Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=4294966367+4294965614 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749098 Sixteen-year-old Angie finds herself in her neighborhood with no recollection of her abduction or the three years that have passed since, until alternate personalities start telling her their stories through letters and recordings. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706639 Ruby McGavin returns to Cardinal, California, with her brother Nash, hoping the fresh start will help him kick a debilitating drinking habit. And Rubys not the only one with renewed hope, as saddlemaker Lucas McGavin redoubles his efforts to win her heart--even if Ruby is his brothers widow. Soon, all three learn that building a better future means first making peace with the past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1733136 Ruby never thought shed return to Cardinal, but shes hoping the place and people who gave her so much can give her brother Nash, whos been drowning in drink in Nashville, the fresh start he so desperately needs. Saddlemaker Lucas McGavin is thrilled that Ruby has come back. He hasnt given up on his love for her, despite the awkward fact that she is his brothers widow, and hes well aware that this may be his last chance to win Rubys heart. When Nash starts drinking again and ends up in a devastating accident, Ruby decides she must find her estranged mother to help with an intervention. Two states away, Etta Walker harbors a horrible secret that keeps her from reconnecting with the children she deserted so many years ago. As they struggle with the present and confront the past, Ruby, Lucas, and Etta learn the power of forgiveness, and reach for a new future filled with hope, grace, and love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749199 Sixteen-year-old San Franciscan Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. Her chance at a career has passed, and she decides to help her ten-year-old piano prodigy brother, Gus, map out his own future, even as she explores why she enjoyed piano in the first place.-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694151 Hoping to help her alcoholic brother, Nash, make a fresh start, Ruby McGavin returns to Cardinal, California, where she must confront her estranged mother and a terrible secret. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646676 Imagines the coming-of-age story of young Julia, whose world is thrown into upheaval when it is discovered that the Earths rotation has suddenly begun to slow, posing a catastrophic threat to all life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642266 Imagines the coming-of-age story of young Julia, whose world is thrown into upheaval when it is discovered that the Earths rotation has suddenly begun to slow, posing a catastrophic threat to all life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644517 When a third person in three years goes missing, presumed dead, July Fourth weekend in Winston, California, sixteen-year-old budding fashion designer Clare Knight uses her gift of seeing visions of peoples pasts while touching their clothing to seek the truth, at risk of her own life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657406 When a third person in three years goes missing, presumed dead, July Fourth weekend in Winston, California, sixteen-year-old budding fashion designer Clare Knight uses her gift of seeing visions of peoples pasts while touching their clothing to seek the truth, at risk of her own life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1595260 Imagines the coming-of-age story of young Julia, whose world is thrown into upheaval when it is discovered that the Earths rotation has suddenly begun to slow, posing a catastrophic threat to all life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1580209 Imagines the coming-of-age story of young Julia, whose world is thrown into upheaval when it is discovered that the Earths rotation has suddenly begun to slow, posing a catastrophic threat to all life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1519597 Having just moved from India to Los Angeles for two years, sixteen-year-old Shalini struggles to fit in at school and to keep house for her clinically-depressed mother, but the real challenge comes when she begins falling in love with an American boy despite being engaged since the age of three. Includes glossary. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1664507 When Sadie returns to Menlo Park, California, she finds that she no longer fits in, especially when one of her fathers cases places her in the spotlight--and in danger--but she turns to her faith, hoping it will see her through. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698577 Unfortunately, its the wrong wedding. Olivia Arnold is arranging the festivities--and its the hardest thing shes ever done. Because she should be marrying Kyle Houseman. They were together for more than a year but her jealous sister, Noelle, stole him away--and now shes pregnant. All their friends in Whiskey Creek know as well as Olivia does that Kyles making a mistake. His stepbrother, Brandon, knows it, too. But Kyles determined to go through with it, for his childs sake. Olivias devastated, but surprisingly Brandon--the black sheep of the family--is there to provide comfort and consolation. The intensity between them, both physical and emotional, shows Olivia that maybe Kyle wasnt the right man for her. But is Brandon? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542878 Upon her mothers death, fifteen-year-old Delaney Collins must move to California to live with a father she barely knows, and discovers not only that he is a fairy godmother, but she may be one, as well. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1543048 Eight-year-old EllRays father has promised a family trip to Disneyland if EllRay can stay out of trouble for a week, but not defending himself against Jared, the class bully, proves to be a real challenge. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573526 The last remaining orange tree on a Southern California street brings together neighbors of all ages as they face their problems and anxieties, including the possibility that a mysterious stranger is a threat to their tree. