Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Petals on the Wind	V. C. Andrews	Petals on the Wind is a novel written by V. C. Andrews in 1980. It is the second book in the Dollanganger series. The timeline takes place from the siblings' successful escape in November 1960 to the…	OL134890W
All families are psychotic	Douglas Coupland	"It is the year 2001 and the Drummond family, reunited for the first time in years, has gathered near Cape Canaveral to watch the launch into space of their beloved daughter and sister, Sarah. Agains…	OL14854120W
Side effects	Amy Goldman Koss	Everything changes for Isabelle, not quite fifteen, when she is diagnosed with lymphoma--but eventually she survives and even thrives.	OL14920009W
House Rules	Rachel Sontag	At an early age, Rachel Sontag realized there was something deeply wrong with her father. On the surface, he was a well-respected, suburban physician. But questioning his authority led to brutal figh…	OL14958694W
The things that keep us here	Carla Buckley	How far would you go to protect your family? Ann Brooks never thought she'd have to answer that question. Then she found her limits tested by a crisis no one could prevent. Now, as her neighborhood d…	OL15059220W
The Ramona Collection (Ramona the Brave / Ramona and Her Father / Ramona the Pest / Beezus and Ramo…	Beverly Cleary	Contains: [Ramona the Brave](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL151951W) [Ramona and Her Father](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL151989W) [Ramona the Pest](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL151964W) […	OL151944W
Love must be tough	James C. Dobson	The book you are about to read provides an alternative for those in the midst of family crises. My purpose in writing it has been to offer some practical tools -- some understandings -- which should …	OL16057606W
Celebrating families	Rosmarie Hausherr	Presents brief descriptions of many different kinds of families, both traditional and non-traditional.	OL16226030W
A horse, a hat, and a big wet splat and other stories	Jerry D. Thomas	A collection of short stories written to help children deal with problems and make good decisions.	OL18251014W
The bold saboteurs	Chandler Brossard	"This autobiographical novel marks Brossard's emergence from the formal influence of Flaubert and Camus into a wildly free, multilayered narrative where fantasy and reality, sanity and insanity coexi…	OL18340622W
Thin Ice	Marsha Qualey	Seventeen-year-old Arden has been raised by her older brother, Scott, since their parents died when she was just six years old, so when Scott is presumed drowned in a snowmobile accident, Arden is co…	OL1882685W
The cloud chamber	Joyce Maynard	In 1966, when his father's attempted suicide causes the ostracism of the family in their small Montana community, fourteen-year-old Nate copes with his sadness and anger by trying to win the school s…	OL1918153W
Family communication	Chris Segrin,Jeanne Flora	"Serving as a uniquely inclusive and rigorous exploration of family communication, this text offers students a complete and easy-to-understand discussion of relevant theory and research, while provid…	OL19807870W
A complicated kindness	Miriam Toews	"A 16-year-old rebels against the conventions of her strict Mennonite community and tries to come to terms with the collapse of her family ..."--Publishers Weekly.	OL2810136W
Dueling princes	Tyne O'Connell	While competing in the British fencing trials and dating a real-life prince, fifteen-year-old Calypso tries to contend with her mother who has recently arrived from California after leaving her husba…	OL5733040W
The Possibility of Fireflies	Dominique Paul	Fourteen-year-old Ellie fights to keep her life together while her emotionally unstable mother deteriorates and her rebellious older sister begins to hang out with a rough crowd.	OL5837646W
Becoming Naomi León	Pam Muñoz Ryan	When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.	OL784046W
Tall Tales	Karen Day	Meg's family has moved a lot because of her father's drinking. Meg arrives in her town longing to find a real friend, someone she can talk to and write stories with. When she and Grace join forces to…	OL8044320W
As I Lay Dying	William Faulkner	Written in stream-of-consciousness style with multiple narrators, the story follows a journey wherein the family of a dead woman try to transport her body to her birthplace in Mississippi in accordan…	OL82929W
Baby project	Sarah Ellis	Excited by the unexpected prospect of a baby, eleven-year-old Jessica and her family eagerly prepare for the changes the new arrival will bring to their lives.	OL918308W