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Author
Language
English
Description
Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family of five boisterous sons. The ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth. As the Great Depression transforms the genteel city life she has known, Violeta's family loses all and is forced to retreat to a wild and beautiful but remote part of the country. She...
3) Greenland
Language
English
Description
A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity, his estranged wife Allison, and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary.
4) The farewell
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds...
Author
Series
Voice volume 39
Publisher
Taiwan shang wu yin shu guan gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
中文（繁體）
Author
Publisher
Duomo Ediciones
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Ellie Mack tiene quince años, y es la hija perfecta, la preferida de la familia. Sus compañeros de escuela la adoran, sus profesores la admiran. Pero un día, durante unas vacaciones, desaparece. Su madre, Laurel Mack, se niega a creer la versión de que su hija se ha ido por voluntad propia y se lanza a una investigación incansable. La desgracia la hará añicos, se llevará por delante su matrimonio y la distanciará de sus otros hijos. Diez...
7) Parenthood
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
℗2007, ©1989
Language
English
Description
The Buckmans are a modern family facing the age-old dilemma of trying to raise children the "right" way.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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AR 8 to 10 Childrens and Teen Titles
Children's Classics: Chapter Books
Children's Classics: for Middle School Students
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Formats
Description
Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island abundantly inhabited by animal and plant life.
13) Xing cun zhi jia
Author
Series
Soul xi lie volume G0200044
Publisher
Ji mo chu ban she you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
中文（繁體）
14) After Yang
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his young daughter’s beloved A.I companion malfunctions, Jake uncovers details of the robot’s previously unknown life hidden in the android's interior core. A secret stash of video memories suddenly leads Jake to surprising discoveries about himself and his family in this mysterious and haunting sci-fi film. Scored by Ryuichi Sakamoto in one of his final films & based on the short story "Saying Goodbye to Yang" by Alexander Weinstein.
Author
Series
Da shi ming zuo fang volume 177
Publisher
Shi bao wen hua chu ban qi ye gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
中文（繁體）
Author
Publisher
LB Kids, uan divsión de Little Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Algunas familias son grandes. Algunas familias adoptan hijos. ¡Abre este libro para leer sobre todo tipo de familia!"--Page 4 of cover.
Represents a variety of families, some big and some small, some with only one parent and some with two moms or dads, some quiet and some noisy, but all alike in some ways and special no matter what.
Author
Series
Sarai volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Appears on list
Description
"Saraí González, de cuarto grado, puede hacerlo todo. Puede hornear, bailar y administrar su propio negocio de magdalenas. Pero, cuando sus abuelos se ven obligados a mudarse, Saraí no sabe qué hacer. Así que inventa un plan súper genial con sus hermanitas y su prima para comprar la casa...pero las casas son más caras de lo que pensaba, sus hermanitas no le hacen caso y se le está acabando el tiempo. ¿Encontrará Saraí la manera de ayudar...
18) The others
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
While awaiting her husband's return from war, Grace and her two young children live an unusually isolated existence behind the locked doors and drawn curtains of a secluded island mansion. Then, when three mysterious servants arrive it becomes frighteningly clear that there is far more to this house than meets the eye. Acclaimed by critics everywhere, the unpredictable twists and turns of this compelling hit will keep you guessing.
19) Shoplifters
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
日本語
Description
A Japanese family that makes ends meet by shoplifting takes in a little girl they found alone on the street.
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