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Seventeen-year-old Lucille is struggling to get through each day, paying bills and looking after her little sister, Wren, while her father is institutionalized after a breakdown and her mother is "on vacation," but nothing else seems to matter when she is with Digby Jones, her best friend's twin brother.
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When beautiful shipping heiress Remy Jardin wakes up in Nice, her memory has disappeared. A blow to the head at Carnival has left her with amnesia. Luckily for Remy, her family finds her and brings her home to New Orleans. Or is it so lucky? Remy's family is friendly and warm, but that warmth might have ulterior motives. Their Louisiana shipping line may be corrupt, and the CEO and Remy's ex-lover Cole Buchanan has something he's keeping from her....
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"Discover the inspiring journey of love and learning in 'Raising Happy Children,' a book that offers valuable insights on how to raise happy children. Exploring key themes with wisdom and empathy, this work is an indispensable guide for parents seeking to cultivate an environment of positive and lasting growth for their children."
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Spanky, Alfalfa, Jackie, Farina, Wheezer, Buckwheat, Chubby, Stymie, Dickie, Mary, Petey & more in their funniest uncut episodes. A magic lamp causes havoc in "Shrimps for a Day". The gang helps Grandma foil a thief in "Fly My Kite". A fire truck race in "Hi Neighbor". Spanky has "Beginners Luck" on stage. Uncle George is mistaken for a hungry Wild Man in "Kid from Borneo" Yum, Yum, eat um up!
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This film celebrating the inspiring events of Jesus' last days is an adaptation taken directly from The New Testament. Cornelius is a Roman Centurion who, upon orders from the Apostle Thomas, is sent to proclaim the glories of Christ. Cornelius recounts the story of Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem, the Last Supper, the crucifixion, and his appearance before Mary Magdalene.
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Rose Asher believes in ghosts. She should, since she has one for a best friend: Logan, her annoying, Netflix-addicted brother, who is forever stuck at fifteen. But Rose is growing up, and when an old friend moves back to Laguna Canyon and appears in her drama class, things get complicated. Jamie Aldridge is charming, confident, and a painful reminder of the life Rose has been missing out on since her brother's death. She watches as Jamie easily rejoins...
8) Secret Star
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When a strange and wild boy walks into her life, Tess is forced to confront a past she had long ago forgotten Fourteen-year-old Tess can't remember the first ten years of her life-and if they were anything like her life now, she'd prefer that they stay forgotten. Since her mother's death, she and her disabled stepfather have lived without a phone, electricity, or even much food on the table. At school, her classmates think she's weird, but she's bigger...
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A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age: How do you define family? Jenny Fitzgerald is an artist who never fit in with her sports-obsessed parents and siblings. Still, she loves her family-even if she doesn't relate to them. Even if, unlike her younger siblings, Jenny's father is Donor 142. She's always known the truth, but before now, it hasn't seemed to matter much. But this summer-her sixteenth-is different. Where does Jenny really belong?...
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In this romantic comedy, a bartender on the brink of a new relationship is confronted by her estranged mother, a celebrity who deserted her.I was seven years old when I realized my mother was not a great person
Since Savvy was abandoned by her rockstar mother, she has craved a normal life. But after years of financing her boyfriend's lacklustre career, he leaves her when he hits the bigtime.
Savvy's friends at the burlesque club where she serves...
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You can buy a lot of things with enough money, but you can't buy the truth After Val skips one Sunday dinner with her cousin Michelle's family, everything changes. Val and Michelle's fathers aren't getting along, and she just wanted to avoid the tension that she knew would be on the menu. Val's mom died of cancer two years ago, and now her father's love and her mother's memory are all she has. But Michelle can't let it go, and in her anger she drops...
12) Marly the Kid
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Sometimes you just have to pack a suitcase and walk out the door Marly knows her older sister, Kit, is tall, beautiful, and outspoken-everything Marly isn't. But does everyone have to remind her of it all the time? Since her parents' divorce, her mom hasn't had a single nice thing to say-and even if she did, she's always working. So Marly packs her bags and catches the bus to stay with her dad. She knows he'll want her, and hopefully his new wife...
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A tale of two brothers, one lucky hat, and a whole lot of style Ben and Charlie are utterly preoccupied with fashion: Older brother Ben thinks he represents the cutting edge of what's hip, and younger brother Charlie tags along. Chief among Ben's treasure chest of dapper duds is his good-luck Bogie hat, a fedora that makes him look like Humphrey Bogart. But when Ben starts dating a girl named Penny, his notion of what's cool and what isn't gets thrown...
14) Getting Nowhere
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Mark only has one emotion: anger Fourteen-year-old Mark feels betrayed by his father, who has recently remarried. He spends his time feeling resentful and angry, especially after a humiliating experience with a girl. Mark's mood only worsens until even his best friends have had enough. When he recklessly decides to take his stepmother's car for a spin, he meets with near-tragic consequences. Can he learn to let go of his anger before things get out...
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What if the one person you can't stand is the only one you can depend on? Nobody ever asked Betsy Reisman if she wanted to be a twin, but since she and Meg are stuck with each other, they've reached a truce. Mostly they keep busy-Betsy with her beloved piano and her plans to go to Juilliard and Meg with learning her fifth (or is it sixth?) language. It's about to get harder, though, since their parents, both writers, have decided to take the year...
16) Blood Relations
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How can Mick break free from a family that won't let him go? In the second book in the Blue-Eyed Son trilogy, Mick's brutal brother, Terry, prepares for his annual May Day party. But this is no ordinary party-it's two full days of disgusting pranks and drunken violence. Terry throws the bash to prove that if you aren't in his circle, then you're in his sights. Mick's parents would rather not know what goes on, so they clear out and leave their sons...
17) Political Timber
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Gordie Foley can't wait to coast through his senior year-so how did he end up running for mayor? The best girl, the best car, and the best class schedule-Gordie Foley has it all in his final year of high school. When his beloved grandfather, the former mayor of the town, gives Gordie his trademark Studebaker Gran Tourismo Hawk for his eighteenth birthday, Gordie can't wait to live the most awesome senior year ever. But his grandfather has other plans....
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Not every mommy is the same, but they all are special.
There is beauty in their differences.
Children want to know they are, loved no matter what kind of mommy they have or where they live.
Without realizing it, children will be connecting and relating to this book in some way.
This timely and simple message will uplift, comfort, and acknowledge the beauty in how different each and every life is.
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This moving picture book about open adoption shares all parents' wish for a child's life to be full of love and family.
One birth mother is pregnant with a baby and wants to find parents to adopt the child. Eventually she finds two dads who will be just the right parents, because they, too, share her same wishes of love and happiness for the baby. Author Dano Moreno drew from his and his husband's experience with adopting their son to write a gentle,...
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