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Parenting & Families (fiction & non-fiction)
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Enchanted
by Alethea Kontis
Hardcover: 8 May 2012
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| It isn't easy being the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week. Sunday's only comfort is writing stories, although what she writes has a terrible tendency to come true... |
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See You at Harry's
by Jo Knowles
Hardcover: 8 May 2012
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| Starting middle school brings all the usual challenges - until the unthinkable happens, and Fern and her family must find a way to heal. |
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A Greyhound of a Girl
by Roddy Doyle
Hardcover: 1 May 2012
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| Four generations of women travel on a midnight car journey. One of them is dead, one of them is dying, one of them is driving, and one of them is just starting out. Perfect for thoughtful middle-graders and young teen girls. |
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The Butterfly Cabinet: A Novel
by Bernie McGill
Hardcover: Jul 2011
Paperback: 1 May 2012
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| Vivid, mysterious, and unforgettable, The Butterfly Cabinet is Bernie McGill's engrossing portrayal of the dark history that intertwines two lives - a haunting novel full of frightening silences and sorrowful absences that build toward an unexpected, chilling truth. |
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The Little Red Guard: A Family Memoir
by Wenguang Huang
Hardcover: 26 Apr 2012
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| Three generations of a family living under one roof reflect the dramatic transformations of an entire society in this memoir of life in 20th century China. |
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The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter
by Mark Seal
Hardcover: Jun 2011
Paperback: 25 Apr 2012
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| A real-life Talented Mr. Ripley, the unbelievable thirty-year run of a shape-shifting con man. |
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No Biking in the House Without a Helmet
by Melissa Fay Greene
Hardcover: Apr 2011
Paperback: 24 Apr 2012
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| A loving portrait of a unique twenty first-century family with nine children as it wobbles between disaster and joy: "We so loved raising our four children by birth, we didn't want to stop. When the clock started to run down on the home team, we brought in ringers." |
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22 Britannia Road: A Novel
by Amanda Hodgkinson
Hardcover: Apr 2011
Paperback: 24 Apr 2012
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| A tour de force that echoes modern classics like Suite Francaise and The Postmistress. |
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