mother-daughter relationship

This book retells a Malaysian folk tale in which a lonely girl, Suraya, inherits from her grandmother a pelesit, a ghostly demon, who proves to be a good companion, bringing both danger and hope.

"When strong-willed, drama-loving eighth grader Brie Hutchens tells a lie because she isn't quite ready to come out to her mother, she must navigate the consequences in her relationships with her family, friends, and faith"--Provided by publisher.

"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.

"A life on the prairie is not all its cracked up to be for one girl whose mom takes her love of the Little House series just a bit too far."--OCLC.

"Ella's one wish is to become a fairy like her mom, but experiments with magical fairy apps help her discover that the world she idealizes is not all rainbows and butterflies"--OCLC.

"The authors share personal revelations on how gardening with Grandma Dorothy shapes and nurtures a love and respect for nature, beauty, and a general philosophy for life"--OCLC.

The only thing Rumi Seto knows for certain that she absolutely wants is to go on writing music with her younger sister, Lea, for the rest of her life. Then, Lea dies in a car accident, and Rumi finds herself sent away to live with her aunt in Hawaii while her mother deals with her grief. Rumi feels the loss, abandonment, and absence of her sister, mother, and of the music, but she also meets the "boys next door," one the smiling Kai, a teenage surfer, and the other the elderly George Watanabe, a man who is dealing with his own grief. With their help, Rumi may be able to find her way back to life, and finish the song she and Lea had been working on.

High school senior Rooney Harris's life gets complicated when her mother loses her job and spends all her time with a cultish group who claim aliens will be arriving on November 17th to take believers to a new world paradise on an alien planet. Rooney does her best to keep herself, her younger brother--also a believer--and her mother intact, but as the deadline approaches, and their financial situation becomes more desperate, Rooney is faced with abandoning her own dreams to support her family, and keep her mother's mental illness from ruining all their futures.

"Twelve-year-old Willa, grieving the loss of her mother, a renowned marine biologist, discovers she can talk to whales"--.

A young Muslim girl puts on a head scarf and not only feels closer to her mother, she also imagines herself as a queen, the sun, a superhero, and more.