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Families blend together for a variety of reasons. Widowed or divorced parents choose to remarry. An ailing or elderly relative can no longer live alone and moves in with his son's family. A family chooses to adopt a child. Economic circumstances force family members to combine households. Regardless of why it happens, creating a blended family is a process of transition that takes time, patience, humor, compassion, and a whole lot of conversation....
42) The Saxon Boy
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How can John learn to love a new stepfather?
When John Klessig's father dies suddenly, Mama marries Mr. Ernst, who is very different from Papa. His beard and his boots are big, and he doesn't want to help new families the same way Papa did with the inn. Without warning, fire threatens the village. John and all the neighbors, including the Indians, help each other as friends. But where is Mr. Ernst? How can John and his new stepfather learn to...
43) A Raging Heart
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Gina has fallen desperately in love - with Matt, her mother's boyfriend, of all people, and she firmly believes that he reciprocates her feelings. But when Matt and her mother get married, Gina's world collapses. She decides to lay all her cards on the table - with fatal consequences. It isn't just her own life that completely falls apart. Until dramatic events force Gina to face up to her family and herself...
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FUN. INTERACTIVE. EDUCATIONAL.
INCLUSIVITY. DIVERSITY. FAMILIAL LOVE.
ONE BOOK WITH MANY LAYERS OF LEARNING!
Siblings play a momentous role in each other's social worlds. Sibling relationships have a lifelong impact on a person's development and well-being, which is why it is so important for them to be shaped by interventions that will promote healthy bonds.
A Happy Family Milestone: A New Baby!
Zhurie is a toddler and does not quite understand...
45) Framed in fire
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When his stepfather conspires to keep thirteen-year-old Peter at a mental institution, Peter begins to piece together secrets about his past with the help of his younger brother's strangely prophetic dreams.
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Read along with Disney! At Royal Prep, Princess Sofia has a sorcery test so she asks Cedric for help. Cedric decides to make Sofia his apprentice! Follow along with word-for-word narration to find out if Cedric is simply after her magical amulet yet again or if the magic of friendship is the true lesson to be learned.
47) Mirrored
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Kendra chronicles volume 3
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A modern, multi-generational tale of Kendra, the witch from "Snow White," who trains Violet, an ugly, lonely, and heartbroken girl in the 1980s who transforms herself into "the fairest one of all" but still cannot win Greg's heart, and Celine, Greg's daughter with Violet's high school rival, Jennifer.
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Twelve-year-old BFF's Ginnie West and Tillie Taylor, want to be sisters. Ginnie's widowed dad plus Tillie's divorced mom could equal a lifetime of round-the-clock girl talk and slumber parties. Too bad Dad vowed to never marry again. Ginnie and Tillie come up with the perfect scheme to change his mind: 'Operation Secret Sisters' (aka OSS). After all, if they can't get Dad to move on, Tillie can't move in.Things get more complicated when Ginnie stumbles...
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Silas' Seven Grandparents is a fun and loving story about having multiple sets of grandparents and stepgrandparents. When Silas' parents go away on a business trip, all seven grandparents invite Silas to stay with them....How can he choose one without hurting the others' feelings?
51) Eggs over Evie
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Evie feels unsettled and sad after her parents divorce, her father remarries and takes the family dog, and his new wife becomes pregnant, but a cooking class and helping the elderly lady next door with her cat give Evie a way to cope with the changes in her life. Includes recipes.
52) Cinderella Smith
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Cast off by her old friends, Cinderella agrees to help a new student deal with the stepsisters she will soon have, and meantime, a former friend tries to prevent Cinderella from dancing the lead in their tap recital.
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Read along with Disney! Sofia meets Princess Ariel in this adorable mermaid tale! During her family vacation on a floating palace, Sofia befriends a mermaid, and through their friendship, helps save the mermaid's kingdom and brings their two worlds together. Follow along with the word-for-word narration in this storybook based on the Disney Junior movie event featuring Princess Ariel!
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Meet Sofia, a little girl who lives a rather ordinary life. But everything changes when her mother, Miranda, marries the king. Overnight, Sofia becomes a princess, moves into the castle, gains a step-brother, a step-sister...and the ability to talk to her new animal friends thanks to a magical amulet! Now, life is anything but ordinary for Sofia the First! This read-along storybook features real character voices from the hit television movie and series...
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Mika cherche des réponses face à la question qui le hante: pourquoi sa mère l'a-t-elle abandonné?
C'est en frappant ses camarades que Mika combat ses démons: sa mère, qui l'a abandonné et don’t il n'a plus de nouvelles. Un jour Mika contraint Cathy, une surveillante de son lycée, à l'emmener en Belgique o il espère trouver la pièce manquante, la raison de l'absence de sa mère. Mais c'est tout le puzzle qui vole en éclat lorsque Mika...
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Seventeen-year-old Leigh Mason is not sure she's ready to share her mom, her bedroom, and her little sisters with her new stepsister, Betsy. And she's definitely not ready to share her best friend, who happens to be a boy!
Coping with a blended family is not easy for either Leigh or Betsy, especially during their senior year in high school. Each step brings them nearer to a crisis that will either send them running in different directions...
57) Love Sucks!
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AJ Ashe may have gotten rid of her vampire stalker and her evil ex-teacher, but things are hardly back to normal. For one thing, she still has to maintain a strict look-but-don't-touch policy with Ryan, her hot ex-boyfriend-turned-stepbrother. For another, she has to learn to control her vampire superpowers-which means more than a few dates with Lex, mind-reading professional vampire trainer and too-sexy-for-his-own-good bad boy. And as if that's...
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Read along with Disney! Cedric is preparing to show off his magical skills at the Enchanted Feast: a grand dinner for all of the kings and queens in the Tri-Kingdom Area. When an evil fairy named Miss Nettle disguises herself as a powerful sorceress and takes over the feast, Sofia forms an unlikely team with Clover, Cedric, and Wormwood to protect her amulet and save her family. Follow along with the word-for-word narration in this charming storybook,...
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How many secrets could you keep? How long do you think you could keep them? Do you think you could carry the weight? These are the questions that are the heart of the provocative and thrilling book Subway Chronicles. This book consists of a collection of stories and accounts of a family's witness on the cusp of falling apart. This compilation is recalled by August Holiday, an unassuming bystander in the eye of the storm of her family's chaos. As events...
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Read along with Disney! When Sofia's aunt Tilly visits Enchancia, she gives Sofia a special book that guides her to a secret library hidden in the castle! The library is filled with hundreds of unfinished books -and Sofia is the only one who can give each story a fairytale ending. Sofia selects the story of Minimus's brother, Mazzimo, who has been captured by the arrogant and greedy Prince Roderick of Borrea. It's up to Sofia and Minimus to rescue...
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