Alternative Family
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The Secret Identity of Chance: The True Story of a Father and Adopted Daughter Miraculously Brought Together after Forty Years
$16.99 Add to cartNot all love stories are steeped in romance.
Searching for identity is the undercurrent to this story, which emphatically deals with intergenerational bonding, hope and coping mechanisms, while unders
- Author: McKeown, Marla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 9798890414083
- Language: English
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Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings
$18.99 Read moreThis riveting, nuanced memoir about unforgettable individuals thrown together by chance and DNA tells a story of nature, nurture, and coming to terms with one’s true inheritance.
What is a “normal fam
- Author: Bilton, Chrysta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 0316536539
- Language: English
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The House on Sunrise Lagoon: Marina in the Middle
$16.99 Add to cartReturn to Sunrise Lagoon in this warmhearted sequel, which finds anxious middle child Marina making waves on her journey to trusting herself.
If you want to get to know Marina Ali-O’Connor, you need- Series: The House on Sunrise Lagoon #2
- Author: Melleby, Nicole
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1643753118
- Language: English
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Harriet Gets Carried Away
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the author and illustrator of the bestselling Not Quite Narwhal comes a sweet and funny story about remembering where you belong, no matter how far you roam, or what you’re wearing when you get t… [more below]
- Author: Sima, Jessie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1481469118
- Language: English
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Papa, Daddy, & Riley
$14.99 Read moreALA’s 2021 Rainbow Book List Selection
“A must-have…this is a delightful celebration of
NCSS-CBC 2021 Notable Social Studies Trade Book
One of Bank Street’s 2021 Best Children’s Books of the Year- Author: Kirst, Seamus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 1433832399
- Language: English
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Hope Springs
$7.99 Add to cartFans of Kate DiCamillo and Katherine Applegate will fall in love with this tug-at-your-heartstrings middle-grade novel about one girl who is desperate to find the “perfect home” as she moves from one … [more below]
- Author: Berry, Jaime
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 0316540595
- Language: English
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The Elephant’s Girl
$8.99 Add to cartA magical adventure for fans of Katherine Applegate and Jennifer Holm about a girl with a mysterious connection to the elephant who saved her life.
An elephant never forgets, but Lexington Willow can’- Author: Rimington, Celesta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0593121252
- Language: English
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Heart of the Sea
$18.99 Add to cartSometimes you have to trust the one sent to destroy you in order to save the one you love.
Willing to do whatever it takes to save her sister, Nerissa Elliot commandeers the ship of notorious pirate,
- Author: Chavis, Moriah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: August 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1957899425
- Language: English
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A Family Torn Apart: Three Sisters and a Dark Secret That Threatens to Separate Them for Ever
$7.99 Read moreAngie, 6, and sister Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive to stay with foster carer Cathy Glass. Their older half-sister Ashleigh has accused their father of something horrible, and the t
- Author: Glass, Cathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0008540845
- Language: English
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Unwanted: The Care System Failed Lara. Will She Fail Her Own Child?
$9.99 Read moreLara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose. With no extended family to look after her, she was put into foster care. The care system failed Lara and now she is failing her son.
Lara
- Author: Glass, Cathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 02, 2023
- ISBN10: 0008584427
- Language: English
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Nonmonogamy and Neurodiversity: A More Than Two Essentials Guide
$9.95 Add to cartToo often, the neurodivergent community is marginalized, de-sexualized or patronized. Neurodivergent people are often not seen as part of the romantic or sexual landscape, let alone as people who can
- Series: More Than Two Essentials
- Author: Gonzalez, Alyssa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: February 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1990869130
- Language: English
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The Great Big Book of Families
$17.99 Add to cartThis fun and fascinating treasury features all kinds of families and their lives together. Each spread showcases one aspect of home life-from houses and holidays, to schools and pets, to feelings and … [more below]
- Author: Hoffman, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 14 2011
- ISBN10: 0803735162
- Language: English
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The Girl in the Tree
$17.99 Add to cartA girl raised by squirrels in Central Park tries to make human friends in this laugh-out-loud, highly illustrated first book in a new chapter book series perfect for fans of Sophie Mouse and Critter C… [more below]
- Series: Squirlish #1
- Author: Potter, Ellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1665926759
- Language: English
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My Footprints
$19.99 Add to cartEvery child feels different in some way, but Thuy feels “double different.” She is Vietnamese American and she has two moms. Thuy walks home one winter afternoon, angry and lonely after a bully’s taun… [more below]
- Author: Phi, Bao
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2019
- ISBN10: 168446000X
- Language: English
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Tia ISA Wants a Car
$7.99 Add to cart“A pleasant selection about ambition, resourcefulness, and never letting go of one’s dreams.” — School Library Journal
While T a Isa wants to save money for a car that will take the whole family to t- Author: Medina, Meg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 23 2016
- ISBN10: 0763657522
- Language: English
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The House on Sunrise Lagoon: Sam Makes a Splash
$16.99 Add to cartFrom an acclaimed author comes a cheerful, uplifting story of family and belonging, the first in a series perfect for fans of the Vanderbeekers and the Penderwicks.
If you want to get to know eleven-- Series: The House on Sunrise Lagoon #1
- Author: Melleby, Nicole
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 9, 2023
- ISBN10: 164375310X
- Language: English
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The Girl in the Tree
$7.99 Add to cartA girl raised by squirrels in Central Park tries to make human friends in this laugh-out-loud, highly illustrated first book in a new chapter book series perfect for fans of Sophie Mouse and Critter C… [more below]
- Series: Squirlish #1
- Author: Potter, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 13, 2023
- ISBN10: 1665926740
- Language: English
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Our Extended Universe
$14.99 Add to cartErin is convinced that delivering the most amazing commencement speech her high school has ever heard will heal the heartache of losing her father. But on the morning of graduation, a notification fro… [more below]
- Author: Johns, Dane C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: May 23, 2023
- ISBN10: 1088008631
- Language: English
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Heather Has Two Mommies
$8.99 Add to cart“Each page is artfully and distinctly rendered to be a visual depiction of the beauty of joy and diversity.” — School Library Journal
Heather’s favorite number is two. She has two arms, two legs, two- Author: Newman, Lesl?a
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 09 2016
- ISBN10: 0763690422
- Language: English
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The Summer of June
$7.99 Read moreFrom the acclaimed author of Tune It Out and Roll with It comes a “needed, hopeful” (Booklist) middle grade book about a young girl who sets out to overcome her anxiety over the course of one life-cha… [more below]
- Author: Sumner, Jamie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 30, 2023
- ISBN10: 1534486038
- Language: English
