Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=6594+4294966367 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703532 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729010 Aunt Susan - an unstoppable force, and possibly the bossiest woman alive - is on the phone, and thats never good. Shes insisting that Harry and his family help her at a local event shes promised to organise: the Great Toadpool Show. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727869 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727737 Fifteen-year-old Joanne, raised in San Franciscos Haight District, becomes involved with Martin, a hippy, and various aspects of the late 1960s cultural revolution despite her middle-class upbringing. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644151 Ten-year-old Mallory, determined to find out what her brother Max does while spending time with his girlfriend, Winnie, spies an innocent kiss on the cheek then tells her babysitter and friends a more exciting tale. Includes a recipe for double chocolate chip cookies and directions for playing four games. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699675 When her brother Rob, a Navy cook, goes missing in action during World War II, Jayna, desperate for family, leaves upstate New York and their cranky landlady, accompanied by a turtle and a ghost, to seek their grandmother, who Rob believes may live in Brooklyn. Includes soup recipes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727477 As the battle against the Black Wings and Their minions looms on the horizon, part-angel Clara Gardner is finally ready to fulfill her destiny, even though she knows she may have to make the ultimate sacrifice-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729042 Complications arise throughout his family when churchgoing and respected community member Robert John Browns caught hiding a barnful of migrant workers with no papers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729061 For years, 10-year-old Zelly Fried has tried to convince her parents to let her have a dog. After all, practically everyone in Vermont owns a dog, and it sure could go a long way helping Zelly fit in since moving there from Brooklyn. But when her eccentric grandfather Ace hatches a ridiculous plan involving a practice dog named OJ, Zellys not so sure how far shes willing to go to win a dog of her own. Is Aces plan so crazy it just might work . . ... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699657 Bewildered by a new student at her Manhattan high school who does not know her but seems to be Philip Walker, her lost love from her time travels, and threatened by Rebecca, who has held a grudge against her family for 120 years, sixteen-year-old Michele Windsor seeks help in her father journals and The Handbook of The Time Society. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728478 Brenna has perfect memory, able to recall in astonishing detail every moment of every day of her adult life. But her childhood--those carefree years before the traumatic disappearance of her sister, Clea--is frustratingly vague. When Brenna listens to the stories Lula Belle tells her audience, stories only Brenna and Clea could know, those years come to life again in vivid detail. Convinced the missing internet performer has ties to her sister, Brenna takes the case--and in her quest for Lula Belle unravels a web of obsession, sex, guilt, and murder that could regain her family . . . or cost her life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729300 Marcus Hardy had hoped to enjoy a year away at college while he put the summer hed rather forget behind him. But instead, hes jerked right back to the coastal town of Sea Breeze, Alabama due to a family crisis. The only bright spot is Willow, Low, the fascinating red head who sleeps over several times a week. The problem is shes sleeping in bed with his new roommate, Cage Watson. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729003 Amy already has one naughty little sister, so why do her parents need another baby? Will there be any room left for Amy? At least she has her dog, Choc. He makes Amy feel like shes the most important person in the world. But can Choc help Amy to see that... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728280 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727723 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703512 When her brother Rob, a Navy cook, goes missing in action in 1944, Jayna, desperate for family, leaves upstate New York and their cranky landlady, accompanied by a turtle and a ghost, to seek their grandmother, who Rob believes may live in Brooklyn. Includes soup recipes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728551 Genius twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald embark on a trip to Graceland and are horrified by the reappearance of their supposedly deceased arch nemesis Dr. Herman Warsaw, who marries their aunt Judy. 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=1729184 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699672 At college in New York City, Janie Johnson, aka Jennie Spring, seems to have successfully left behind her past as The face on the milk carton, but soon she, her families, and friends are pursued by a true-crime writer who wants their help in telling her kidnappers tale. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703503 Spirited and intelligent, Morayo grows up surrounded by school friends and family in busy, modern-day Ibadan, Nigeria. An adoring little sister, their traditional parents, and a host of aunties and cousins make Morayos home their own, so theres nothing unusual about her charming but troubled cousin, Bros T, moving in with the family. At first Morayo and her sister are delighted, but in her innocence, nothing prepares Morayo for the shameful secret Bros T forces upon her. Thrust into a web of oppressive silence woven by the adults around her, Morayo must learn to protect herself and her sister from a legacy of silence shared by the women in her family. Only her Aunt Morenike provides Morayo with a safe home and a sense of female community that sustains her as she develops into a young woman in a bustling, politically charged, and often violent country. