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1) Almost home
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness.
4) Pie
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
After the death of Polly Portman, whose award-winning pies put the town of Ipswitch, Pennsylvania, on the map in the 1950s, her devoted niece Alice and Alice's friend Charlie investigate who is going to extremes to find Aunt Polly's secret pie crust recipe. Includes fourteen pie recipes.
5) This lullaby
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Raised by a mother who's had five husbands, eighteen-year-old Remy believes in short-term, no-commitment relationships until she meets Dexter, a rock band musician.
6) The escape
Author
Series
Horses of the dawn volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Estrella is a filly, daughter of the lead mare, one of a shipment of horses bound for the new world, but when the ship is becalmed and the horses are dropped overboard to lighten the load, Estrella finds that it is up to her to lead the herd to land and safety.
8) Full ride
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After her father is convicted of embezzlement, Becca Jones, fourteen, and her mother flee Georgia for small-town Ohio but three years later she learns that his misdeeds may have jeopardized not just her future but also her life.
9) Keeper
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
On the night of the blue moon when mermaids are said to gather on a sandbar in the Gulf of Mexico, ten-year-old Keeper sets out in a small boat, with her dog BD and a seagull named Captain, determined to find her mother, a mermaid, as Keeper has always believed, who left long ago to return to the sea.
10) Brilliant
Author
Series
Avery sisters trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Quinn struggles to maintain her image as a brilliant, good girl when her mother's major error at work leads to financial and legal troubles that turn Quinn's and her younger sisters' world upside-down.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Cassie Witting is upset when she finds out that her mother, Sarah, is expecting a baby, but writing in the journal that belonged to her brother Caleb helps her sort out her feelings and understand that Sarah will always love her.
15) Colonial madness
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Thirteen-year-old Tori Porter and her mother, fun-loving best friends, compete against other relatives in hopes of inheriting a fortune from eccentric Great Aunt Muriel by spending two weeks in a colonial mansion, with no modern conveniences, no outside help, and daily tests.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Inspired by Disney and Pixar's film Turning Red! This hardcover jacketed picture book captures the joy, humor, and occasional frustration of the mother-daughter relationship from the film. Featuring beautiful artwork and a charming story, this book is perfect for mothers, daughters, and fans alike! 40pp.
17) Stealing Parker
Author
Series
Hundred Oaks volume 2
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Parker Shelton is falling apart because of something her mom did but it is affecting her.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Nora has always dreamed of going to Paris with her grandmother, but when her grandmother dies it seems like Paris is gone with her--until Nora finds three airline tickets in a trunk, and sets out to persuade her mother to use them.
19) Saturday
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When all of their special Saturday plans go awry, Ava and her mother still find a way to appreciate one another and their time together.
Author
Series
Potts Bottom volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Although her mother, Poppy Pendle, believes magic ruins lives, eleven-year-old Cat Campbell is a late-blooming witch whose magical abilities are bursting to be mastered.
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