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Language
English
Description
"A very smart, soulful, compelling, elegantly written domestic novel about a wedged-together family, and what can go wrong when teenage children decide they have minds (and hormones) of their own." —Nick Hornby
“A spry and accomplished comedy of manners.” —The New York Times Book Review
“They've chosen the one thing that will make our family life impossible....
“A spry and accomplished comedy of manners.” —The New York Times Book Review
“They've chosen the one thing that will make our family life impossible....
2) Stepfamilies
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Discusses the changes involved in becoming part of a stepfamily and ways to deal with the new situation.
5) Stranded
Author
Series
Stranded. Original series volume 1
Language
English
Description
Jane, Buzz, Carter, and Vanessa, aged nine to thirteen, are on a sailing trip in the South Pacific intended to help them bond in their newly-blended family when a massive storm strands them on a deserted island.
Author
Series
Amazing Grace (Picture books) volume 2
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Grace is invited for a visit with her father and his new family in Africa.
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
This novel of sorrow and suspense, set in rural Montana, is “a complex and powerful story—put Black River on the must-read list” (The Seattle Times).
Wes Carver returns to his hometown—Black River, Montana—with two things: his wife’s ashes and a letter from the parole board. The convict who once held him hostage during a prison riot is up for release.
For...
Wes Carver returns to his hometown—Black River, Montana—with two things: his wife’s ashes and a letter from the parole board. The convict who once held him hostage during a prison riot is up for release.
For...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Français
Description
Claire and Maurice have to take the whole family to Claire's father's funeral. This tightly knit family is not only composed of Claire's vegetarian son, Alex, who's secretly fond of Maurice's daughter, Lucie, the teenage rebel, but also Claire's brother, a poet living under his sister's roof; without forgetting young Prune, Claire and Maurice's daughter, who will develop a passion for the country's emblematic cows. They must all strive to get along...
10) Shipwreck Island
Author
Series
Shipwreck Island volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Sarah is not happy about her father remarrying and dealing with her new stepmother and siblings. The decision was made to take them on a vacation in order for everyone to get to know each other.
11) The ring bearer
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Jackson's mom is getting married, and Jackson is nervous about his role and his new family"--
12) Tunnel of love
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pregnant, recently widowed, and hoping for transformation, a young woman moves to Los Angeles with her teenage stepdaughter Linda has known only a few worthwhile men, and the good ones have a nasty habit of dying young. While teaching at the Newark branch of the Fred Astaire Dance Studio she meets Wright, who has a Mustang and a thirteen-year-old daughter, Robin. Soon enough Linda and Wright are married and pregnant, but just six weeks after the wedding...
Author
Series
Magic animal rescue volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eight-year-old Maggie finds it harder each day to get along with her stepmother and stepsiblings, but a talking fish promises to grant a wish if she will free him.
15) The children
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Ann Leary comes the captivating story of a wealthy, but unconventional New England family, told from the perspective of a reclusive 29-year-old who has a secret (and famous) life on the Internet. Charlotte Maynard rarely leaves her mother's home, the sprawling Connecticut lake house that belonged to her late stepfather, Whit Whitman, and the generations of Whitmans before him. While Charlotte and her sister,...
Author
Series
Book buddies volume 1
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Ivy was Anne the librarian’s doll when she was a young girl. But now she has moved to Anne’s library to be its newest Book Buddy—a toy that can be checked out just like a book. Ivy isn’t sure she wants to be borrowed, though. She’d rather go back to just being Anne’s favorite toy. Fern, a child who visits the library with her stepfamily, also wishes things could go back to the way they were, when Fern had her dad...
18) Step brothers
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brennan and Dale are two middle-aged loafers who are forced to live together when their parents get married. When their immature antics over TV privileges and personal property take their toll on their parents' marriage, the devious duo hatch a scheme to reunite the couple.
19) Trapped
Author
Series
Shipwreck Island volume 3
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"It's up to Sarah Robinson to save her shipwrecked family from a time-traveling "curator" of souls and a treasure-hunting criminal in Book 3 of the Shipwreck Island series"--
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