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1) Son
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 4
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Imagine if we treated broken hearts with the same respect and concern we have for broken arms. [The author] urges us to rethink the way we deal with emotional pain, offering warm, wise and witty advice for the brokenhearted. Our hearts might be broken, but we do not have to break with them. We can take control of our lives and our minds and put ourselves on the path to healing. [This book] offers a toolkit for how to handle and cope with a broken...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Sirio
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
Español
Description
Nadie escapa al desamor, nadie esta a salvo de una ruptura amorosa. Todos, desde el momento en que llegamos a este mundo, estamos expuestos a sufrir por amor. Por supuesto, tambien a disfrutarlo y a vivirlo con intensidad, pero es en los momentos bajos cuando nos encontramos con un vacio bajo nuestros pies y necesitamos apoyo y orientacion para salir de la oscuridad y encontrar el camino hacia la felicidad.
Christian de Selys, a holistic psychologist,...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When Saya's mother is sent to jail as an illegal immigrant, she sends her daughter a cassette tape with a song and a bedtime story, which inspires Saya to write a story of her own--one that just might bring her mother home.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"When someone is serving our country, far from home, everyone in their family has to be brave. Including -- and sometimes especially -- the kids. This book speaks to all kids in this situation in telling the story of a boy and a girl with parents away on duty. It captures the children's worries, fears, trials, and triumphs while waiting for their parents to return from service. Although the narrative tells one universal tale, the photographs depict...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"August 1942. Jacob and Moses Stein, two young Jewish brothers, are staying with their aunt in Paris amid the Nazi occupation. The boys' parents, well-known German playwrights, have left the brothers in their aunt's care until they can find safe harbor for their family. But before the Steins can reunite, a great and terrifying roundup occurs. The French gendarmes, under Nazi order, arrest the boys and take them to the Vélodrome d'Hiver--a massive,...
11) Indivisible
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York City high school student Mateo dreams of becoming a Broadway star, but his life is transformed after his parents are deported to Mexico.
Mateo Garcia and his younger sister, Sophie, have been taught to fear one word for as long as they can remember: deportation. Ma and Pa have been in the United States for so long, they have American-born children, and they're hard workers and good neighbors. When Mateo returns from school one day to find...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Nothing prepares Jaya, A New York journalist, for the heartbreak of her third miscarriage and the slow unraveling of her marriage in its wake. Desperate to assuage her deep anguish, she decides to go to India to uncover answers to her family's past. Intoxicated by the sights, smells, and sounds she experiences, Jaya becomes an eager student of the culture. But it is Ravi -- her grandmother's former servant and trusted confidant -- who reveals the...
Author
Publisher
Diana
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Tras el final viene un nuevo inicio: EL AMOR PUEDE MORIR. Algunas veces anuncia su final y en otras solo sucede. En todos los casos siempre implica un proceso doloroso. ¿Cómo saber si una relación está agonizando o puede ser salvada? ¿Por qué motivos fallece? ¿Qué acaba con la pasión? ¿Sabrías tomar el mejor camino para afrontar una ruptura? Quizá no sepas cuál será el destino, pero lo cierto es que su final no es tu propio fin. Gaby...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Adrienne Willis is a woman with her life in chaos. She retreats to the small coastal town in the Outer Banks where she hopes to find the tranquility she so desperately needs. She has a wayward husband who has asked to come home and a teen-aged daughter who resents her every decision. Upon arrival, a major storm is forecast and a guest named Dr. Paul Flanner arrives. Paul is the only guest at the inn, and he is facing his own crisis of conscience....
19) The house swap
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Allie is British and dreams of being a spy. Sage is an only child from sunny California. They meet when their families swap houses for the summer. Though they're polar opposites, Allie and Sage quickly realize that they're both dealing with family issues--Sage's parents may be on the brink of divorce, and Allie's struggling to feel heard in her big family. It may take a trip around the world for them to find their place at home. This sweet and emotional...
20) La luna mango
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Cuando un padre es apartado de su familia y enfrenta la deportación, su familia se queda sufriendo con el duelo y deseando saber qué sucederá después. Maricela, Manuel y su madre enfrentan los muchos desafíos al tener que su vida es cambiada completamente por la ausencia de su padre y su esposo. Mudarse a una casa nueva, juegos de fútbol perdidos, fiestas de cumpleaños, y el vacío son ahora la norma del día a día. La Luna Mango muestra cómo...
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