Family Ties

Dulcie isn’t doing too well. Her dad just died, and afterwards her mom decided to move them from Connecticut to California. The problem is, Dulcie’s lived her whole life in Connecticut, and California just feels wrong. So she steals her mom’s car and treks back across the country, hoping her grandfather will take her in when she gets there. This is a surprisingly funny story about what it sometimes takes to get over a big loss.

Fourteen-year-old Harley Columba is convinced she's adopted. She's nothing like her abusive, alcoholic father or her bitter, romance novel-reading mother. They have brown eyes, but Harley's eyes are "blue," They argue and drink and thrive in dreary suburbia while Harley paints, writes poetry, and longs for a different family and a better life. But then she finds a new, startling piece of evidence: a harlequin doll that's been hidden away for years, with a note around its neck: " Papa loves you forever and a day." Now Harley has genuine hope--hope that she can escape the chaos of the Columba household. Hope that she can find her "real" father.
Tough, funny, and refreshingly honest, "Harley, Like a Person "is a compelling story of family, the power of creativity, and the enduring strength of self.

In this honest, witty, utterly accessible winner of the Delacorte Press Contest, first-time author Olivia Birdsall creates an authentic and lovable teenager in Mia Day, whose parents are divorcing.

The author of "Remix: Conversations with Immigrant Teenagers" pens a moving story about two teenage sisters, originally from Bangladesh, whose family lives illegally in New York City. After 9/11, immigration regulations change, forcing the family to seek asylum.

Cyd Charisse takes on Manhattan in Cohn's follow-up to "Gingerbread" and "Shrimp." Now that she's graduated from high school, Cyd crashes with her brother Danny in New York City, ready to start her fabulous independent life--that is, until she breaks her leg.

After her parent's divorce, Lily's younger brother, Michael, goes to live with his father. Then, one day Michael calls her from the Baltimore-Washington Airport where their father has abandoned him, and Lily wonders if she will be able to rescue herself from the bitterness and anger she feels.

With her trademark knowledge of what its like to be a girl, the author of "Perfect" and "Lush" pens an insightful, heartfelt story of a girl who must learn how to manage her life even when so many things are beyond her control.

Benji has to escape his home. His mother's boyfriend has crossed the line, and Benji can't deal with it anymore. So he leaves behind everything he knows to go live with his father and stepmother in Portland. His stepmother is nice, but he doesn't trust her. His father is testy, refusing to trust Benji. And Benji ... he's just trying not to self-destruct.In this spellbinding novel, Brian James surpasses his previous work to take his place among Adam Rapp, Melvin Burgess, and Kevin Brooks on the razor's edge of teen literature.

The author of "Nailed" and "Things Change" revisits his hometown of Flint, Michigan, and the darkness that has overtaken this impoverished city, in a novel that reveals the chilling reality of growing up on the wrong side of the tracks in America today.

In her debut novel, Traci L. Jones presents a girl with grit she never knew she had, and a boy so inspired by her that he begins to take pride in his own abilities.

Wicked stepmother? Check . Evil stepsisters? Check . Miserable life? Check . Lucy Norton??'s life has all the makings of a Cinderella story. Her dad??'s always away on business, leaving Lucy with her cruel stepmother and bratty stepsisters. She??'s burdened with chores, and has a hard time fitting in at her new school. So when she sees Connor Pearson, the star player on the varsity basketball team, Lucy hopes her destiny has finally changed. With everything else going on in her life, doesn???t she at least deserve to get the handsome prince? Melissa Kantor??'s enchanting novel proves that sometimes the happy ending isn???t quite the one you???d expect. Lucy??'s about to discover the truth about finding her real Prince Charming??? and finding herself.

This American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults is a ." . . meticulously crafted story of an unexpected friendship. . ." "The Horn Book" starred review.

Hakeem Randall can't take it anymore. First he must leave his friends at Bluford High and move in with his uncle in faraway Detroit. Then things go from bad to worse when Hakeem is forced to share a bedroom with his moody and secretive cousin, Savon.

The author of "The Midwife's Tale" draws upon her own family's past to bring to life the story of the daughter of an Appalachian coal miner struggling against seemingly insurmountable odds.

Marty's small town in Alaska is the most beautiful place in the world. There she and her beloved boyfriend, Steven, can walk through fields of fireweed, explore the wild, and tie pink floozy fishing lures to catch the salmon that swim upstream. But when she starts her senior year, Marty must return to school by herself. Without Steven. Something happened during the summer that changed things forever.
It's a small town and people are starting to talk; Marty can feel their stares and hear their whispers. But they weren't there and they don't know. Only Marty knows what really happened, and it's something she must never, ever tell.

"From the Hardcover edition."

