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Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's the summer of 1984 in Swaffham, Massachusetts, when Mel (short for Melanie) meets Sylvia, a tough-as-nails trans woman whose shameless swagger inspires Mel's dawning self-awareness. But Sylvia's presence sparks fury among her neighbors and throws Mel into conflict with her mother and best friend. Decades later, in 2019, Max (formerly Mel) is on probation from his teaching job for, ironically, defying speech codes around trans identity. Back...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When her sister Esme leaves her high-society husband and needs a ride, Jane Conner imagines one reality where she tells Esme to crash with a friend and then 24 hours later she disappears, and another reality where she brings Esme back to Connecticut where they must reckon with an explosive secret from their past"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
As he attempts to fulfil a list left behind by his deceased best friend, nineteen-year-old Case meets eighteen-year-old Winnie, a hardworking ranch hand with aspirations of her own, and together they embark on an unexpected journey as they chase down their rodeo dreams.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Continuing the exciting Webtoons tale! Batman needs a break. But with new vigilante Duke Thomas living in Wayne Manor and an endless supply of adopted, fostered, and biological superhero children to manage, Bruce Wayne has his hands full"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustration ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"This story exhibits the Hmong cultural beliefs and why most modern Hmong still follow and practice those traditions today. For example, whenever the Hmong have a ceremony, and the food is cooked, we invite the souls of our parents who have already died to come and eat first. We ask them to protect and bless us. We then eat later by setting a new table of food." --p.4 of cover.
9) Homegrown
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A young Black girl, with the help of her Mama and Granny, learns that home isn't just a place but rather a reflection of people who support and love one another.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
viii, 291 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A heartrending and unforgettable memoir of an unlikely journey to parenthood through America's broken foster care system. What does it take to keep a child safe? As a long-time strategist and activist fighting for better outcomes for foster children, Mark Daley thought he had the answer. But when Ethan and Logan, an adorable infant and a precocious toddler, entered into their lives, Mark and his husband Jason quickly realized they were not remotely...
Author
Language
English
Description
"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...
12) K is in trouble
Author
Series
K is in trouble volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
215 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"K is nice, polite, and always does as he's told. K is also always, always in trouble. No matter what he does or says, it seems there is someone ready to blame him for everything. K is in trouble for going to school. K is in trouble for staying home. K is in trouble for running an errand, getting sick, or just being thirsty. K gets into trouble with imperious crows, persnickety station agents, bombastic teachers, his own classmates...even one nice...
13) Like so
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Just as the sun loves the day and the moon loves the waves, a grandmother shows how her family's love is natural and connected to the world around them.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xviii, 412 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"What do you do when your child comes to you with a question about anxiety, death, divorce, beauty, or race? Poised to become the quintessential conversation resource for parents, How to Talk to Kids About Anything provides powerful words, actionable steps, inspiring real-life stories, and pivotal advice to tackle these difficult conversations with kids. Dr. Robyn Silverman of the How to Talk to Kids About Anything parenting podcast provides an easy...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Zhenia is adrift in Los Angeles, pregnant with a baby her husband doesn't want, while her Russian grandmother and favorite person in the world is dying on the opposite coast. She's deeply disconnected from herself and her desires when she gets a strange call from Paul, a psychic medium who usually specializes in channeling dead pets, with a message from the other side. Zhenia's great-grandmother Irina, a Russian Revolutionary, has approached him...
18) Two New Years
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
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Description
A multicultural family celebrates the traditions of two New Years--the Jewish Rosh Hashanah in the autumn, and the Asian Lunar New Year several months later.
19) Love grows
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Told through a series of poetic letters, this charming celebration of family, plants and boundless love follows a little girl who receives her very own plant baby from her aunt, a gift that helps her bloom and grow, just as the love for her aunt blossoms as well"--
20) If the boot fits
Author
Series
Texas ever after volume 2
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Samantha Dearing's rancher father hosts a ball to find her a husband, she balks at the prospect of marrying a man not of her own choosing. After a mystery guest saves her brother's life and then disappears, leaving only his boot behind, her search for its owner leads to an ending more enchanting than she imagined"--
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