mother-son relationship

"Set in the 1980s in racially and politically turbulent Philadelphia and in the tiny town of Bonaparte, Alabama--about a mother fighting for her sanity and survival"--Provided by publisher.

A boy and his inventor mother embark on a journey to other universes in pursuit of the perfect ice cream sundae, with everything on it.

When his mother's unstable mental health forces him to find shelter with an uncle he didn't know he had, fiercely independent nonconformist Quagmire must recalibrate his formidable survival skills to build a new life.

Set against the turbulence of the Civil Rights Movement, twelve-year-old Onyx dreams of becoming an astronaut as he navigates his mother's early-onset dementia and avoids foster care.

Willow and Mason, two teens who are unceremoniously dragged to Salem, Massachusetts for the summer, meet and help each other figure out their places in the world.

When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.

A young boy admires his mother's body art and each part of her life her tattoos show.

The true story of a rescue in the chaotic final hours of the U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan and how an Afghan writer and mother engineered an escape with the help of an American officer.

"Starting out in a new place is tough, but friendship, kindness and imagination help Salim, Mama and Donkey discover their new world. In this . . . picture book . . . we journey with Salim as he grows up, creating a new life around him. This is a story about a journey, hope and creating fun with the little that you have"--Back cover.

"In Elipsom the ability to call, or summon objects, is a coveted skill, and Quintus Octavius is from a family of powerful Callers, but Quin does not have the gift, and he is mortified when his mother and sister cheat for him at his test; but in a moment of frustration Quin makes something disappear and discovers that the all the objects that Callers summon are not conjured out of air, but come from a place called Evantra, which his people have been pillaging for years--and pulled into Evantra, he meets Allie who is determined to retrieve everything that has been stolen"--OCLC.