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Starting a new school, seventh-grader Damian takes a vow of silence to avoid being bullied, making him wonder, if boys can be so cruel, why he has a crush on one?.

Dylan's dreams of leaving Australia to go to Paris with her French mother, where, she thinks, her black skin won't make her stand out, are shattered when her mother dies in a freak accident. Now on a very different journey, Dylan travels across the Australian outback with Pat, her mother's grief-stricken boyfriend, to meet family she has never known and attempt to redefine her identity now.

"Barely back home after being held hostage overseas, journalist Sarah Denning digs for the truth behind her brother's death with the help of former Army Ranger Gavin Black. As her enemies seek to silence her, Sarah and Gavin race to peel back layers of lies so the truth can finally be revealed"--Provided by publisher.

The first Mrs. Ford was accomplished, beautiful, and exorbitantly wealthy, but now she is dead. The second Mrs. Ford is a small-town waitress who married the man with whom she had a summer romance ten years ago, and never forgot, and now is exorbitantly wealthy. The man linking these two women--one dead, the other one not yet dead--is Connor Ford, whose life is lived among the glittering Hamptons mansions. Connor's life unfolds through the eyes of the two women, his wives, who know and knew him best, and reveal the secrets of who is the real victim and villain.

"A memoir and elegy to the author's deceased dog, The Speckled Beauty"--Provided by the publisher.

"Dane Riley's grasp on reality is slipping, and he's not sure that he cares. While his mother has moved on after his father's death, Dane desperately misses the man who made Dane feel okay to be himself. He can't stand his mother's boyfriend, or the boyfriend's son, whose favorite pastime is tormenting Dane. Then there's the girl next door: Dane can't quite define their relationship, and he doesn't know if he's got the courage to leave the friend zone"--Provided by publisher.

Starting a new school, seventh-grader Damian takes a vow of silence to avoid being bullied, making him wonder, if boys can be so cruel, why he has a crush on one?.

"In this novel for middle readers, twelve-year-old Evie befriends a boy who is grieving the loss of both his parents"--Provided by publisher.

"The one he loves most, is the one he knows least. Thirteen-year-old Michael Parsons isdealing with a lot. His father's sudden death; his mother's new husband, Glen, who he loathes; his two younger siblings,who he looks after more and more now that his mother works extra shifts. And then one day, Michael wakes up and his mother is gone. In her place is an exact, duplicate mother. The 'other mother'. No one else seems to notice the real version is missing. His brother, his sister, and even Glen act as if everything's normal. But Michael knows in his heart that this mother is not his. And he begins to panic. What follows is a big-hearted coming-of-age story of a boy struggling with an unusual disorder that poses unparalleled challenges-but also, as he discovers, offers him unique opportunities"--Provided by publisher.

"After receiving a wooden puzzle box at a town festival, twelve-year-old Kallie figures out how to open the box and finds that her fate seems to be connected to a young bone carver from another time"--OCLC.