Fleeing from her stepfather, Savannah and her half brother, Henry, travel to the childhood home of their mother, Alice. As the kids make their journey, another story unfolds: glimpses of a teenage Alice, caught in first love and unaware of its consequences.

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Welcome to the summer that 15-year-old D.J. Schwenk of Red Bend, Wisconsin, learns to talk--and ends up having an awful lot of stuff to say. She realizes when people don't talk, much remains unsaid, like why her best friend, Amber, isn't so friendly anymore. Or why her little brother, Curtis, never opens his mouth.

Caught in the threads of secrets and lies, struggling for love, and discovering a voice of her own, Mina finds herself torn between living her mother's dreams and living a life that's true in this tale from a National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner.

This new novel by National Book Award finalist Peters follows the emotional struggle of Nick, who has been raised by two moms. But everything changes when his birth mom and her wife Jo start to have problems. Suddenly, Nick is in the middle. Young Adult.

" IF SHE DIES, I'll die, " are the words 15-year-old Mia Perlman writes in her journal the night her mother is diagnosed with cancer. Nine days later, Mia's mother is dead, and Mia, her older sister, and her father must find a way to live on in the face of sudden, unfathomable loss. But even in grief, there is the chance for new beginnings in this poignant, funny, and hopeful novel.

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Ryan delivers this follow-up to her award-winning Empress of the World. Battle Hall Davies is spending her summer in Portland, where's she's quickly swept into a community Shakespeare production, its all-night card games, and into the arms of her new roommate.

With gentle humor and a rich sense of place, this story of an Indian teen finding a path of her own is an engaging coming-of-age novel set in contemporary Mumbai, India.

Growing up in Philadelphia in 1975, 14-year-old Charmaine Upshaw is obsessed with justice. Unfortunately, she gets none of it in her life: not from her parents, who make her share a room with her tap-dancing brother Leo; not at school, where light-skinned, Barbie-doll-haired Dinah Coverdale steals all the boys' attention and makes sure dark-skinned Charmaine knows it; and certainly not from Tracy John, her six-year-old cousin who's taken over the family. When Charmaine is charged with babysitting her spoiled cousin after school, that's the last straw-something's gotta give. And when Charmaine cracks, she starts to see the world in a whole new light. Can Charmaine learn to love herself, her mahogany skin, and her attention-starved little cousin? Sometimes when everything falls apart, putting it back together can help you see the truth.

Dulcie isn’t doing too well. Her dad just died, and afterwards her mom decided to move them from Connecticut to California. The problem is, Dulcie’s lived her whole life in Connecticut, and California just feels wrong. So she steals her mom’s car and treks back across the country, hoping her grandfather will take her in when she gets there. This is a surprisingly funny story about what it sometimes takes to get over a big loss.

Fourteen-year-old Harley Columba is convinced she's adopted. She's nothing like her abusive, alcoholic father or her bitter, romance novel-reading mother. They have brown eyes, but Harley's eyes are "blue," They argue and drink and thrive in dreary suburbia while Harley paints, writes poetry, and longs for a different family and a better life. But then she finds a new, startling piece of evidence: a harlequin doll that's been hidden away for years, with a note around its neck: " Papa loves you forever and a day." Now Harley has genuine hope--hope that she can escape the chaos of the Columba household. Hope that she can find her "real" father.
Tough, funny, and refreshingly honest, "Harley, Like a Person "is a compelling story of family, the power of creativity, and the enduring strength of self.

In this honest, witty, utterly accessible winner of the Delacorte Press Contest, first-time author Olivia Birdsall creates an authentic and lovable teenager in Mia Day, whose parents are divorcing.

The author of "Remix: Conversations with Immigrant Teenagers" pens a moving story about two teenage sisters, originally from Bangladesh, whose family lives illegally in New York City. After 9/11, immigration regulations change, forcing the family to seek asylum.

Cyd Charisse takes on Manhattan in Cohn's follow-up to "Gingerbread" and "Shrimp." Now that she's graduated from high school, Cyd crashes with her brother Danny in New York City, ready to start her fabulous independent life--that is, until she breaks her leg.

After her parent's divorce, Lily's younger brother, Michael, goes to live with his father. Then, one day Michael calls her from the Baltimore-Washington Airport where their father has abandoned him, and Lily wonders if she will be able to rescue herself from the bitterness and anger she feels.

With her trademark knowledge of what its like to be a girl, the author of "Perfect" and "Lush" pens an insightful, heartfelt story of a girl who must learn how to manage her life even when so many things are beyond her control.

Benji has to escape his home. His mother's boyfriend has crossed the line, and Benji can't deal with it anymore. So he leaves behind everything he knows to go live with his father and stepmother in Portland. His stepmother is nice, but he doesn't trust her. His father is testy, refusing to trust Benji. And Benji ... he's just trying not to self-destruct.In this spellbinding novel, Brian James surpasses his previous work to take his place among Adam Rapp, Melvin Burgess, and Kevin Brooks on the razor's edge of teen literature.

