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81) Missing pieces
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Language
English
Description
Sarah Quinlan's husband, Jack, has been haunted for decades by the untimely death of his mother when he was just a teenager, her body found in the cellar of their family farm, the circumstances a mystery. The case rocked the small farm town of Penny Gate, Iowa, where Jack was raised, and for years Jack avoided returning home. But when his beloved aunt Julia is in an accident, hospitalized in a coma, Jack and Sarah are forced to confront the past that...
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English
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"When Annie Brown, a fun-loving woman, suddenly dies, her husband, best friend, and her children all struggle to find ways to go on after the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives, and who made life happy, fun, and secure. Her husband is overwhelmed with four children to raise, and turns to his teenage daughter for help, and to an old girlfriend for solace. Annie's best friend struggles again with opioid addiction, having depended on...
85) Fast break
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game.
86) The descendants
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When his wife ends up on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King discovers she was having an affair, so he takes his two daughters on a trip to Kauai to confront the man she was seeing.
87) Chasing lilacs
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Description
In the summer of 1958 in the small Texas community of Graham Camp, twelve-year-old Sammie Tucker must choose who to trust with her deepest fears after her mother commits suicide and a not-so-favorite aunt arrives on the scene. Trusting is one thing, but accepting the truth will be the hardest thing Sammie has ever done.
88) Other birds
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Language
English
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"Down a narrow alley in the small coastal town of Mallow Island, South Carolina, lies a stunning cobblestone building comprised of five apartments. It's called The Dellawisp and it is named after the tiny turquoise birds who inhabit the building, alongside the human tenants, and imbue it with an air of magical secrecy. When Zoey Hennessey comes to claim her deceased mother's apartment at The Dellawisp, she meets her quirky, enigmatic neighbors, including...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Description
The author chronicles the first year after his wife suddenly died of a pulmonary embolism--only twenty-seven hours after the birth of their first child--and the solace he found in dedicating himself to making a life for his daughter.
91) A likeable woman
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English
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"She's back in her affluent hometown for the first time in years and determined to unravel the secrets of her mother's death hidden in the unpublished memoir she left behind--even if it kills her... After her troublemaker mother's mysterious death, Kira fled her wealthy Texas town and never looked back. Now, decades later, Kira is invited to an old frenemy's vow renewal party. Though she is reluctant to go, there are things calling her back... like...
95) Beach dreams
Author
Series
Beach house volume 3
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
96) The Promise
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When his Labrador retriever survives a bear-mauling on Christmas Eve, Matt is convinced that her recovery is a miracle sent by his mother from heaven.
Author
Series
Mulberry Park novels volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
100) Run the race
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
The story of two desperate brothers willing to sacrifice today for a better tomorrow. Reeling from his mother's death and his father's abandonment, Zach finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers' ticket out of town. But when a devastating injury puts Zach and his dreams on the sidelines, his brother David laces up his track cleats to salvage their future and point Zach toward hope.
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