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After her parents die in a fire, newly orphaned and blind Safia goes to live with a reclusive aunt she's never met--former worldwide adventurer Walteranne Hakim Whimsy. It turns out Aunty Whimsy was cursed to live as a blue horned monster so she hides herself away in her house on a hill. However, when Whimsy learns something is threatening her legacy, she and Safia go on an adventure.

Thirteen-year-old Carag is a shapeshifter who has the ability to turn into a mountain lion and has just recently started living in the human world, but this choice to live with humans puts him at odds with his family of mountain lions. He begins attending Clearwater High, a school for shapeshifters of all kinds from all over the world, and he soon finds a sense of belonging that he hasn't experienced since he left his family. But Carag also finds himself going up against a wolf pack that bullies the "prey" animals, befriending a group of misfits, and developing a crush on a girl.

Sam wakes one night to hear a scary growling sound coming from his parents' room. What could it be? Find out the clever way Sam overcomes his fear and sleeps through the horrible noise!.

Natty copes with her parents splitting up, moving in with her grandparents, and starting a new school by maintaining and spreading a positive attitude, but she soon realizes it is more important to feel her feelings than it is to be eternally peppy.

"The author relates how her cousin was imprisoned at the age of fifteen for attempted carjacking and how she took him in upon his release, only to lose him to the deadly streets of South Central L.A."--OCLC.

"This title examines some of the diverse struggles that families face, offering helpful suggestions on how to cope, grow, and move forward. Features include an ask the expert section, tips on being healthy, a glossary, additional resources, and an index"--Amazon.com.

Family psychology is a vast area of the psychological field. Despite its name, those who work in the field deal not only with families but also with groups who often function like families, including those in a workplace or a community organization. Family psychology has the task of helping families and other groups of people function as a unit while at the same time recognizing the value of the individual. This book covers everything you need to know to better understand the practice of family psychology. It covers the basics such as history and education, but it goes deeper. You will learn to see the kinds of people the field can help, and you will see what valuable lessons family psychology has to teach us.

Elbow Grease has four big brothers--each one special and unique in his own way.

"[An] inclusive picture book about all the different ways to make a family. Families come in many different shapes and forms -- but they all teach you how to be strong and show you how loved you are. . . Beginning with Down syndrome advocate Sofia Sanchez's adopted family, readers will meet families with two moms and two dads, families with single parents, and kids raised by grandparents, guardians, or older siblings. Big families, small families, extended families, blended families, and mixed race families--including parents with their own differences that make them unique, too"--Provided by publisher.

In 1999 Sorrento, Victoria, twelve-year-old Winifred (Fred) grapples with the meaning of home and family amidst a refugee crisis that has divided her town.