secret is the only way to keep her younger sister safe now that their parents are gone. But one frigid night, the governor's wife discovers the truth and threatens to expose Myra is she does not complete a special portrait that would resurrect the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC OLS

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