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Author
Publisher
Random House
Language
English
Description
Four years have passed since Justin Campbell's disappearance, a tragedy that rocked the small town of Southport, Texas. Did he run away? Was he kidnapped? Did he drown in the bay? As the Campbells search for answers, they struggle to hold what's left of their family together. Then, one afternoon, the impossible happens. The police call to report that Justin has been found only miles away, in the neighboring town, and, most important, he appears to...
Author
Series
Natural hazard research working paper volume 34
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Institute, University of Colorado]
Pub. Date
[1978?]
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
After her father's death, Ellie Frasier takes over the feed store in Promise. Still in mourning, she relies on her friends for comfort. But now her long-standing relationship with one of those friends, rancher Glen Patterson, seems to be turning into something else.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Four years after Justin Campbell's disappearance left his family in a state of perpetual denial and sent them to their own personal dream worlds to cope with the loss, Justin's return and the aftermath of the horrors he endured shake him and his family to their very core as they struggle to find the happy ending they all thought Justin's return might give them.
7) Nightshade
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 16
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
China's herb shop and catering business may be thriving, but she's still reeling from her father's death, and not even remotely interested in her half-brother Miles's investigation into that event. China's husband, on the other hand, has no such qualms. And when fate forces her to get involved as well, China realizes it's time to bring the past to light-or else it will haunt her the rest of her life. But China and McQuaid discover that Miles may have...
Author
Publisher
She Writes Press, a BookSparks imprint, a division of SparkPointStudio, LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In this richly depicted story, told in vignettes relative to markers of age and experience, Patricia Eagle reveals the heartbreak and destruction of her sexual abuse, from age four to thirteen, by her father. A victim of her father's anger and her mother's complacency with his abusive behavior, Eagle uses dissociation and numbing in response to the abuse, and as a way to block her own sense of self. How does a child confused by episodes of abuse...
9) Wish girl
Author
Publisher
Razorbill, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Peter has never felt at home with his noisy family, but begins to find the strength to live and to be himself when he discovers a special valley in the Texas Hill Country and meets Annie, a girl dying of cancer who knows and accepts him from the start.
Author
Publisher
She Writes Press, a BookSparks imprint, a division of SparkPointStudio, LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"In this richly depicted story, told in vignettes relative to markers of age and experience, Patricia Eagle reveals the heartbreak and destruction of her sexual abuse, from age four to thirteen, by her father. A victim of her father's anger and her mother's complacency with his abusive behavior, Eagle uses dissociation and numbing in response to the abuse, and as a way to block her own sense of self. How does a child confused by episodes of abuse...