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Maine characters : a novel / by Orenstein, Hannah,author.;
"From beloved author Hannah Orenstein, this love letter to lake life is "the Parent Trap for adults," the story of two half-sisters who meet for the first time at their father's cabin in Maine after his unexpected death"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Fathers; Interpersonal relations; Secrecy; Siblings; Sisters;
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Across the sand / by Howey, Hugh,author.;
"Long after civilization is destroyed, a group of siblings follow in the shadow of their father, combing the barren sands for treasure, searching for a better life, in the long-awaited second novel in the series following Sand"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Apocalyptic fiction.; Novels.; Families; Siblings; Survival;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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15 summers later / by Thayne, RaeAnne,author.;
Ava Howell's husband leaves her after she publishes a best-selling memoir that describes what happened to her and her sister and must rebuild her life with her sibling, who is in love with a man whose dad died protecting her.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Homecoming; Man-woman relationships; Sisters;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Penitence : a novel / by Koval, Kristin,author.;
"When their thirteen-year-old daughter Nora kills her terminally ill brother, Angie and David Sheehan struggle to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. They turn to small-town lawyer Martine Dumont for help, but Martine isn't just legal counsel--she's also the mother of Angie's ill-fated first love Julian, a successful criminal defense attorney. Martine promptly draws him into the legal battle against an overreaching district attorney determined to try Nora as an adult. As the families grapple with the lasting strain of blame and the complexities of an often unfair criminal justice system, Julian and Angie must confront their own culpability in a long-ago accident and the guilt they still carry over how their prior life together in New York City ended"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Legal fiction (Literature); Novels.; Criminal defense lawyers; Families; First loves; Forgiveness; Fratricide; Guilt; Siblings; Siblings; Terminally ill; Women lawyers;
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Fervor : a novel / by Lloyd, Toby Phips,author.;
"Hannah and Eric Rosenthal are devout Jews living in North London with their three children and Eric's father Yosef, a Holocaust survivor. Both intellectually gifted and deeply unconventional, the Rosenthals believe in the literal truth of the Old Testament and in the presence of God (and evil) in daily life. As Hannah prepares to publish a sensationalist account of Yosef's years in war-torn Europe-unearthing a terrible secret from his time in the camps-Elsie, her perfect daughter, starts to come undone. And then, in the wake of Yosef's death, she disappears. When she returns, just as mysteriously as she left, she is altered in disturbing ways."--
Subjects: Witch fiction.; Horror fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Dysfunctional families; Generational trauma; Grandfathers; Holocaust survivors' families; Jewish families; Siblings; Teenage girls; Witches;
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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;
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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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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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