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Author
Series
Thieves' gambit volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Ross Quest, a master thief, enters the Thieves' Gambit, a competition consisting of dangerous, international heists, in order to save her mother's life.
At only seventeen years old, Ross Quest is already a master thief, especially adept at escape plans. Until her plan to run away from her legendary family of thieves takes an unexpected turn, leaving her mother's life hanging in the balance. In a desperate bid, she enters the Thieves'...
4) Raybearer
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Raised in isolation, Tarisai yearns for the closeness she could have as one of the Crown Prince's Council of 11, but her mother, The Lady, has magically compelled Tarisai to kill the Crown Prince.
10) Just like Mommy!
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
p2005
Language
English
Description
A little girl wants to be just like Mommy.
12) To be honest
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Savannah's mother has become overbearing regarding weight and body image. Meanwhile, Savannah meets the cute new guy at school, who has insecurities of his own.
16) The fourth suit
Author
Series
Magic Misfits volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The Magic Misfits confront their greatest enemy in this final story told from Ridley's point of view"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In the hills above Port-au-Prince, a young girl named Fallon wants more than anything to carry a large woven basket to the market, just like her Manman. As she watches her mother wrap her hair in a mouchwa, Fallon tries to twist her own braids into a scarf and balance the empty panye atop her head, but realizes it's much harder than she thought"--
18) Catch a kiss
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Izzie just loves when her Mama blows her kisses to catch. Smooch kisses, zig-zag kisses, and even triple decker kisses! But even though she runs and leaps for it, Izzie misses a kiss! When Mama lets Izzie in on a sweet secret she realizes that her mama's love will always come to find her, no matter what!" --
20) Everlasting Nora
Author
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
After surviving a fire in which her father dies, Nora and her mother live in a cemetery, but when her mother disappears and a loan shark steals her savings, Nora finds support from her cemetery neighbors to earn some money and search for her mother.