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The ultimate quest / by Patterson, James,1947-; Grabenstein, Chris.; Neufeld, Juliana,1982-;
When their ship, the Lost, explodes, Bick, Beck, Tommy, and Storm are stranded on a raft in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, but the situation worsens when the treasure hunters kidnap their parents, forcing the Kidd siblings to follow clues around the globe to uncover an ancient treasure and save their family.Ages 8-13.LSC
Subjects: Sea stories.; Adventure fiction.; Treasure troves; Seafaring life; Kidnapping; Siblings; Twins;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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After life / by Forman, Gayle,author.;
"One spring afternoon after school, Amber arrives home on her bike. It's just another perfectly normal day. But when Amber's mom sees her, she screams. Because Amber died seven years ago, hit by a car while on the very same bicycle she's inexplicably riding now. This mysterious return doesn't impact only Amber. Her sister, Melissa, now seven years older, must be a new kind of sibling to Amber. Amber's now-estranged parents are battling over her. And the changes ripple further and further out: Amber's friends, boyfriend, and even people she met only once have been deeply affected by her life and death. In the midst of everyone's turmoil, amber is struggling with herself. What kind of person was she? Why was she given this second chance? This magnificent tour de force by acclaimed author Gayle Forman brilliantly explores the porous veil between life and death, examines the impact that one person can have on the world, and celebrates life in all its beautiful complexity."--Jacket flap.Ages 14 up.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Families; Future life; Teenagers; Family life; Families; Future life; Teenagers;
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A son's vow / by Gray, Shelley Shepard,author.;
In the village of Charm, Ohio, Darla Kurtz's father's responsibility for a fire in which he and five other Amish men lost their lives leaves Darla's family to face community's disapproval, while Lukas must deal with the loss of his father and the new awkwardness between him and Darla.
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Religious fiction.; Amish; Sibling abuse;
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Secret of the yellow house / by Warner, Gertrude Chandler,1890-1979.; Random House (Firm);
The Alden children were searching for a home--and found a life of adventure! Embark on an exciting journey with the Boxcar Children in this Step 2 leveled reader, as they investigate a mysterious house on their family's private island.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Readers (Publications); Boxcar children (Fictitious characters); Siblings; Orphans; Dwellings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The angel maker : a novel / by North, Alex,1976-author.;
"Growing up in a beautiful house in the English countryside, Katie Shaw lived a charmed life. At the cusp of graduation, she had big dreams, a devoted boyfriend, and a little brother she protected fiercely--until the day a violent stranger changed the fate of her family forever. Years later, still unable to live down the guilt surrounding what happened to her brother Chris, and now with a child of her own to protect, Katie struggles to separate the real threats from the imagined. Then she gets the phone call: Chris has gone missing and needs his big sister once more"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Horror fiction.; Novels.; Missing person; Murder; Serial murderers; Siblings;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The fragments that remain / by Angeconeb, Mackenzie,author.;
"First-year college student Andy can't afford to slow down. Study, volunteer, work, make new friends, fall in love -- whatever it takes to keep her from obsessing over her brother Ally's death, which was ruled suicide by overdose. Navigating a new life chapter without her "honorary twin," Andy writes letters to him as she strives to embrace her bisexuality and her Indigenous identity. Once she discovers Ally's hidden poems, Andy pours over them to make sense of her brother's life -- and his death. Back in senior year, Ally dreamed of being a poet. His parents encouraged him to write as a hobby, but they always expected him to inherit the family-owned bookshop with his sister. Ally wrote to cope with his emptiness, until he turned to drugs to fill the void. Reaching for her brother through unanswered words, Andy must reckon with living a once-shared life alone"--
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Epistolary fiction.; Novels.; College students; Grief; Indigenous youth; Poets; Siblings; College students; Grief; Indigenous youth; Poets; Siblings;
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The promise / by Galgut, Damon,1963-author.;
Haunted by an unmet promise, the Swart family loses touch after the death of their matriarch. Adrift, the lives of the three siblings move separately through the uncharted waters of South Africa: Anton, the golden boy who bitterly resents his life's unfulfilled promises; Astrid, whose beauty is her power; and the youngest, Amor, whose life is shaped by a nebulous feeling of guilt. Reunited by four funerals over three decades, the dwindling family reflects the atmosphere of its country-- an atmosphere of resentment, renewal, and ultimately hope.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Families; Dysfunctional families; Brothers and sisters; Promises; Funeral rites and ceremonies;
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Worlds of ink and shadow / by Coakley, Lena,1967-;
Living an isolated life in their strict father's parsonage out on the English moors, the Brontë siblings have always been inseparable, their vivid imaginations actually transporting them into their created worlds: the glittering Verdopolis and the romantic and melancholy Gonday, but when Branwell begins to slip into madness and the sisters feel their real lives slipping away, they must weigh the cost of their powerful imaginations, even as their characters--the brooding Rogue and dashing Duke of Zamorna--refuse to let them go.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Brontë family; Brothers and sisters; Authorship; Imagination;
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Me first! / by Escoffier, Michaël,1970-;
"In the duck family, there a four siblings and one always has to be first, until he gets the shock of his life!"--LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Ducks; Patience; Brothers and sisters;
© 2013., Enchanted Lion Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The ghostwriter : a novel / by Clark, Julie,1971-author.;
"From the instant New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight and The Lies I Tell comes a dazzling new thriller. June, 1975. The Taylor family shatters in a single night when two teenage siblings are found dead in their own home. The only surviving sibling, Vincent, never shakes the whispers and accusations that he was the one who killed them. Decades later, the legend only grows as his career as a horror writer skyrockets. Ghostwriter Olivia Dumont has spent her entire professional life hiding the fact that she is the only child of Vincent Taylor. Now on the brink of financial ruin, she's offered a job to ghostwrite her father's last book. What she doesn't know, though, is that this project is another one of his lies. Because it's not another horror novel he wants her to write. After fifty years of silence, Vincent Taylor is finally ready to talk about what really happened that night in 1975"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Families; Family secrets; Fathers and daughters; Fathers; Ghostwriters; Murder; Novelists; Secrecy; Siblings; Women authors;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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