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699602 In 1586 England, sixteen-year-old Mercy Hart, daughter of one of Londons wealthiest and most devout merchants, considers renouncing her family for love of Kit, a lowly actor and playboy, until Kit is accused of treason, testing Mercys resolve. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728886 From the beloved and best-selling author comes a story of life and death, family and community, once again set out on the high plains in Holt, Colorado. When Dad Lewis is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he and his wife must work together, along with their daughter, to make his final days as comfortable as possible, despite the bitter absence of their estranged son... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727796 Upon moving to small-town Texas part-way into her junior year of high school, Serena sees parallels between the novel her class is studying, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and the two men in her life: boyfriend Lance, the quarterback, and outsider Cam. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727146 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703538 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728395 Descended from witches, high school senior Nadia can tell as soon as her family moves to Captives Sound that the town is under a dark and powerful spell. Then she meets Mateo, the teenage local whose cursed dreams predict the future, and they must work together to prevent an impending disaster that threatens the entire town-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729310 Back before the stock market crash, Jacks dad had been working steadily and their family had had plenty of money. But now, in the middle of the 1930s depression, there isnt much work for a trombone player--just a gig down in New York City once in a while. So 14-year-old Jack is doing his best to help out. And hes lucky enough to get a weekend job at the town boat club where the rich folks hang out. But Jack wishes his dad would at least try to get a regular job. Sometimes there isnt even enough money to buy decent food and clothes for Jack, his sister Sally, and their young brother Henry. Its bad enough that their mother has had a nervous breakdown and gone to live in a home. Jacks father keeps telling them to look on the bright side--his favorite song is Happy Days Are Here Again. But Jack isnt sure there can be a bright side when you dont have enough money to live decently. Then, at the boat club, Jack sees an opportunity to steal a lot of money--enough to pay the familys back rent and keep them all together. For the first time in his life Jack is seriously tempted to steal--especially now that he realizes that his dad cant really be depended upon, that its up to him to take care of the family... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728145 The Frazzle family is very forgetful, even when Aunt Rosemary visits and tries to straighten them out with her system, until Annie finds a simple and effective way to remember. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727613 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728113 When her family moves to a new apartment to escape her abusive stepfather, Kylie is determined to be a part of the popular crowd at her new school no matter who gets hurt. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727817 In this graphic novel that combines medieval legends and folklore, the brutish feudal world, and devotion to family, William, the grandson of an elderly feudal lord in the thirteenth century, sets out on a labyrinthine journey to discover his fathers killer--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728422 Conceived in love and possibility, Bonaventure Arrow didnt make a peep when he was born, and the doctor nearly took him for dead. No one knows that Bonaventures silence is filled with resonance-- a miraculous gift of rarified hearing that encompasses the Universe of Every Single Sound. Growing up in the big house on Christopher Street in Bayou Cymbaline, Bonaventure can hear flowers grow, a thousand shades of blue, and the miniature tempests that rage inside raindrops. He can also hear the gentle voice of his father, William Arrow, shot dead before Bonaventure was born by a mysterious stranger known only as the Wanderer. Bonaventures remarkable gift of listening promises salvation to the souls who love him: his beautiful young mother, Dancy, haunted by the death of her husband; his Grand-mre Letice, plagued by grief and a long-buried guilt she locks away in a chapel; and his father, William, whose roaming spirit must fix the wreckage of the past. With the help of Trinidad Prefontaine, a Creole housekeeper endowed with her own special gifts, Bonaventure will find the key to long-buried mysteries and soothe a chorus of family secrets clamoring to be healed -- from HarperCollins web site. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727123 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727875 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728141 If I Were Your Boyfriend: How has Keysha gone from popular to social outcast? A girl she thought was her friend planted drugs on her, and Keysha got caught. Now all of the negative attention has turned everyone against her. At school, Keysha is stared at and whispered about, no one will talk to her, and the girl who ruined Keyshas reputation just laughs in her face. So when a guy with his own bad rep offers to help, Keysha has doubts. However, she soon realizes that Wesley Morris is more than just a hot guy--he is someone who has turned his own life around. Still, her family doesnt want him anywhere near Keysha. But Wesley isnt willing to walk away. Hell even risk everything to prove Keyshas innocence ... and save their relationship. