We deserve monuments by Hammonds, Jas 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 416776 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 5 UG

Genres: Family Life Mystery Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Family problems - Fiction Secrets - Fiction Racism - Fiction Lesbians - Fiction African Americans - Fiction

Summary: When seventeen-year-old Avery moves to rural Georgia to live with her ailing grandmother, she encounters decades-old family secrets and a mystery surrounding the town's racist past.

What happens next by Swinarski, Claire 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2020)

BTSB #: 868609 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Family Life Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Interpersonal relations - Fiction Mystery fiction Family problems - Fiction Telescopes - Fiction Eating disorders - Fiction Sisters - Fiction

Summary: A twelve-year-old girl throws herself into solving a local mystery to keep from missing her older sister, who has been sent to an eating disorder treatment facility.

What I saw and how I lied by Blundell, Judy 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2009)

BTSB #: P00916 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Bildungsromans Family problems - Fiction Florida - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In 1947, with her jovial stepfather Joe back from the war and family life returning to normal, teenaged Evie, smitten by the handsome young ex-GI who seems to have a secret hold on Joe, finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies whose devastating outcome changes her life and that of her family forever.

What kind of girl by Sheinmel, Alyssa B. 

Paperback(Sourcebooks Fire, 2021)

BTSB #: 809576 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 5.2 UG Lexile: 790 HL

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Dating violence - Fiction Secrets - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories Anxiety disorders - Fiction Bulimia - Fiction Family problems - Fiction

Summary: Told in multiple voices, when popular Mike Parker's girlfriend informs North Bay Academy's principal that he has been hitting her, students react differently, revealing their own insecurities and problems.

Where the watermelons grow by Baldwin, Cindy 

Paperback(Harper, 2020)

BTSB #: 086478 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.4 MG Lexile: 1020

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Schizophrenia - Fiction Mental illness - Fiction Farm life - North Carolina - Fiction Family problems - Fiction Droughts - Fiction North Carolina - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Della Kelly of Maryville, North Carolina, tries to come to terms with her mother's mental illness while her father struggles to save the farm from a record-breaking drought.

Where the watermelons grow by Baldwin, Cindy 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2018)

BTSB #: 086528 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.4 MG Lexile: 1020

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Schizophrenia - Fiction Mental illness - Fiction Farm life - North Carolina - Fiction Family problems - Fiction Droughts - Fiction North Carolina - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Della Kelly of Maryville, North Carolina, tries to come to terms with her mother's mental illness while her father struggles to save the farm from a record-breaking drought.

Where the watermelons grow : a novel by Baldwin, Cindy 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC ;, 2018)

BTSB #: P06261 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Droughts - Fiction Family problems - Fiction Farm life - North Carolina - Fiction Mental illness - Fiction Schizophrenia - Fiction North Carolina - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Della Kelly of Maryville, North Carolina, tries to come to terms with her mother's mental illness while her father struggles to save the farm from a record-breaking drought.

Year of shadows by Legrand, Claire 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2013)

BTSB #: 558588 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.1 MG RC: 3.3 3-5 Lexile: 570

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Ghosts - Fiction Haunted places - Fiction Orchestra - Fiction Family problems - Fiction Father-daughter relationship - Fiction

Summary: Forced to move into a haunted concert hall with her distant father, "The Maestro," and aging grandmother, Nonna, twelve-year-old Olivia and classmate Henry try to lay to rest ghosts tied to the Hall's past before time and money run out.

You owe me one, universe [Thanks A Lot, Universe Volume: 2]by Lucas, Chad 

BTSB Prebound(Amulet Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 589820 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.1 MG F&P: Z

Genres: Sports Family Life

Subjects: Friendship - Fiction Best friends - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction Basketball - Fiction Gay teenagers - Fiction Family problems - Fiction

Summary: Thirteen-year-old Brian and his best friend Ezra navigate the challenges and complexities of middle school, as Brian struggles to cope with his emotions and Ezra attempts to balance his loyalty to his best friend with a newfound friendship.