Maddox, Jake
Summary: In order to play tennis with his local rec team, Deion agrees to play doubles, even though it feels like a different game to him--but he has the nagging feeling that he is holding his partner, Cole, back until they both accept help from Deion's stepfather who turns out to have wicked aim.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADThompson, Lisa (Lisa Anne)
Summary: Nate and his mother are escaping from his emotionally abusive step-father, Gary, but the run-down and abandoned cottage in the woods that his mother takes them to does not seem like much of a refuge; but when his mother goes off to buy provisions and does not come back Nate is left alone (except for his imaginary friend Sam) and afraid--until a mysterious girl trying to solve the clues of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION THOMiller, Samuel
Summary: In the all-white Missouri town of "Calico Springs, Willie's life has been defined by two powerful forces: God and the river. The 'miracle boy' died for five minutes as a young child, and ever since, Willie is certain he survived for a reason, but that purpose didn't become clear until he found the Game. The Game is called Manifest Atlas, and the concept is simple: enter an intention and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC MILKhaw, Cassandra
Summary: "John Persons is a private investigator with a distasteful job from an unlikely client. He's been hired by a ten-year-old to kill the kid's stepdad, McKinsey. The man in question is abusive, abrasive, and abominable. He's also a monster, which makes Persons the perfect thing to hunt him. Over the course of his ancient, arcane existence, he's hunted gods and demons, and broken them in his teeth....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tom Doherty Associates 2016
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Summary: The surviving sister of a cheerleader who was one of five girls who died violently years earlier realizes during a memory-laden memorial that the tragedies may have been more sinister.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC THOSummary: Domestic disturbance: A divorced father discovers that his 11-year-old son's new stepfather is not what he made himself out to be. The father's investigation into the man's past explodes into a terrifying mission to rescue his son from danger.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2013
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD TRABennett, Kelly.
Summary: A little girl celebrates her two fathers, who are very different except in one very important way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BENSummary: Sebastian Cole is a restless seventeen-year-old living in a small town and falling behind in school. But his greatest challenge begins when his step-dad announces he is going to become a woman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 1999
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ADVAndrews, V. C., [Virginia C.]
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ANDClark, Mary Higgins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CLAHarris, Sean
Summary: A troubled children's puppeteer returns to his childhood home, confronting his evil stepfather and painful memories as a local investigation for a missing boy looms in the background.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mpi Media Group 2019
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2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR POSHubbard, Kirsten.
Summary: "The signs are everywhere, acccording to Jory's stepfather, Caleb. The end is coming, and they must be prepared. School is Jory's only escape from Caleb's tight grasp, and with the help of new friends, he begins to explore a world beyond his family's desert ranch"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC HUBMcClintock, Norah
Summary: "In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, David is the prime suspect when his stepfather is murdered."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCCPilcher, Robin.
Summary: When Claire Barclay receives news that her beloved stepfather has had a stroke, Claire and her husband, Art, leave New York and fly back to Scotland to care for him during the summer. When their visit makes clear that Leo is no longer capable of living on his own but determined to stay in his beloved old house, they offer to purchase the place from Leo and build him a cottage on the property....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC PILSummary: Set in contemporary Moscow where 12 men must decide the fate of a young man accused of murdering his step-father. Consigned to a makeshift jury room, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TWEAndrews, V. C. (Virginia C.)
Summary: In the dust and shadows of the attic, they shared everything -- fanciful stories, high school crushes, plans for the future, dreams to travel the world. For Karen, the attic is her escape from the reality of her stepfather's unwanted attention. Together in the eaves of a house with its own murderous history, the best friends concoct a scheme that will put Karen's stepfather in his place. It...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDBragg, Rick.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 BRAGG, RICK BRAConnor, Leslie.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CONDexter, Pete
Summary: Losing his father shortly after birth, Warren Spooner endures a troubled childhood and even more troubled young adulthood that is marked by his dishonorably discharged stepfather, whose inexhaustible patience is tested by the difficult Warren.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEXKlas, Benjamin
Summary: "Jeremiah just wants a normal summer with his dad, but it's clear that isn't happening. His dad just moved to an apartment near downtown Minneapolis to live with his new boyfriend, Michael. Michael wears shorts too short, serves weird organic foods, and is constantly nagging Jeremiah to watch out for potholes and to stay hydrated. Worst of all Michael rides the Uni-cycle. Okay, it's a bicycle...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One Elm Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KLARobinson, Bruce
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBSummary: In the sequel to the 2015 global smash, Dusty and Brad have joined forces to provide their kids the perfect Christmas. Their newfound partnership is put to the test when Dusty's old-school, macho dad and Brad's ultra-affectionate and emotional dad arrive just in time to throw the holiday into complete chaos.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DADCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DaMontefiore, Santa
Summary: "Mischa knows what it is to be abandoned. His German father disappeared at the end of the war, leaving him and his mother to endure the hatred and contempt of all the French villagers, the two of them against the world. And his surrogate father vanishes too, with no word of explanation. Mischa bears these scars into manhood. Only when his mother dies, revealing the existence of a priceless...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: W.F. Howes 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MONPilcher, Robin.
Summary: When Claire Barclay receives news that her beloved stepfather has had a stroke, Claire and her husband, Art, leave New York and fly back to Scotland to care for him during the summer. When their visit makes clear that Leo is no longer capable of living on his own but determined to stay in his beloved old house, they offer to purchase the place from Leo and build him a cottage on the property....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2010