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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Narrator Jack and his mother, who was kidnapped seven years earlier when she was a 19-year-old college student, celebrate his fifth birthday. They live in a tiny, 11-foot-square soundproofed cell in a converted shed in the kidnapper's yard. The sociopath, whom Jack has dubbed Old Nick, visits at night, grudgingly doling out food and supplies. But Ma, as Jack calls her, proves to be resilient and resourceful--and attempts a nail-biting escape.
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Language
English
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"Following up her instant New York Times bestseller, A Flicker in the Dark, Stacy Willingham delivers a totally gripping thriller about a desperate mother with a troubled past in All the Dangerous Things. One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Rare. Moving. Powerful. This beautiful, page-turning and redemptive story of a mother's gripping journey across the Caribbean to find her stolen children in the aftermath of slavery marks the arrival of a remarkable new talent. Her search begins with an ending. The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers his slaves and announces the king has decreed an end to slavery. As of the following day, the Emancipation Act of 1834 will come...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Ten months after her mother's death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book takes a trip to London. The city was a favorite of her mother's, and as the narrator wanders the streets, she finds herself reflecting on her mother's life and their relationship. Thoughts of the past meld with questions of the future: Back in New England, the family home is now up for sale, its considerable contents already winnowed. The narrator, a writer, recalls all that...
Author
Language
English
Description
Entering the afterlife due to a hit and run accident, a successful author learns she can observe the earthly lives of her nearly grown children and is also permitted three "nudges" to alter the outcome of events.
Vivian Howe, author of thirteen beach novels and mother of three nearly grown children, is killed in a hit-and-run car accident while jogging near her home on Nantucket. In the Beyond, she's assigned to a Person named Martha, who allows...
10) My mom
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A child describes the many wonderful things about "my mom, " who can make anything grow, roar like a lion, and be as comfy as an armchair.
11) Owl babies
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When three baby owls awake one night to find their mother gone, they can't help but wonder where she is. Stunning illustrations from unique and striking perspectives capture the owls as they worry about their mother: What is she doing? When will she be back? What scary things move all around them? Not surprisingly, a joyous flapping and dancing and bouncing greets her return, lending a celebratory tone to the ending of this comforting tale. Never...
13) Me and my mom!
Author
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
©2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text describes a day of fun and adventure that a bear shares with his mother.
15) You and me
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
©2006.
Language
English
Description
A mother goose and her child may travel far and wide, but they will always be fine just as long as they are together.
16) I'm not cute!
Author
Publisher
Boxer Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Baby Owl meets Rabbit, Squirrel, and Fox in the woods and is upset when they tell him how cute he is but when Mama tells him that he is not cute, surprisingly his attitude changes.
19) All we know
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling artist Jane Dyer and acclaimed author Linda Ashman collaborate on this tender story of a mother's unconditional love for her child. Stars shine, seasons change, and waves rise and fall. Invoking the majestic beauty of the natural world, a mother affectionately explains that some things just come naturally - like a parent's love.
20) When I grow up
Author
Series
Publisher
Templar, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"One little bear shares his dreams for the future with his adoring parent"--
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