mother-daughter relationship

Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, when she finds a letter that sent her grandmother on a treasure hunt. Soon, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and sets out to find the inheritance, exonerate her grandmother, and expose an injustice once committed against an African American family in Lambert.

"When the Phillipine government takes over Culion, an island for people with leprosy, Ami is put in an orphanage on another island, where she finds a friend willing to help her return before her mother dies"--Provided by publisher.

When east London is targeted by a bomber, fifteen-year-old Alena, raised by her half-brother and his boyfriend, becomes increasingly rebellious and insistent on learning about her long-dead activist mother.

Lisa Atwood just cannot work up the nerve to tell her mother she really does not want to go to Wentworth Manor, especially after she wins a full scholarship, so her friends in the Saddle Club come up with a plan to make Mrs. Atwood have second thoughts about the fancy boarding school.

"Ever since her dad died and her mom took over their family's long-distance trucking business, Kat has felt alone. Her recent diabetes diagnosis hasn't helped either. On impluse, Kat stows away in the back of her mom's semi just as she's about to start a dangerous journey across a frozen lake known as 'the winter road.' By the time her mom discovers her, it's too late to turn back"--Back cover.

The story of a twelve-year-old girl named Nat, who both loves and hates a mother that abandoned her when she was a baby, and who her father will not talk about. Nat's journey of self-discovery is aided by her friends, famous actor father, and a chance encounter with a whale as she learns the true meaning of family.

"Passionate and funny, radio personality Gail Gideon is a true original. Nine years ago when Gail's husband announced that he wanted a divorce, her ensuing on-air rant propelled her local radio show into the national spotlight. Now, 'The Gail Gideon Show' is beloved by millions of single women who tune-in for her advice on the power of self-reinvention. But fame comes at a price. After all, what does a woman who has staked her career on being single do when she finds herself falling in love? And is the person who is harassing her in increasingly troubling ways a misguided fan or a true danger to Gail and her daughter, Nic?"--Publisher provided.

The mothers of four very different sixth-grade girls pressure them into forming a book club, and find, as they read the classic novel "Little Women," that they have more in common than they thought.

Annie overcomes her fear of the water on a hot afternoon at the pool, where with the help of her mom and her imagination, she learns to swim.

Callie Powers tries to cope with a bunch of reporters and television cameras, her grandmother, and her mother who has climbed a tree in protest to keep her neighbor from cutting it down.