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Heaven

Angela Johnson

Fourteen-year-old Marley's seemingly perfect life in the small town of Heaven is disrupted when she discovers that her father and mother are not her real parents.

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Siempre Te Querre

Robert N. Munsch

A young woman tells her son throughout his childhood how she loves him, until a time when the son has a daughter of his own and passes on the same message of love.

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Parents (nature V. Nurture)

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Parenting

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Heartbreak and Roses

Janet Bode

Firsthand stories of violent love, obsessive love, and love gone wrong - all related by young adults themselves.

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Iceman

Chris Lynch

Fourteen-year-old Eric, a ruthless hockey player prone to violence on the ice, tries to reconcile his own needs with those of his parents.

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The Wind Blows Backward

Mary Downing Hahn

Although they share a love of poetry and problems with their parents, a shy high school senior's attraction to a popular classmate is tempered by her fear of his moody, self-destructive side.

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Whatever Happened to Janie?

Caroline B. Cooney

The members of two families have their lives disrupted when a teenage girl who had been kidnapped twelve years earlier discovers that the people who raised her are not her biological parents.

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The Free Zone Starts Here

John Wain

In Lisbon to attend a memorial service for his younger sister and her fellow students killed in a plane crash, seventeen-year-old Paul shares his introspection with her as he ponders the weaknesses of

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Everything You Need to Know When a Parent Is Out of Work

Stephanie St. Pierre

Readers learn about some of the reasons that can cause a parent to lose his or her job, and how to help their families cope with change and the possibility of hard times.

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