Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Julia tiene una estrella	Eduard José	One day after school Julia's sick mother tells her a secret, a secret that she promises not to tell anyone.	OL13372376W
Unfinished Symphony	V. C. Andrews	Melody Logan had only just found a safe harbor when a new storm set her adrift all over again.... Melody had always believed her mother, Haille, and dear stepdaddy had died in tragic accidents…	OL15055208W
Born blue	Han Nolan	Janie was four years old when she nearly drowned due to her mothers neglect. Through an unhappy foster home experience, and years of feeling that she is unwanted, she keeps alive her dream of someda…	OL15128703W
Floating on Mama's song =	Laura Lacámara	A seven-year-old girl is amazed when her mother's singing suddenly begins to make her listeners float, but Grandma says she must stop, making Mama terribly sad until her daughter makes her smile agai…	OL15299871W
I want my mom!	Tony Ross	The Little Princess can face anything, as long as her mother is there when she calls.	OL16518094W
The Paper Dolls	Julia Donaldson,Rebecca Cobb	A string of paper dolls go on a fantastical adventure through the house and out into the garden. They soon escape the clutches of the toy dinosaur and the snapping jaws of the oven-glove crocodile, b…	OL17440934W
This Lullaby	Sarah Dessen	When it comes to relationships, Remy Starr doesn't mess around. After all, she's learned all there is to know from her mother, who's currently working on husband number five. But there's something ab…	OL175867W
The Joy Luck Club	Amy Tan,Ronald Bass,Jordi Fibla,Tsai Chin,Wayne Wang,Gwendoline Yeo	Four mothers, four daughters, four families, whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's telling the stories. In 1949, four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, meet we…	OL1843720W
La llorona	Marcela Serrano	A woman who has been told her baby died at birth, but never saw the remains, comes to believe her child has been stolen, and forms a support group for other women whose newborn children have disappea…	OL19974917W
Tu mentira más dulce	Maria Goodin	Meg is growing up in a world of food filled fantasy; where her first tooth was so sharp her mother used her as a can opener, and eating too many apples once left her spitting pips. Then, age five, sh…	OL21444772W
Valiente	Jasmine Jones	"La princesa Mérida y su madre, la Reina Elinor, no pueden ni mirarse, es tal la tensión entre ellas. Sin embargo, cuando Mérida usa magia para cambiar el modo de pensar de la reina, desata una vieja…	OL24176807W
Un hermanito?	Margarita Mainé	A young girl finds out that she will soon have a little brother, but she is convinced that the thing moving around in her mother's belly is butterfly, or a fish.	OL24305649W
Madres que no saben amar	Karyl McBride	The first book for daughters who have suffered the abuse of selfish, self-involved mothers. "¿Por qué soy tan insegura? ¿Cómo puedo dejar de dudar de mí misma? ¿Alguna vez me sentiré digna de amor? …	OL26452632W
Un sueño hecho realidad	Britney Spears,Lynne Spears	Fourteen-year-old Holly Fay Lovell leaves the small southern town where she lives with her mother, a seamstress, in order to pursue her dream of a singing career, not knowing the whole truth about he…	OL27059655W
The Lollipop Shoes	Joanne Harris	For all those who loved Chocolat - Vianne is back.'Who died?' I said. 'Or is it a secret?''My mother, Vianne Rocher.'Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her d…	OL451295W
Even more	Barbara Quick	A bilingual tale celebrating the special relationship between a mother and a daughter.	OL540331W
Little night	Yuyi Morales	At the end of a long day, Mother Sky helps her playful daughter, Little Night, to get ready for bed.	OL5968148W
Carrie	Stephen King	The story of misfit high-school girl, Carrie White, who gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers. Repressed by a domineering, ultra-religious mother and tormented by her peers at school, h…	OL81626W
Letters to My Mother	Teresa Cardenas	A young African-Cuban girl is sent to live with her aunt and cousins after the death of her mother and begins to write letters to her deceased mother telling of the misery, racial prejudice, and mist…	OL8611895W