mother-daughter relationship

As she uses her knowledge of forensic medicine to investigate the death of a young runaway, seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney, an assistant to her coroner father, worries that her secretive mother may be involved.

Restaurant owner Madam Liang, having sent her three daughters to America to be educated and to escape the coming Communist revolution in China, refuses herself to flee to safety even though her decision could end her life.

Estrella is a filly, daughter of the lead mare, one of a shipment of horses bound for the new world, but when the ship is becalmed and the horses are dropped overboard to lighten the load, Estrella finds that it is up to her to lead the herd to land and safety.

A young volleyball player, embarrassed by her mom's behavior at the games, finally makes her mother realize that she does not need another coach, she just needs a fan.

Thirteen-year-old Opal starts a blog to satisfy her mother, who thinks she might lose weight by recording all she eats, but instead Opal starts giving advice and discovers that she is much better at giving it than taking it.

When teen sleuth Sammy Keyes travels to Las Vegas to stop her mom from marrying her boyfriend's dad, she never expects she'll learn the identity of her absent father in the process.

Highlights the life and career of world-renowned artist Louise Josephine with a specific focus on the influence of her childhood and her mother.

Twelve-year-old Petunia Beanly needs a trip across the ocean to get over her crush on Windel Watson--but then her parents decide to not take just a trip, but to move the family to Paris, France, where Windel will also be. Now Petunia feels a fish out of water, while her older, glamorous sister feels right at home. "Pet" feels small and awkward, until she is given three bouquets. Opening each one will open a door and bring a sparkle to her life. Who it is giving her the bouquets will change her forever.

In her late mother's letters, quirky fifteen-year-old Betty finds support as she deals with her first crush, her father's new girlfriend, and changing friendships.

When sixteen-year-old Percy James goes to Shelton Potter's cabin during a blizzard in search of her drug-addicted mother, she finds herself embroiled in a battle to save an innocent baby from the life she was born into with drug-addicted parents. But when the father comes off his high and begins looking for the baby, he enlists his friends to help him, and Percy faces the wrath of drug addicts who have been promised cash to find her.