mothers and daughters

"Priscilla is first-generation Korean American, a former high school cheerleader who expects Sam to want the same all-American nightmare. Meanwhile, Sam is a girl of the times who has no energy for cliched high school aspirations. After a huge blowup, Sam is desperate to get away from Priscilla, but instead, finds herself thrown back. Way back. To her shock, Sam lands in the '90s . . . alongside a 17-year-old Priscilla. Now, Sam has to deal with outdated tech, regressive '90s attitudes, and her growing feelings for sweet, mysterious football player Jamie, who just might be the right guy in the wrong era. With the clock ticking, Sam must figure out how to fix things with Priscilla or risk being trapped in an analog world forever"--Amazon.

"Aniana del Mar belongs in the water like a dolphin belongs to the sea. But she and Papi keep her swim practices and meets hidden from Mami, who has never recovered from losing someone she loves to the water years ago. That is, until the day Ani's stiffness and swollen joints mean she can no longer get out of bed, and Ani is forced to reveal just how important swimming is to her. What follows is the journey of a girl who must grieve who she once was in order to rise like the tide and become the young woman she is meant to be"--Provided by publisher.

When eighteen-year-old Noni moves to Tangleroot plantation in rural Virginia for her mom's new position as a college president, she uncovers long-buried secrets of the town's racist past and present.

"From indie musician Orenda Fink, a memoir of a tumultuous childhood growing up with a mother who may have borderline personality disorder. Orenda Fink was raised by a darkly charismatic mother who insisted that they were both MAGIC. In The Witch's Daughter, Orenda chronicles her years spent navigating this ominous power, alongside her mother's substance abuse and hyper-controlling, often destructive, grip on the family, later suspected to be a subtype of borderline personality disorder classified as "The Witch." Fink's searing prose brings the reader through these tumultuous highs and lows of childhood, through her adulthood and early days as a musician, and into a healed version of herself who is able to walk through the world without being crushed under the baggage of her childhood"--Provided by publisher.

"After years of physical and verbal abuse from her mother, fourteen-year-old Coi moved in with her father, and together, they created a peaceful life. But now, four years later, that peace is shattered when her mother dies, soon after reaching out to Coi. While Coi struggles to find kindness in her heart for the woman who did nothing but hurt her, her mother's passing does help reopen the door to her mother's side of the family. It's only through reconnecting with her estranged family members, especially her younger half-sister Kayla, that Coi's long-held views about her mother are challenged. And when Coi begins to see visions of her mother in her dreams, she is forced to ask herself what it means to forgive and be forgiven, and, most importantly, what it means to be a family"--Provided by publisher.

"During a hike, a Brazilian immigrant mother and her daughter discuss the meaning of the Portuguese word 'saudade,' an intense longing for something or someone"--Provided by publisher.

"For Red, growing up in Wonderland has been no piece of cake (literally--dessert is outlawed, along with birthdays, dancing, and merriment of any kind). Her mom, the Queen of Hearts, rules the kingdom with an iron scepter, while Red longs for a life of her own, away from the madness. She's heard rumors about an island that once housed all the villains of folklore. A place with no rules? It sounds perfect to Red. But then the Queen declares that Red will be the one to issue a royal decree at the annual Wonderland Tea Ceremony (aka she has to come up with all the ridiculous new laws), and Red knows she needs to do something major. She doesn't want to follow in her mother's crimson-heeled footsteps, nor does she want Wonderland to remain the un-fun kingdom she's always known. So she bands together with new friends Ace and Chester to plan the ultimate rebellion: a party. Little does she know that they'll be setting off a chain of events (or un-events) that could change things forever"--Provided by publisher.

"A . . . coming-of-age graphic novel about three generations of mothers and daughters passing down and rebelling against standards of gender, race, beauty, size, and worth. Sixteen-year-old Roz is preoccupied with normal teenage stuff: navigating high school friendships, worrying about college, and figuring out what to wear to prom. When her estranged Por Por abruptly arrives for a seemingly indefinite visit, the already delicate relationship between Roz and her mother is upended. With three generations under one roof, conflicts inevitably arise and long suppressed family secrets rise to the surface. Told in alternating perspectives, [this book] shifts seamlessly between time and place, exploring how this pivotal year in adolescence affects three women in the same family, from Guangdong in 1954 to Hong Kong in 1972, and Toronto in 2000"--Provided by publisher.

Sixteen-year-old Kat's con-artist mom takes on one last heist before going straight for good, but the job takes a deadly turn.

"Set in the 1930s in the African American community of Vinegar Hill in Charlottesville, Virginia, ten-year-old Allie devises a secret Man for Mama Plan to find her mama a husband"--Provided by publisher.