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699267 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641965 It begins with a free and joyful act--but from then on, Michael finds it impossible even to remember what it felt like to be free and joyful. When he fires his new rifle into the air on his seventeenth birthday, he never imagines that the bullet will end up killing someone. But a mile away, a man is killed by that bullet as he innocently repairs his roof. And Michael keeps desperately silent while he watches his world crumble. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643886 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646771 When they were children, Erica Calcott and her sister, Beth, spent their summer holidays at Storton Manor. Now, following the death of their grandmother, they have returned to the grand, imposing house in Wiltshire, England. Unable to stem the tide of childhood memories that arise as she sorts through her grandmothers belongings, Erica thinks back to the summer her cousin Henry vanished mysteriously from the estate, an event that tore their family to pieces. It is time, she believes, to lay the past to rest, bring her sister some peace, and finally solve the mystery of her cousins disappearance. But sifting through remnants of a bygone time is bringing a secret family history to light--one that stretches back over a century, to a beautiful society heiress in Oklahoma, a haunting, savage land across the ocean. And as past and present converge, Erica and Beth must come to terms with two shocking acts of betrayal... and the heartbreaking legacy they left behind. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707146 When a bankers entire family is found massacred, the only clue is the message Were coming scrawled in blood. Detective Lucas Davenport isnt surprised when he learns of the bankers shady past. But as the investigation deepens, he discovers this familys murder isnt an isolated act of violence--its part of a war. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1640730 A young Amish woman, searching for truth and love amidst tradition, returns to her home state of Indiana after a season in Montana, hoping to understand where exactly her heart belongs. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729155 The Aldens are bound for the Science and Hobby Fair, but when a bad storm hits, theyre forced to stay in the bus station. Before they know it, the Boxcar Children are in the middle of a mystery involving a polluted river, two strange boys, and a bus... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562038 When Candice Candy Hardaway, the daughter of deceased New York drug kingpin Eric Easy Hardaway, set out to get revenge on the people who killed her entire family, she positioned herself knee deep in the game. While getting close to her fathers alleged enemies, Candy uncovered some long-buried secrets that were never meant for her to find out. ... Who will fulfill their need for revenge first-- the people who really destroyed her family or the hustlers that Candy wrongfully targeted?--Publishers description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729129 The Alden family is spending sunny days at the shore and summer nights in the mobile home right on the beach! What will the Boxcar Children find at the strange old mansion nearby? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643961 Nine-year-old Katie and her four-year-old brother, Tyler, have an emotional summer during which their father considers moving them to Portland and they are surprised by a visit with their mother, a country singer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643921 Dorothy Forrest is immersed in the sensory world around her; she lives in the flickering moment. From the age of seven, when her odd, disenfranchised family moves from New York City to the wide skies of New Zealand, to the very end of her life, this is her great gift and possible misfortune. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644292 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646658 Only days before Britain declares war on Germany, Harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of long-buried family secrets, and forced to accept that his desire to marry Emma Barrington will never be fulfilled, has joined the Merchant Navy. After his ship is sunk, Harry seizes on the chance to escape his tangled past by assuming the identity of an American officer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703317 Awaiting the arrival of her grandchildren in her home outside Istanbul, bed-ridden widow Fatma shares memories and grievances with her late husbands illegitimate son until his nephew, a right-wing nationalist, involves the family in the Turkish military coup of 1980. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574260 Every family photograph hides a story. Some are suffused with warmth and joy, others reflect the dull ache of disappointed dreams. For thirteen-year-old Trevor Kennedy, taking photos helps make sense of his fractured world. His father, Kurt, struggles to keep a business going while also caring for Trevors aging grandfather, whose hoarding has reached dangerous levels. Trevors mother, Elisabeth, all but ignores her son while doting on his five-year-old sister, Gracy, and pilfering useless drugstore items. Trevor knows he can count on little Gracys unconditional love and his art teachers encouragement. None of that compensates for the bullying he has endured at school for as long as he can remember. But where Trevor once silently tolerated the jabs and name-calling, now anger surges through him in ways hes powerless to control. Only Crystal, a store clerk dealing with her own loss, sees the deep fissures in the Kennedy family - in the haunting photographs Trevor brings to be developed, and in the palpable distance between Elisabeth and her son. And as their lives become more intertwined, each will be pushed to the breaking point, with shattering, unforeseeable consequences.--Cover, p. [2]. