minneapolis (minn.)

"Autumn Dawn has learned to deal with her dyslexia and her life is starting to look better, but a horrible accident threatens to change everything. When her mother and brother are crossing a street, they are accidentally hit by a car. Autumn's little brother is okay, but her mother ends up in intensive care. Autumn's father, who had walked away from his family a while ago, leaving them to fend for themselves,is now back in their lives and trying to make amends. When Autumn's mom is released from the hospital, she still needs help, so Autumn's dad moves back home. Can Autumn ever forgive her father for leaving his family inthe first place, or will she continue to be angry and resentful? Is it possible for her to trust any man, including her devoted boyfriend?"--Amazon.com.

"After a school year rife with personal issues, Autumn Dawn is happy summer is finally here. Autumn plans on visiting her aunt Jessie in Minneapolis before heading back home for the class she needs to take in order to pass to the next grade. Life was getting better, even though her father was coming around after leaving his family for a year. On the first day of class, Autumn finds herself face-to-face with Sydney, the bully who thinks it is fun to pick on her. What could be worse? They are paired together and will be tutoring each other! Between dealing with Sydney, trying not to notice the new guy in school (who has definitely noticed her), and coping with her father's anger, Autumn knows something--or someone--has to give"--Provided by publisher.

Ten-year-old Julia Gillian's best friend is keeping secrets, their beloved lunch lady was replaced by a tyrant, and trumpet lessons prove difficult, making it hard for her to follow the music teacher's advice to "look for the joy.".

Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear as she and her St. Bernard, Bigfoot, take long walks through their Minneapolis neighborhood one hot summer, and she seeks the courage to finish a book that could have an unhappy ending.

A collection of essays in which immigrant students from Wellstone International High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, share stories of their family, school, and dreams.

When Liam, a fourteen-year-old graffiti artist, can't keep his grades up and is threatened by a local gang in the projects of Minneapolis, his mother sends him to Lake Michigan for the summer.

The author chronicles the efforts made by his father to clean up corruption among the leaders of his Teamster's Local 544 during the early 1960s and the threats against his life by Jimmy Hoffa.

Special detective Marshall Bahr is stumped when a wealthy popular teenage girl is found murdered near the outskirts of town, but a lucky break leads him in the direction of a deadly killer.

Witnessing a robbery gone wrong that has caused the death of a pharmacy employee, Lucas Davenport's surgeon wife, Weather Karkinnen, is targeted by the thieves when they become fearful that she can identify them.

The child of a compulsive hoarder reveals the difficult challenges she endured throughout her youth, describing her witness to the disorder's progression before her mother's diagnosis with cancer prompted a radical cleaning and a coming-to-terms with the psychology of hoarding behaviors.