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41) Ice

Author

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

Pub. Date

[1995]

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When thirteen-year-old Chrissa is sent to her paternal grandmother's farm, she learns more about her absent father and some of the reasons for her distant relationship with her mother.

42) Meet me at the emotional baggage claim

Author

Scottoline, Lisa

Pub. Date

2012

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A collection of hilarious essays about motherhood, daughterhood, womanhood, and "does this hood look good on me?"

43) Plain City

Author

Hamilton, Virginia

Pub. Date

c1993

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A 12-year-old "mixed" child feels out of place in her community and struggles to unearth her past and her family history as she discovers more about her missing father.

44) Deadly desires at Honrychurch Hall

Author

Dennison, Hannah

Series

Honeychurch Hall novels volume 2

Pub. Date

2015

45) Red, White, And Blue Good-Bye

Author

Tomp, Sarah Wones

Pub. Date

2005

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The young daughter of a Navy man does not want him to go to sea, but he points out the red flag on the mailbox, the white clouds in the sky, and the blue ocean that will remind her of him while he is away.

46) Shibumi and the Kitemaker

Author

Mayer, Mercer

Pub. Date

1999

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After seeing the disparity between the conditions of her father's palace and the city beyond its walls, the emperor's daughter has the royal kitemaker build a huge kite to take her away from it all.

47) Children of promise /Book 2

Author

Tedrow, Thomas L

Series

Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder volume 2

Pub. Date

c1992

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In 1905, Laura's assignment to write an article for the Mansfield, Missouri, newspaper about the new school teacher leads her to start an unpopular crusade to get the farm children into school.

48) The Summer Sherman Loved Me

Author

St. Anthony, Jane

Pub. Date

2006

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In addition to coping with her changing relationship with her mother, twelve-year-old Margaret spends her summer trying to sort out her feelings for the boy next door who claims to love her

49) Rosie's Birthday Rat

Author

Glaser, Linda

Pub. Date

1996

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Rosie's mother reluctantly agrees to get her a rat for her birthday, but it takes Rosie a while to convince her mother that she made the right decision.

50) The dance

Author

Evans, Richard Paul

Formats

Book, Picture

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A father watches his daughter dance through various stages of her life.

51) A case of nosy neighbors

Author

Copeland, Lori

Series

Morning Shade mysteries

Pub. Date

2004

Formats

Book, Large Print

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Several peeping tom incidents have been reported across town. With an unknown individual on the loose, and the townsfolk terrified, Stella jumps into action. Unfortunately, this time not all of the Diamond women are available to work on the case. With her loyal friend Maude in bed with a sprained ankle, and CeeCee preoccupied with mail delivery, will Stella be able to go it alone and dupe the daring deviant?

52) The singing bird

Author

McAuley, Roisin

53) Alexia Ellery Finsdale, San Francisco, California, 1905

Author

Duey, Kathleen

Pub. Date

1997

54) Skin & bones: a novel

Author

Watson, Renee

Pub. Date

2024.

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At 40, Lena Baker is at a steady and stable moment in life—between wine nights with her two best friends and her wedding just weeks away, she’s happy in love and in friendship until a confession on her wedding day shifts her world. Unmoored and grieving a major loss, Lena finds herself trying to teach her daughter self-love while struggling to do so herself. Lena questions everything she’s learned about dating, friendship, and motherhood, and...

55) Flying South

Author

Elliot, Laura Malone

Pub. Date

c2003

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Summary: In Charlottesville, Virginia, amidst the social and political turmoil of 1968, 11 year-old Alice learns when to fight battles and when to let go from her family's elderly gardener, Doc, and begins to connect with her widowed mother.