family

When Tori Burns moves to the home her family inherited in Maryland, she could never imagine the strange course of events that would unfold around her there. With the Slaughter family grumbling that Tori's family has stolen land that is rightfully theirs, it's hard to feel welcomed in the community. And when Tori sees a boy named Nathaniel dig his way out of a grave under the tree in her new backyard, things go from uncomfortable to downright weird. As Tori tries to help the bewildered living-dead boy, she also begins to have deep feelings for him. And in the midst of it all, she realizes the Slaughter's could pose a real threat to her family as they try to keep their own dark secrets buried at any cost.

A lyrical story-in-verse that details the experiences of an African boy who was kidnapped and sold into slavery.

In a reimagined history of Uganda, a member of the Kintu clan unleashes a curse that follows the members of the Kintu family for centuries. Each generation must reconcile their shared curse and understand how important shared traditions are.

An introduction to families and family life.

Upset that he has to give up the room he loves to his grandfather, Pete decides to declare war in an attempt to get it back.

While accompanying her daughter and husband to freshman college orientation, Nora hears someone call her by a name she hasn't heard in 25 years. Not even her husband knows that she used to be Jane Barth, a student deeply involved in the 1960s anti-war movement. Now a wife and mother living quietly in northern Michigan, Nora must finally confront her past and all the lies that she's told through the years.

When a punctured bike tire strands them in the woods, Phoenix and her younger sister, Sasha, are happy to be rescued by the handsome Mr. Smith, Phoenix's English teacher. It seems like a dream come true when Mr. Smith starts dating their mother, but Phoenix is wary. She thinks she sees another side to Mr. Smith, a dark and controlling side, and she has to decide whether or not to voice her fears for the sake of her mother and sister.

Follows three mothers, each at a crossroads, and their potential involvement in a riot at a school trivia night that leaves one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but which evidence shows might have been premeditated.

When beautiful, eighteen-year-old Rosie goes missing and later is found brutally murdered, Kate, who has a daughter the same age, is deeply troubled by the idea that anyone would murder a member of such a seemingly wonderful family. And the closer she gets to Rosie's family, the more troubling the situation becomes.

Sixth-grader Marty and his family try to help their rough neighbor, Judd Travers, change his mean ways, even though their West Virginia community continues to expect the worst of him.