The author of "Nailed" and "Things Change" revisits his hometown of Flint, Michigan, and the darkness that has overtaken this impoverished city, in a novel that reveals the chilling reality of growing up on the wrong side of the tracks in America today.

In her debut novel, Traci L. Jones presents a girl with grit she never knew she had, and a boy so inspired by her that he begins to take pride in his own abilities.

Wicked stepmother? Check . Evil stepsisters? Check . Miserable life? Check . Lucy Norton??'s life has all the makings of a Cinderella story. Her dad??'s always away on business, leaving Lucy with her cruel stepmother and bratty stepsisters. She??'s burdened with chores, and has a hard time fitting in at her new school. So when she sees Connor Pearson, the star player on the varsity basketball team, Lucy hopes her destiny has finally changed. With everything else going on in her life, doesn???t she at least deserve to get the handsome prince? Melissa Kantor??'s enchanting novel proves that sometimes the happy ending isn???t quite the one you???d expect. Lucy??'s about to discover the truth about finding her real Prince Charming??? and finding herself.

This American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults is a ." . . meticulously crafted story of an unexpected friendship. . ." "The Horn Book" starred review.

Hakeem Randall can't take it anymore. First he must leave his friends at Bluford High and move in with his uncle in faraway Detroit. Then things go from bad to worse when Hakeem is forced to share a bedroom with his moody and secretive cousin, Savon.

The author of "The Midwife's Tale" draws upon her own family's past to bring to life the story of the daughter of an Appalachian coal miner struggling against seemingly insurmountable odds.

Marty's small town in Alaska is the most beautiful place in the world. There she and her beloved boyfriend, Steven, can walk through fields of fireweed, explore the wild, and tie pink floozy fishing lures to catch the salmon that swim upstream. But when she starts her senior year, Marty must return to school by herself. Without Steven. Something happened during the summer that changed things forever.
It's a small town and people are starting to talk; Marty can feel their stares and hear their whispers. But they weren't there and they don't know. Only Marty knows what really happened, and it's something she must never, ever tell.

"From the Hardcover edition."

Fleeing from her stepfather, Savannah and her half brother, Henry, travel to the childhood home of their mother, Alice. As the kids make their journey, another story unfolds: glimpses of a teenage Alice, caught in first love and unaware of its consequences.

BookPage Notable Title
Welcome to the summer that 15-year-old D.J. Schwenk of Red Bend, Wisconsin, learns to talk--and ends up having an awful lot of stuff to say. She realizes when people don't talk, much remains unsaid, like why her best friend, Amber, isn't so friendly anymore. Or why her little brother, Curtis, never opens his mouth.

Caught in the threads of secrets and lies, struggling for love, and discovering a voice of her own, Mina finds herself torn between living her mother's dreams and living a life that's true in this tale from a National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner.

This new novel by National Book Award finalist Peters follows the emotional struggle of Nick, who has been raised by two moms. But everything changes when his birth mom and her wife Jo start to have problems. Suddenly, Nick is in the middle. Young Adult.

" IF SHE DIES, I'll die, " are the words 15-year-old Mia Perlman writes in her journal the night her mother is diagnosed with cancer. Nine days later, Mia's mother is dead, and Mia, her older sister, and her father must find a way to live on in the face of sudden, unfathomable loss. But even in grief, there is the chance for new beginnings in this poignant, funny, and hopeful novel.

BookPage Notable Title
Ryan delivers this follow-up to her award-winning Empress of the World. Battle Hall Davies is spending her summer in Portland, where's she's quickly swept into a community Shakespeare production, its all-night card games, and into the arms of her new roommate.

With gentle humor and a rich sense of place, this story of an Indian teen finding a path of her own is an engaging coming-of-age novel set in contemporary Mumbai, India.

Growing up in Philadelphia in 1975, 14-year-old Charmaine Upshaw is obsessed with justice. Unfortunately, she gets none of it in her life: not from her parents, who make her share a room with her tap-dancing brother Leo; not at school, where light-skinned, Barbie-doll-haired Dinah Coverdale steals all the boys' attention and makes sure dark-skinned Charmaine knows it; and certainly not from Tracy John, her six-year-old cousin who's taken over the family. When Charmaine is charged with babysitting her spoiled cousin after school, that's the last straw-something's gotta give. And when Charmaine cracks, she starts to see the world in a whole new light. Can Charmaine learn to love herself, her mahogany skin, and her attention-starved little cousin? Sometimes when everything falls apart, putting it back together can help you see the truth.