Catherine Ryan Hyde
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
No longer tolerating her husband's borderline abuse, Faith escapes to her parents' California beach house to plan her next move. She never dreamed her new chapter would involve befriending Sarah, a fourteen-year-old on the run from her father and reeling from her mother's sudden and suspicious death.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Trevor McKinney, a twelve-year-old boy in a small California town, accepts his teacher's challenge to earn extra credit by coming up with a plan to change the world. His idea is simple: do a good deed for three people and instead of asking them to return the favor, ask them to 'pay it forward' to three others who need help"--
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
[Unabridged]
Language
English
Description
Bea has barely been scraping by since her husband died. After falling for a telephone scam, she loses everything and is forced to abandon her trailer. With only two-thirds of a tank in her old van, she heads toward the Pacific Ocean with her cat on a mission to reclaim whats rightfully hers, even if it means making others pay for what she lost. When fifteen-year-old Allies parents are jailed for tax fraud, she's sent to a group home. But when her...
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Recorded Books
Pub. Date
�2017
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Recovering a long-suppressed ability to feel the emotions of others, a 40-year-old cattle rancher falls in love with a single mother whose son is struggling with trauma from experiences with an abusive father.
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
August has been sober since the death of his nineteen-year-old son. A burned-out teacher, he has spent his summers on the road, but getting to Yellowstone this year is more important than ever. Initially, he had planned on taking the trip with his son, but instead, he's taking the ashes. On the road, he unexpectedly ends up with passengers; two orphans with nowhere to go. Unforeseen to all of them is the bond that is formed between them, and how they...
Author
Publisher
Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Inc
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Nathan McCann's life is safe and comfortable but not much more. His wife has her own bedroom, usually with the door shut. His best friend is his curly-coated retriever, Sadie. But Flora won't even allow her in the house. One morning at dawn, on a routine duck hunt, his dog finds an abandoned newborn in a pile of leaves in the woods. It's a cold October morning, so Nathan assumes he has found the child's remains. Until the baby moves. This one moment
...Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Sebastian, a lonely seventeen-year-old, is suffocating under his dominant father’s control. In the ten years since his mother passed away, his father has kept him “safe” by barely allowing him out of their apartment. Sebastian’s secret late-night subway rides are rare acts of rebellion.
Maria, a young mother of two, is trying to keep peace at home despite her boyfriend’s abuse. When she loses her job, she avoids telling...
Maria, a young mother of two, is trying to keep peace at home despite her boyfriend’s abuse. When she loses her job, she avoids telling...
10) Stay: a novel
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"An unforgettable novel about the power of friendship and kindness by the New York Times bestselling author of Pay It Forward. In the summer of 1969, fourteen-year-old Lucas Painter carries a huge weight on his shoulders. His brother is fighting in Vietnam. His embattled parents are locked in a never-ending war. And his best friend, Connor, is struggling with his own family issues. To find relief from the chaos, Lucas takes long, meandering walks,...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Out there is chaos, the collapse of society, and so much to be afraid of. All that matters is freedom. That's what Remy Blake has been taught by his survivalist father. Raised off the grid in the middle of nowhere, his own survival skills not yet honed, Remy is days shy of his eighth birthday when his father unexpectedly dies ... He is found--near feral, silent, and terrified--in the small rural town of Blaire. To Anne, a nurturing mother of two...
12) Pay it forward
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001, c2000
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
When a young man starts "paying it forward" for a social studies project, unusual things happen in this bittersweet and uplifting tale.