In Plain Sight -- by Carol Hurst (Author) (Book - Child)
"When Sarah's father leaves their Massachusetts farm to prospect for gold in California, even his stories of riches and adventure can't console her. In his absence, Sarah chafes against her mother's...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (Organization - Private, Non-Profit)
*Serves as a clearinghouse of information about missing and exploited children *Operates a CyberTipline that the public may use to report Internet-related child sexual exploitation *Provides...
All Ages
Over the River -- by Sharelle Moranville (Author) (Book - Child)
"It seems like everything eleven-year-old Willa Mae wants to know just isn't proper material for her curiosity. But some mysteries have a way of unraveling on their own. When her long-absent father...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
The Good Divorce -- by Constance Ahrons (Author) (Book - Parent)
"WE often hear and read about the horror stories of divorce, but, according to acclaimed family therapist, Constance Ahrons, in more than %50 of divorces, a helathy sense of 'bi=nuclear' family can be...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
A Solitary Blue -- by Cynthia Voigt (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
"Jeff Greene was only seven when Melody, his mother, left him with his reserved, undemonstrative father, the Professor. So when she reenters his life years later with an invitation to spend the summer...
All Ages
Age groups: Adolescence (13-21)
Beloved Benjamine Is Waiting -- by Jean Karl (Author) (Book - Child)
"Hound by a gang of kids after her mother's disappearance leaving her on her own, Lucinda hides in the abandoned caretaker's house the local cementery where she makes contact with intelligent being...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Grover G. Graham and Me -- by Mary Quattlebaum (Author) (Book)
"Ben Watson has been shuffled from foster home to foster home since he was 5 years old. Seven homes in six years. He's gotten used to blanking folks out, leaving them behind, and waiting for the day...
Ages 10 years - 12 years.
A Wrinkle In Time -- by Madeleine L'Engle (Author) (Book - Child)
"A well-loved classic and 1963 Newbery Medal winner, Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time is sophisticated in concept yet warm in tone, with mystery and love coursing through its pages. Meg's...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Fostering Changes: Treating Attachment-Disordered Foster Children -- by Richard Delaney (Author) (Book - Parent)
No professional review available
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Why a Son Needs a Mom: 100 Reasons -- by Gregory Lang (Author) (Book)
?The relationship between mothers and sons is unique in many ways. Conceived and nurtured in love, frequently this relationship defines the man a son will become and serves as a reservoir from which...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)