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539553 In 1960s California, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt has trouble with True Blue, the newest horse on her familys ranch, a beautiful dappled gray who is so often spooked, Abby wonders if he is haunted by the ghost of his deceased former owner. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1543089 Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes decides to borrow his fathers crystals to impress his classmates, but his plan to return the crystals before his father notices goes awry. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1275499 An uproarious, surprising, and poignant satire of American suburbia and youth sports gone wild. The setting is little league, but the experiences and issues are universal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573790 Fourteen-year-old Ariel uses cooking to work through problems, but none of her recipes are likely to help when she and Nicki learn that M may be moving away from Alameda soon after they begin eighth grade. Includes recipes and cooking tips. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1303603 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1346328 Thirteen-year-old Drew starts the summer of 1986 helping in her mothers cheese shop and dreaming about co-worker Nick, but when her widowed mother begins dating, Drews fathers book of lists, her pet rat, and Emmett, a boy on a quest, help her cope. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539454 Steve Sneeze Wyatt takes half of his classes at the high school, where he attracts the attention of a bully on the varsity golf team, while at middle school all of his friends seem to be falling in love--including Sneeze, himself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1560189 Thirteen-year-old Drew starts the summer of 1986 helping in her mothers cheese shop and dreaming about co-worker Nick, but when her widowed mother begins dating, Drews fathers book of lists, her pet rat, and Emmett, a boy on a quest, help her cope. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1360457 A follow-up to Reservation Road finds 50-year-old Dwight Arnos new start in California thrown into turmoil by the unexpected arrival of college-age Sam, who is fleeing a devastating incident in his own life, a parallel struggle that dramatically transforms the lives of the women around them--From publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573466 When Xander travels through the portals in the Kings strange house to visit Uncle Jesse as a boy, he learns that David has died and determines to do whatever it takes, and visit as many worlds as necessary, to change the future. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1382601 Andis fun holiday break is spoiled when a grumpy, bossy visitor arrives. No more running. No catching spiders. No wearing overalls. But just when Andi thinks the fun is lost forever, she learns that she can help this unwelcome guest in a way she never imagined. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252603 On her familys California horse ranch in the 1960s, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt faces the possibility of giving up her beloved colt, Jack, when it comes to light that his dam might have been stolen. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1129709 Jackie, a ninth-grader, does not understand when her teacher talks about unemployment and recession, until her mother loses her job and Jackie cannot buy the things she wants. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1195187 Living in a cottage on her uncles southern California avocado ranch since her parents messy divorce, fifteen-year-old Pearl Dewitt meets and falls in love with an illegal migrant worker, and is trapped with him when wildfires approach his makeshift forest home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1268780 Its not just the house thats keeping secrets.Pretending everything is all right is harder than it sounds. But the Kings know that even if they told the truth about the bizarre things happening in their house, no one would believe them. Right now theyre hyperfocused on rescuing their lost family member before anyone finds out whats going on.But when a stranger shows up to take their house, their options start dwindling fast... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1302164 After tragedy strikes, Warren Ziller and his disintegrating family are forced to move to one of the houses in his abandoned real estate development in the desert. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1541020 When Xander travels through the portals in the Kings strange house to visit Uncle Jesse as a boy, he learns that David has died and determines to do whatever it takes, and visit as many worlds as necessary, to change the future. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1194780 Lena has lived her whole life near the beach -- walking for miles up and down the shore and breathing the salty air, swimming in the cold water, and watching the surfers rule the waves -- the problem is, shes spent her whole life just watching. As her sixteenth birthday approaches, Lena vows she will no longer watch from the sand: she will learn to surf. But her father -- a former surfer himself -- refuses to allow her to take lessons... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1386656 Dream house ... or bad dream?When the Kings move from L.A. to a secluded small town, fifteen-year-old Xander is beyond disappointed. He and his friends loved to create amateur films ... but the tiny town of Pinedale is the last place a movie buff and future filmmaker wants to land.He, David, and Toria are, however, captivated by the many rooms in the old Victorian fixer-upper they moved into?as well as by the heavy woods that surround it... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1349998 Warren Ziller moves his family to California in search of a charmed life within an affluent gated community. But when Warren wastes all of the familys money on a failing real estate venture, they are forced to move into a forsaken development in the middle of the desert. