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Author
Series
Keeper of the lost cities volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
At age twelve, Sophie learns that the remarkable abilities that have always caused her to stand out identify her as an elf, and after being brought to Eternalia to hone her skills, discovers that she has secrets buried in her memory for which some would kill.
3) Everblaze
Author
Series
Keeper of the lost cities volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sophie's talents are getting stronger and, with the elusive Black Swan group ignoring her calls for help, she is determined to find her kidnappers but a daring mistake pushes her world to the edge of war, and soon she has exposed a a major conspiracy thatcould threaten all she loves.
Author
Publisher
Harper element
Language
English
Description
When foster carer Cathy Glass is asked to look after Darcy-May, a two-day-old baby, she is very concerned. The baby is coming to her straight from hospital and will have no contact with her teenage mother, Haylea. Even more worrying, Darcy-May will be brought to Cathy with a police escort, as it's vital her extended family doesn't know where she is. Cathy and her family quickly bond with little Darcy-May, although they must accept she will eventually...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
Description
The bestselling, critically acclaimed author explores issues of race, class, privilege, and power and asks us to consider uncomfortable moral questions in this probing, ambitious, emotionally wrenching novel of two families - one black, one white.
Author
Publisher
Aaron D McClelland
Language
English
Description
"Denny has been running the same rackets for the Di Napoli crime family in Vancouver for thirty years and as the days tick down to the beginning of a new century, he craves change. Change is thrust upon him however, when his life-long partner is assassinated and Denny has a near death experience. As he recovers, Denny begins his new journey by using a self-help book aimed at aging entrepreneurs, and by impulsively becoming a foster father to a feisty...
Author
Publisher
HarperElement
Language
English
Description
Jackson's mother, Kayla, can no longer cope. Having tragically lost her husband and son, Kayla is crippled with grief and unable to manage Jackson's challenging behaviour. Aggressive, confrontational, and often running away, Jackson's mother puts him into foster care. He remains volatile. Cathy, his carer, encourages Jackson to talk about what has happened but he won't engage. His actions continue to test and worry everyone. Adrian, Cathy's son, fears...
Author
Publisher
Headline Review
Language
English
Description
Amber, Lachlan and Raffaele met as teenagers in the Cornish seaside home of kind-hearted foster parents. Years on, the bond between them is unbreakable. But Amber has a secret. She's in love with Lachlan. She can't tell him, because that would never work - he's definitely not the settling-down type. Surely it's better to keep him as a friend than to risk losing him for good? Raffaele has his own dilemma. He had the dream girlfriend in Vee, until it...
11) Wave riders
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Description
After their guardian disappears, twelve-year-old twins Jess and Jude are fostered by the Blakeney family, but their search for information about their parents puts them in danger when they uncover secrets their wealthy benefactors want to keep hidden.
Author
Series
Hometown brothers volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Ryan Hastings first came to Teaberry Island, he was a troubled teen on his last chance. He's returning as a renowned scientist, checking in on his widowed foster mother. But one thing hasn't changed--Ryan's feelings for the girl next door who he loved...and left. Mellie Anderson has a son now, and a good life that Ryan believes he's still too damaged to share. But he knows he can help young Alfie, who's getting picked on at his new school. Mellie...
13) Snow foal
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Pubishing Company
Language
English
Description
Sent to stay with a foster family on a remote Exmoor farm, 11-year-old Addie, who is hurt, angry and mistrustful, discovers she's not so alone after all after rescuing a tiny wild foal from the moorland snow, leading to adventure and an unexpected friendship.
14) Darling girls
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Language
English
Description
"Get ready for another twisty domestic thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of THE SOULMATE. From the outside, Alicia, Jessica and Norah might seem like ordinary women you'd meet on the street any day of the week. Sure, Jessica has a littleOCD and Norah has some anger issues. And Alicia has low self-esteem that manifests itself in surprising ways. But these three have a bond that no one can fully understand. It's a bond that takes them...
15) Night road
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
When stay-at-home mom Jude Farraday takes in Lexi, a former foster child with a dark past, the girl becomes inseparable from Jude's teenage twins before a shattering accident rips the family apart and sets the stage for a sobering confrontation years later.
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