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643998 As a demolition expert, Brick Pendleton is used to being in complete control. So hes shaken when his lover extinguishes their explosive affair before hes ready to say goodbye. Hes never felt about any woman the way he feels about Lisa Ransom, but that doesnt mean he can give her what she wants most of all: marriage and family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707558 In 1970s Boston, the glossy veneer of 16-year-old Sarah Kunitzs wealthy family is starting to show cracks. Her parents constant fighting and her mothers prescription pill abuse drive Sarah into two romantic relationships with unforeseen consequences. With grief fresh in her heart, Sarah wonders if she or her family will ever love again. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642186 When Travis returns home from Afghanistan, his parents are splitting up, his brother has stolen his girlfriend and car, and he has nightmares of his best friend getting killed but when he runs into Harper, a girl who has despised him since middle school, life actually starts looking up. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641330 Thirteen-year-old Katie Sutton, a self-proclaimed expert on grown-up behavior, begins writing a users manual to help other teens train and operate their parents, but when her own mother starts dating Yellow Tie Man, Katie needs all of her expertise to get rid of him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643204 When Ruth returns home to the South for the summer after her freshman year at college, a near tragedy pushes her to uncover family truths and take a good look at the woman she wants to become. Growing up in Alabama, all Ruth Wasserman wanted was to be a blond Baptist cheerleader. But as a curly-haired Jew with a rampant sweet tooth and a smart mouth, this was an impossible dream. Not helping the situation was her older brother, David, a soccer star whose good looks, smarts, and popularity reigned at school and at home. College provided an escape route and Ruth took it. Now home for the summer, shes back lifeguarding and coaching alongside David, and although the job is the same, nothing else is. Shes a prisoner of her low self-esteem and unhealthy relationship with food, David is closed off and distant in a way hes never been before, and their parents are struggling with the reality of an empty nest. When a near drowning happens on their watch, a storm of repercussions forces Ruth and David to confront long-ignored truths about their town, their family, and themselves. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727720 When sixteen-year-old Chelsea Martins future stepmother gives her a total makeover, she attracts all of the wrong boys and drives away many girls, but her friend Janelle keeps telling Chelsea to be true to herself, while helping her find a way to catch the eye of Nicholas, the one non-jerk at school. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643701 In the year before they become the orphans known as the Boxcar children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden live with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm, where, although times are hard, they take in a family who has been stranded in their car during a blizzard. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639310 When Jimmy McMullen, a fireman with the NYFD, is killed in the line of duty, his wife, Jackie, and ten-year-old son, Charlie, are devastated. Charlie idolized his dad, and now the outgoing, curious boy has become quiet and reserved. Trusting in the healing power of family, Jackie decides to return to her childhood home on Sullivans Island. Crossing the bridge from the mainland, Jackie and Charlie enter a world full of wonder and magic--lush green and chocolate grasslands and dazzling red, orange, and magenta evening skies; the heady pungency of Lowcountry Pluff mud and fresh seafood on the grill; bare toes snuggled in warm sand and palmetto fronds swaying in gentle ocean winds. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729133 The Aldens have found a mystery under their very own roof! When the children found an old journal behind the closet wall in the guest room, they never dreamed it would lead them on a search for valuable coins. What happened to the girl who wrote the journal... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644298 A collection of stories about the complicated and powerful ties between mothers and daughters includes such tales as a mother and child who turn cooking ingredients into symbolic weapons and a woman who questions her place in the face of teen antics. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699013 The Alden children suspect someone of trying to sabotage the local dog show. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699579 Twelve-year-old Frankie Joe Huckaby, forced to live with the father he never knew, a stepmother, and four half-brothers in Illinois, starts a delivery service to finance his escape back to his mother in Texas, not realizing he is making a better life for himself than he ever had with her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643177 In 1956, Dell Parsons family came to a stop in Great Falls, Montana, the way many military families did after the war. His father, Bev, was a talkative airman from Alabama with an optimistic and easy-scheming nature. Their mother Neeva - shy, artistic - was alienated from their fathers small-town world. It was more bad instincts and bad luck that Dells parents decided to rob the bank. They werent reckless people. In the days following the arrest, Dell is saved before the authorities think to arrive. Driving across Montana, his life hurtles towards the unknown; a hotel in a deserted town, the violent and enigmatic Arthur Remlinger, and towards Canada itself. But, as Dell discovers, in this new world of secrets and upheaval, he is not the only one whose past lies on the other side of a border. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646743 Twelve-year-old Nicholas and his ten-year-old, twin sisters, Hetty and Haley, spend the summer with their Great-Uncle Nick at Forsaken Lake, where he and their new friend Charlie investigate the truth about an accident involving their families many years before. