Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2018 - 100 Most Popular Books, DVDs and Magazines
Award Nominated Women Authors
Read-Alikes for Red at the Bone
More Lists...
Award Nominated Women Authors
Read-Alikes for Red at the Bone
More Lists...
Description
A searing and profound Southern odyssey by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. In Jesmyn Ward's first novel since her National Book Award-winning Salvage the Bones, this singular American writer brings the archetypal road novel into rural twenty-first-century America. Drawing on Morrison and Faulkner, The Odyssey and the Old Testament, Ward gives us an epochal story, a journey through Mississippi's past and present that is both an intimate portrait...
Author
Language
English
Description
Suburban madam Heloise, with no one left to trust, decides to get out of the game when another suburban madam is brutally murdered, forcing her to stay one step ahead of a killer--and the father of her child--who is just as lethal behind bars as he was on the outside.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay have received threatening messages demanding they return home. They have a sneaking suspicion that their villainous parents are behind the messages, and something Evie sees in her Magic Mirror confirms their fears. Although Maleficent's just a tiny lizard after her confrontation with Mal, could she have found a way to escape? Mal and her friends determine to sneak back to the Isle to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Twenty years ago, all the evil villains were banished from the kingdom of Auradon and made to live in virtual imprisonment on the Isle of the Lost. The island is surrounded by a magical force field that keeps the villains and their descendants safely locked up and away from the mainland. Life on the island is dark and dreary. It is a dirty, decrepit place that's been left to rot and forgotten by the world. But hidden in the mysterious Forbidden Fortress...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
After his parents are arrested and imprisoned for robbing a bank, fifteen-year-old Dell Parsons is taken in by Arthur Remlinger who, unbeknownst to Dell, is hiding a dark and violent nature that interferes with Dell's quest to find grace and peace on the prairie of Saskatchewan.
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations
2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations E-Books and E-Audiobooks
Books You May Have Missed 2020: Combined
More Lists...
2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations E-Books and E-Audiobooks
Books You May Have Missed 2020: Combined
More Lists...
Formats
Description
Depending on an older sister who protected her when their mother went to prison and their mother's boyfriend committed a terrible act, 10-year-old Della tries to figure out what to do when her older sister attempts suicide.
"Ten-year-old Della can rely on her older sister, Suki, for anything, but when Suki attempts suicide, Della must seek help and speak out about the sexual abuse they've both suffered at the hands of their mother's boyfriend"--...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Eleven-year-old Perry was born and raised by his mom at the Blue River Co-ed Correctional Facility in tiny Surprise, Nebraska. His mom is a resident on Cell Block C, and so far Warden Daugherty has made it possible for them to be together. That is, until a new district attorney discovers the truth--and Perry is removed from the facility and forced into a foster home. When Perry moves to the "outside" world, he feels trapped. Desperate to be reunited...
10) Moll Flanders
Author
Language
English
Description
Moll is a headstrong young woman whose unfortunate social position leaves her in the most dire of circumstances. A destitute and hapless outcast, Moll is forced into a lifestyle that could easily break her spirit. But summoning courage in the face of adversity, Moll strives to triumph against overwhelming odds ... until the day she meets a very special man--one who promised to change her life forever.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of Joseph Conrad's most popular works, this rich, complex tale provides an account of the woebegone heiress Flora de Barral, whose dearth of life experience has left her virtually incapable of caring for herself. Narrated from several different points of view, this book is a fine example of the literary virtuosity that has prompted many critics to name Conrad as one the greatest English fiction stylists.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Children who have a parent in prison express their feelings of sadness, anger, worry, and embarrassment and suggest that talking to others and keeping in contact with the missing parent helps them deal with the situation.
13) Lawless
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Texas Ranger Judd Dunn and Christabel Gaines find their marriage of convenience slowly evolving into a union of undeniable passion, but when a mysterious enemy enters their lives, their newfound love is endangered.
14) Hazelnut days
Author
Publisher
Michael Neugebauer Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"It's visiting day, and Dad smells like peppermint--yuck! If only he would wear that nice, breezy cologne that smells like hazelnut... So begins one boy's brief weekly visit with his father in prison. Here's a man who gets angry, but beneath that peppermint surface is much to admire, if only you take the time to look. This richly imagined picture book explores the inner life of a boy who struggles to love a father who can be difficult to love at times....
Author
Publisher
G. K. Hall
Pub. Date
[1980]
Language
English
Description
Goldsmith's only novel, The Vicar of Wakefield, is also considered his finest work. Rich with wisdom and gentle irony, the story tells of an unworldly and generous vicar who lives contentedly with his large family until disaster strikes. But bankruptcy, his daughter's abduction, and the vicar's imprisonment fail to conquer his spirit. First published in 1766, this book soon became - and has since remained - a classic.
16) On the run
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grader Anthony has always been told that his father is traveling, so when he finds out that he is in jail awaiting trial Anthony is upset and confused--but when his father escapes and takes Anthony with him life becomes really complicated.
Author
Series
Modern library of the world's best books volume 291
Publisher
Random
Pub. Date
[1955]
Language
English
18) Ebb & flow
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"One summer, after a long plane ride and a rotten bad year I went to Grandma Jo's. It was my mother's idea. Jett, what you need is a change of scenery. I think she needed a change of scenery, too. One without me. Because that rotten bad year? That was my fault." Thus begins the poignant story, told in free verse, of eleven-year-old Jett. Last year, Jett and his mother had moved to a new town for a fresh start after his father went to jail. But Jett...
19) Liberty
Author
Series
Dogs of World War II volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Fish has a knack for inventing. His annoying neighbor, Olympia, has a knack for messing things up. But when his latest invention leads Fish to Liberty, a beautiful stray dog who needs a home, he and Olympia work together to rescue her.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
" . . . A novel about an autistic boy whose drawings represent something much deeper than even the doctors who study can grasp; his father, serving 25 to life for murder; his mother, trying to hold herself together and fix her broken child. It's a supernatural journey of crime and punishment, retribution and redemption that ultimately leads to a father saving his son, a mother connecting with her child, and an American family reclaiming itself"--
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request