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1351348 Dream house ... or bad dream?When the Kings move from L.A. to a secluded small town, fifteen-year-old Xander is beyond disappointed. He and his friends loved to create amateur films ... but the tiny town of Pinedale is the last place a movie buff and future filmmaker wants to land.He, David, and Toria are, however, captivated by the many rooms in the old Victorian fixer-upper they moved into?as well as by the heavy woods that surround it... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1147784 Tells, in two voices, of events leading up to a 1980 incident in which fourteen-year-old Jason, a gay youth surviving on the streets as a prostitute, and seventeen-year-old Doug, a hate-filled punk rocker, have a fateful meeting in a Los Angeles alley. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=985746 After Peter gets engaged to the woman of his dreams, he realizes he has not one friend to serve as his best man. To rectify the situation, he goes on a series of man-dates before he meets Sydney Fife, with whom he instantly bonds. While Peter and Sydney become closer, his relationship with his fiancee begins to suffer, forcing him to choose between her or his new B.F.F. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1011790 High school sophomore Andromeda, an outcast because she studies the occult and has a hearing impairment and other disabilities, overcomes grief over terrible losses by enlisting others help in her plan to save library books--and finds a kindred spirit along the way. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1186266 Edwina Winfield, returning from her engagement trip to England with her fianc and her family, instantly loses her parents, the man she loved and her dreams. Without even time to mourn, she courageously defies convention to run her familys California newspaper and care for her five younger siblings. Unable to forget her fianc Charles, she is determined never to marry, to keep her family together, and to fight to survive as a woman alone. But Phillip, her beloved oldest brother, sets out for Harvard and tragically betrays her trust. Madcap brother George turns to the excitement of Hollywood during its magical days, not to the Winfield publishing empire. And lovely Alexis, who narrowly escaped death when the Titanic went down, grows into a troubled runaway whom even Edwinas love may not be able to save. The two youngest, Fannie and Teddy, remain with Edwina at home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1328663 When sixteen-year old Mina is forced to take a class to help her decide whether or not to become a vampire like her parents, she also faces a choice between her life-long best friend and the boy she has a crush on versus new friends and possible boyfriends in her mandatory vampire lessons. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1029763 Andromeda Klein is a quiet, booky girl with an unexciting life. Until her world takes a turn for the weird. Strangely and suddenly Andromedas tarot card readings have begun to predict events with bizarrely literal accuracy. It seems impossible, but it looks like her once-upon-a-time-partner-inoccultism, Daisy Wasserstrom, has begun to harass her. Which wouldnt be quite as strange if Daisy hadnt died the year before. But what is weird is getting arguably worse. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1147674 For Annabelle, starting middle school hasnt been so bad. Shes made an awesome group of friends, and it turns out that taming those wild boys is a lot like training a puppy! But now Annabelle is about to encounter a whole new kind of headache: Taylor and the Three Terrors. There is no training manual for this clique of girls; they are too cool for school, and they definitely dont like Annabelle and her friends. But sometimes Taylor acts super nice, and Annabelle feels torn ... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562574 House of dark shadows: When fifteen-year-old Xander and his family move into an old, abandoned house in the middle of a dense forest outside of a small California town, they discover that not only are some of the rooms portals into other places, but that malevolent forces are at work. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1540993 When fifteen-year-old Xander and his family move into an old, abandoned house in the middle of a dense forest outside of a small California town, they discover that not only are some of the rooms portals into other places, but that malevolent forces are at work. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1540414 Twelve-year-old David and his family search for their kidnapped mother in the many different time period portals of their home, but when a stranger appears and tries to force them to sell the house, their desperation reaches new heights. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1508780 In season two, the Mars family find themselves embroiled in another season-long mystery hitting closer to home following a new local tragedy. Veronica must also deal with her increasingly complicated romantic life and a whole new school year. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641117 In 1949, thirteen-year-old Francine goes to Catholic school in Los Angeles where she becomes best friends with a girl who questions authority and is frequently punished by the nuns, causing Francine to question her own values. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1700428 Returning to her childhood home in the golden hills of Northern California means regret and pain for Karla Esterbrook. Yet she cant refuse when her ailing grandmother, Anna, asks her to help settle her affairs. After all, Anna raised Karla and her younger sisters after their parents death twenty years before. But from the beginning a powerful clash of wills separated Karla and her grandmother, leaving them both bitter and angry. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539016 In 1849, twelve-year-old California Morning Whipple, who renames herself Lucy, is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a rough California mining town. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644637 Imagines the coming-of-age story of young Julia, whose world is thrown into upheaval when it is discovered that the Earths rotation has suddenly begun to slow, posing a catastrophic threat to all life.