mother-daughter relationship

While a highly publicized sexual assault case threatens to destroy her and her mother, sixteen-year-old Mimi Dovewick tries to understand their tense relationship by reaching out to the women of her maternal line through the journals they all kept.

Cline Alden's grandmother says that music is in the family's blood, but Cline's mother is dead-set against her daughter's dreams of becoming a country music singer; Cline is determined to find the money to attend a Young Singer-Songwriter Workshop in Lexington (not too far from her Paris, Kentucky home), so now she has a lot on her mind--she is hiding things from her mother, she is losing her beloved grandmother to Alzheimer's, and she has begun to acknowledge, to herself at least, that she is more attracted to girls then boys.

"The Magic Misfits confront their greatest enemy in this final story told from Ridley's point of view"-- Provided by publisher.

"The . . . never-before-told story of Hollywood icon Natalie Wood's glamorous life, sudden death, and lasting legacy, written by her daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner"--Provided by publisher.

After agreeing to to take in the daughter of a neighbor detained by ICE, Jeanette is motivated to learn about her family history from her secretive mother, Carmen, a Cuban immigrant. When Jeanette decides to go to Cuba to visit her grandmother, her world will never be the same as she learns about the secrets of her family's past generations.

For two years, twelve-year-old Hazel has coped with her Mum's accidental death by overprotecting her sister and Mama, but when Mama reconnects with her first love, roles begin to shift.

Orphaned seventeen-year-old Molly Green is eager to start a new life in her aunt's lucrative business selling corpses to medical students, but she quickly becomes entangled in a murderer's plans.

"This graphic novel adaptation of Serena Valentino's Villains series follows the rise and fall of the deranged and glamorous fan favorite, Cruella De Vil" -- Provided by publisher.

"Juana's life in Bogot?, Colombia, is just about perfect. Every now and then a big problema comes along--like having to learn English or Juana's mami getting remarried--but things eventually settle down, and life goes back to feeling pretty perfect again. But then Mami springs two new sorpresas on Juana. One: Juana will be spending her school break going to skating camp instead of relaxing (even though she doesn't know how to skate!). Two: Mami is going to have a baby!"--Amazon.com.

"Twelve-year-old Lou Montgomery's life has been centered on her mother's terrifying plan to make her a singing star, but a crisis reveals Lou's sensory processing disorder and people determined to help her address it"--Provided by publisher.