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699413 Returning to his small Texas hometown, a writer delves into an investigation of an unsolved arson case, a cotton fire twenty-five years earlier that split the community and turned family members against each other. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642574 As she travels with her new family from England to France, Cora faces the hardships as well as the privileges of the family name. But her journey of self-discovery is only just beginning. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639584 John Galsworthys The Forsyte Saga collects together three novels and two interludes, all published between 1906 and 1921. Not far removed from their farming history, the members of an upper-middle-class British family are painfully aware of being new money. As a man of property, Soames Forsytes abilities bring him material wealth, but they grant him no quarter in the happiness stakes. 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=1641829 Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister Angela and her family to join him for a week at a vacation home in the English countryside, which results in a symphony of long-held grudges, fading dreams, and rising hopes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1640069 After graduating from a Phoenix, Arizona, high school, aspiring artist Amanda Zero Walsh unexpectedly begins a relationship with a drummer in a punk rock band, which helps her come to terms with her feelings about herself, her falling out with her best friend, and her parents personal problems. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728953 When the old woman died, she left her grandchild Nancy with the extraordinary gift of magic. Nancy can read peoples minds, know their thoughts, and make them do what she wants. Will she use her gift for good, or satisfy her own selfish desire? Lois Duncan presents a paranormal rollercoaster ride with goosebumps at every turn. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643937 When a mission gone wrong kills his best friend, navy SEAL Matthew Parker will stop at nothing to destroy the demons who threaten his team. To do so, Matt must locate a mysterious orb before the demons use it to destroy the world. But the only woman who can help him - Sienna McClare - has her own agenda...and every reason for hating his kind.A half blood, Sienna hopes returning the orb to her people will gain her acceptance back into the only family shes known. But working with a Draicon werewolf like Matt comes with a high price - one that could cost Sienna her dreams.A natural-born leader, her werewolf lover must now teach Sienna to listen to her heart - and go where their all-consuming passion leads them -- Cover verson. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642644 Seventh-grader Georges adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his fathers efforts to start a new business, his mothers extra shifts as a nurse, being picked on at school, and Safer, a boy who wants his help spying on another resident of their building. 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=1643951 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646728 Penny comes home from school eager to share her very own song, but must wait until the time is right to teach it to her parents and the babies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644046 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644102 Caitlin Eckhart finds her past coming back to haunt her when her six-year-old stepson is kidnapped from school, jeopardizing her relationship with her husband and everything she loves. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642521 Rising high school senior Maggie remembers little about the accidental death of her boyfriend, Joey, but as she slowly begins to recall that day at the gorge with their long-time friends, she realizes he was keeping some terrible secrets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639186 A place to heal. Thats all Brooke McKaslin yearns for. Shes returned to Montana on family business, hoping to leave her past behind. And to shield the secret she carries. Shes not planning on staying long until she begins working for reporter Liam Knightly. Liam is handsome, good-hearted, and as leery of relationships as Brooke is. Even as they realize how much they have in common, Brooke fears a threat to their growing love. Will her secret stand in the way of their happiness? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643483 Meet the Mudcrusts! Lowbrow Mudcrust is the lumbering, lazy head of the family, who is happiest when he is squelching his toes in the slime. That doesnt stop his wife Flora from nagging him and reminding him that hes not the chief of the tribe. Their two children, Bogweed and Fungus, are always fighting. Although Fungus doesnt have Bogweeds brute strength, he does have more brains. The first book in the Mudcrusts series, Dirty Deeds follows the quest of Flora to move out of their hut into a nice cave with a view... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646748 Fancy Nancy needs a unique costume for Halloween, something no one else will think to be. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729273 Sixteen-year-old Gwen, the newest and final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve, searches through history for the other time-travelers, aided by friend Lesley, James the ghost, Xemerius the gargoyle demon, and Gideon, the Diamond, whose fate seems bound with hers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699011 The Alden children have another mystery to solve when they visit a castle and must figure out which of the guests has stolen the Stradivarius violin. