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Ronja rövardotter Ronja rövardotter Astrid Lindgren This is the Story of a robber's daughter called Ronja who grows up amidst a whole band of robbers in a old castle deep in a big forrest. OL14872976W
Bronxwood Bronxwood Coe Booth Tyrell’s father is just out of jail, and Tyrell doesn’t know how to deal with that. It’s bad enough that his brother Troy is in foster care and his mother is no help whatsoever. Now there’s another t… OL16482347W
On the run On the run Clara Bourreau Fourth-grader Anthony has always been told that his father is traveling, so when he finds out that he is in jail awaiting trial Anthony is upset and confused--but when his father escapes and takes An… OL16607113W
The Isle of the Lost The Isle of the Lost Melissa De La Cruz Imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost, the teenaged children of Disney's most evil villains search for a dragon's eye, the key to true darkness and the villains' only hope of escape. OL17175900W
The Obsession The Obsession Nora Roberts Naomi Bowes lost her innocence the night she followed her father into the woods. In freeing the girl trapped in the root cellar, Naomi revealed the horrible extent of her father's crimes and made him… OL17355447W
Her father's daughter Her father's daughter June Tate Inheriting her late father's exclusive club in 1945, Wren plans on avoiding its illicit former activities of prostitution and illegal gambling in spite of her mother's concerns that Wren is more like… OL17893377W
Deceptions Deceptions Kelley Armstrong "Olivia Taylor Jones's life has exploded. She's discovered she is not only adopted, but her real parents are convicted serial killers. Fleeing the media frenzy, she took refuge in the oddly secluded … OL19161800W
The Mafia hit man's daughter The Mafia hit man's daughter Linda Scarpa "Gregory Scarpa, Sr. was a stone-cold killer in the Colombo crime family, but to Linda, he was also a loving, devoted father. She reveals what it was like to grow up in the violent world of the mob a… OL19653962W
Rise of the Isle of the Lost Rise of the Isle of the Lost Melissa De la Cruz Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay take on the daughter of Disney villain Ursula the sea witch, in a race to save King Triton's magical trident. OL19665193W
In her bones In her bones Kate Moretti "Fifteen years ago, Lilith Wade was arrested for the brutal murder of six women. After a death row conviction, media frenzy, and the release of an unauthorized biography, her thirty-year-old daughter… OL19753316W
Bulletproof vest Bulletproof vest Maria Venegas "After a fourteen-year estrangement, Maria Venegas returns to Mexico from the United States to visit her father, who is living in the old hacienda where both he and she were born. While spending the … OL19981536W
Justice Justice Jeffrey Salane "M Freeman thought she had finally found a place where she belonged: the Lawless School, where the children of master criminals trained to become master criminals themselves. But now that life is beh… OL19996585W
Children of monsters Children of monsters Jay Nordlinger "Some years ago, the author, Jay Nordlinger, was in Albania. He was there to give a talk under State Department auspices. Albania was about ten years beyond the collapse of Communism. For almost 40 y… OL20015112W
Chaleco antibalas Chaleco antibalas Maria Venegas "Tras catorce años de ausencia, Maria Venegas regresa a México, desde Estados Unidos, para visitar a su padre José en la hacienda donde él nació. Mientras pasan juntos una temporada, él comparte los … OL20043613W
In Spite of Killer Bees In Spite of Killer Bees Julie Johnston "When three sisters arrive at a village to collect their grandfather's fortune, they are met with suspicion, but no money. A brillant novel about love, family and self-discovery" Cf. Our choice, 2002. OL2013147W
Kept in the Dark Kept in the Dark J Ronald M York xii, 305 pages : 24 cm OL20206743W
Son of the Mob Son of the Mob Gordon Korman Eighteen-year-old Vince Luca, son of mob boss Anthony Luca, goes away to college in southern California hoping to escape his past, but soon his brother and a series of "uncles" appear at his dorm, an… OL21730020W
The Norway Room The Norway Room Mick Scully Meet Ash, thirteen years old, saying goodbye to his father before he goes to serve a stretch in prison. His dad's friend Kieran helps get rid of social services and then school's out for ever. But wh… OL24289045W
Envy Envy J. R. Ward "As the son of a serial killer, homicide detective Thomas 'Veck' DelVecchio, Jr, grew up in the shadow of evil. Now, on the knife-edge between civic duty and blind retribution, he atones for the sins… OL24445133W
The Choke The Choke Sofie Laguna 371 pages ; 24 cm OL25295479W
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