mother-daughter relationship

When fourteen-year-old Marley Willits runs away, her parents Rachel and Paul launch a social media campaign to locate her and convince her to come home, but the public exposure widens the cracks in Rachel and Paul's already tenuous marriage.

Presents the classic novel about a young divorcee, Mildred Pierce, who rose up out of poverty to become a successful business woman in spite of the hardships and her selfish daughter.

"Once our world was full of dragons who lived in harmony with humans. Dragons counseled kings and queens. They fought in human battles. And they gave humans the most precious gift of all: magic. But after a group of rogue dragons, the Raptors, tried to take over Earth, all dragons were banished to another realm. Most humans forgot about the dragons, claiming they never existed. Eleven-year-old Sirin knows the truth--she grew up with stories passed down through the generations. However, when her mother falls ill, even Sirin has trouble believing in magic . . . until she sees a mysterious streak of silver in the night sky. Sirin becomes the first child to lock with a dragon in centuries--forming a deep friendship unlike anything she's ever imagined. But Sirin learns that not all dragons returned with good intentions, and soon she finds herself at the center of a battle between the dragons who want to protect the humans . . . and those who want to destroy them"--Provided by publisher.

Eighteen-year-old auto mechanic Sawyer Taft accepts her estranged grandmother's six-figure bribe to live with her for a year and to participate in the debutante season and ball, in order to possibly meet the father she has never known. As she endures makeovers, big dresses, and fancy balls, she finds unexpected friendship with the other debutantes who have scandalous, dangerous secrets of their own.

A picture book about a little girl who has a big night out with her mother at an awards show.

"[Twelve-year-old] Miranda agrees to go on one last creature hunt, determined to use all her scientific know-how to prove to her [cryptozoologist] mother, once and for all, that Bigfoot isn't real. Then her mom will have no choice but to grow up and get a real job -- one that will pay the mortgage and allow Miranda to attend the leadership camp of her dreams. But when the trip goes horribly awry, will it be Miranda who's forced to question everything she believes?"--Provided by publisher.

It's been sixteen years since Ivy's birth mother gave her up for adoption. Now the same age as the woman who gave her life, Ivy sets out to uncover the truth about where she came from. But along the way, she begins to wonder if the price of the truth is too great.

After Milly's mother is arrested as a serial killer, Milly goes to live with a foster family and given a new name, new school, and whole new life. But things begin to unravel and Milly begins to question if she is really that much different than her mother.

Jen Maddox is determined to understand what happened to her daughter, Lana, during the four days she was missing. But Lana is equally determined not to discuss it and hides her memories behind a claim that she cannot remember. But Jen won't let it rest. As she watches Lana spiral into a deeper depression, she investigates her daughter's life and uncovers the truth behind why she was gone.

After being told about the deep and a war raging, Nyla agrees to follow the stranger Osiris to train her newly discovered gifts. She begins to feel more at home in the deep, even after finding her mother there, who abandoned her a decade ago. Nyla's training speeds up when the League discovers an approaching earthquake that will send malevolent energy into the city of Brooklyn.