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1700566 In this lively celebration of Jewish traditions, a family must balance giving their children the freedom to make a mess and having a tidy home for Shabbos. On Sunday the Schmutzys drag in dirt from the malodorous Feldman Swamp. On Monday they make mud pies, and on Tuesday they smear spaghetti sauce. So it goes until Friday morning, when its time to be no-so-schmutzy. The family members soap, scour, and shower. And on Friday night they are ready to celebrate Shabbos with prayer, song, and supper. A glossary defines Yiddish words and an authors note explains Shabbos traditions. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574276 For generations, a grand estate house was the crowning glory of more than 3,000 acres of Iowa farmland. Named Aurelia, it was a monument to matriarch Lavinia Hathaways dream to elevate the family name--no matter what relative or stranger she had to destroy in the process. Now, Lavinias youngest grandchild, Meredith Pincetti, is thrust into conflict with the legacy that destroyed her familys once-great name. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729163 As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703355 After her youngest son, and last one to marry, brings home his wife, Rachel feels her role of family matriarch slipping away and must deal with the loss that comes with it, while maintaining the relationships she holds dear. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707158 In the South Carolina Lowcountry, three generations of a family--a grandmother, a mother, and a son--discover the indelible power of love as they share a memorable summer on Sullivans Island. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639766 In Depression-era Mississippi, Millie Reynolds longs to escape the madness that marks her world. With an abusive father and a nothing mama, she struggles to find a place where she really belongs. For answers, Millie turns to the gypsies who caravan through town each spring. The travelers lead Millie to a key that unlocks generations of shocking family secrets. When tragedy strikes, the mysterious contents of the box give Millie the tools she needs to break her familys long-standing cycle of madness and abuse.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641995 A fascinating new look at the infamous story of the Hatfields and the McCoys and their blood feud that began in 1865 with the murder of Harmon McCoy, a Union soldier, by a Confederate Hatfield relative. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1561755 In this novel the author explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent appearances in their house, on the roadway, in the markets. Only Dorothys unexpected appearances from the dead help him to live in the moment and to find some peace. Crippled in his right arm and leg, Aaron has spent his childhood fending off a sister who wants to manage him. So when he meets Dorothy, a plain, outspoken, independent young woman, she is like a breath of fresh air. Unhesitatingly, he marries her, and they have a relatively happy, unremarkable marriage. But when a tree crashes into their house and Dorothy is killed, Aaron feels as though he has been erased forever. Only Dorothys unexpected appearances from the dead help him to live in the moment and to find some peace. Gradually he discovers, as he works in the familys vanity publishing business, turning out titles that presume to guide beginners through the trials of life, that maybe for this beginner there is a way of saying goodbye. This book is a subtle exploration of loss and recovery, pierced throughout with the authors humor, wisdom, and always penetrating look at human foibles. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574653 Life isnt easy for Melinda Radford. Shes the lone girl on the Ashton High wrestling team, and her parents have forbidden her from seeing her new boyfriend. But through a strange twist of tragedy and fate, Mel is given an unexpected opportunity to accomplish something no girl in her schools history has ever done, and to redeem herself in the eyes of many. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729173 In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729121 While on bicycle trip to their aunts farm, the four Aldens help solve a mystery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699103 The Aldens search for carousel horses that have disappeared from an amusement park. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703186 Isabelle Scotts life may not be easy, but she loves it. She is a star swimmer and lifeguard, has great friends, and has been spending the summer with Brayden, a cute surfer--though theyre just friends. But her grandmother, with whom shes lived since her mother died five years earlier, is declining quickly, and Izzies whole world is upended. Shes whisked away from the poor, rough neighborhood where she grew up to live with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in the exclusive Emerald Cove. Mirabelle Monroe leads a charmed life: her father is a former baseball star about to run for the United States Senate. Shes popular and beautiful and has a super cute jock boyfriend. But when her cousin, Izzie, comes to live with her family, her well-ordered world starts to unravel. It doesnt help that Miras best friend and queen bee, Savannah, hates Izzie from the start, maybe because Izzie seems to be so close to Savannahs boyfriend, Brayden. And Mira doesnt know whether to choose her friends and status at school or her family. As Izzie and Mira try to navigate their new lives, family secrets are dug up and the girls learn what friends and family truly mean. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643923 At the turn of the 20th century in a rural stretch of the Pacific Northwest, a gentle solitary orchardist, Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots. Then two feral, pregnant girls and armed gunmen set Talmadge on an irrevocable course not only to save and protect but to reconcile the ghosts of his own troubled past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699184 When their favorite pizza restaurant almost goes out of business, the Alden children try to help their friends stay open while they find out who is behind all their problems.