parent and child

A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.

Discusses the impact the death of a parent has on a child and how that experience affects every aspect of his or her adult life.

In 1945, Gordy's grandmother takes him and his family into her North Carolina home after his abusive father is arrested, and he just begins to respond to his grandmother's loving discipline when his father returns.

Tender and gripping novel set in the Mexican village of Santiago about family relationships, love, and the tragedy that overcomes the villagers.

"Twelve-year-old Emma-Rose Paley has always felt very different from her bubbly, outgoing parents. Unlike them, Emma-Rose has pale skin and jet-black hair, she prefers gray weather to sunshine, and she hates the taste of garlic. When Emma-Rose's great-aunt Margo comes to visit from Romania, Emma-rose uncovers a dark family secret and has a sudden revelation. Could Emma-Rose be a real, live vampire?" (publisher).

A young boy and a series of animals learn that as babies, they looked like little versions of their mothers and fathers, but a young bullfrog is horrified when he is shown a photograph of himself as a tadpole.

A fictionalized account of a Biblical story in which an Egyptian princess rescues a Hebrew infant who becomes a prophet of his people while his sister finds her true self as a priestess to the Egyptian gods.

Turell discovers that the encouragement and support he received from his mother is a legacy passed from generation to generation. Includes discussion questions.