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81) The breadwinner
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After her father is wrongfully arrested by the Taliban, an eleven-year-old girl living in Afghanistan dresses as a boy in order to support the family and find her father.
82) Reviving Ophelia
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Marie's seventeen-year-old Elizabeth has the perfect life, with a seemingly wonderful boyfriend. Meanwhile, single parent Le Ann is raising sixteen-year-old Kelli and finds it hard to relate to the pressures her daughter is facing with boys, friends, and school. When Kelli suspects Elizabeth's boyfriend is abusing her, no one believes her. Marie and Le Ann have always been there for each other and need each other more than ever as they try to understand...
83) Gwen
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Gwen is a young girl whose life seems to be collapsing around her. Struggling with her mother's mysterious illness, her father's absence and a group of angry villagers threatening to take her farm, Gwen must find the strength to guide her family through the darkness. But as a malevolent presence begins to take a grip of her home, it becomes apparent there is a greater evil that may be too strong to overcome.
84) A gift horse
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Amanda, a young energetic girl, is torn apart by the loss of her mother to cancer. She struggles to accept the fact that her father has moved on to a new relationship. In order to cope, Amanda spends her time at a ranch owned by a business tycoon, Mr. Canton. Amanda is gifted a beautiful horse Misty, but who has been unable to work with any other rider. Amanda proves that Misty is a true champion and restores her happiness in the process.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Seven girls, each with her own wildly unique personality and powers, live a rainbow's ride away in Kaleidoscopia. But whenever there's trouble for the people, animals, or natural wonders of the Earth, the Rangers zoom into action and ride a rainbow across the sky to save the day! Best-friends unite!"--Container insert.
86) Storm rider
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A spoiled teenage girl must leave her posh New York City life behind when her father is arrested for securities fraud and she is forced to move out to her uncle's house in the country.
90) Spirit riders
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Kacie is a seventeen-year-old girl struggling with guilt and anger after a tragic loss. When Kacie is arrested and sentenced to a work-release program at Spirit Riders, an equine therapy camp, she's clearly out of her element. However, she finds a kindred spirit in Blaze, a retired racehorse having difficulty adjusting to domesticated life. With the help of the ranch owner, Kacie helps re-train Blaze and, in the process, learns how to let go of her...
92) Dear dictator
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When political turmoil forces a British-Caribbean dictator to flee his island nation, he seeks refuge with his pen pal, a rebellious teenage girl in suburban America, and teaches her how to start a revolution and overthrow the "mean girls" in her high school.
93) Tenderness
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Lori Cranston is a confused fifteen-year-old dreamer in search of an escape from her troubled home life. She discovers and becomes enthralled with Eric, a young man with a violent past. As they embark on a harrowing journey, a hardened local cop, who has been following Eric for years, is intent on exposing him as a serial killer before Lori's fate is determined.
94) If I could ride
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A young girl's dream is to ride horses, but she can't because of a disability. She meets Bridget, the reigning equestrian champion, who suffers an injury, and asks her to compete in her place at the next competition. As she goes through physical therapy and begins training, the two girls must come together to learn the importance of friendship, family, following your dreams, and never giving up.
95) Girl in progress
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Grace is a single mom. She is too busy juggling work, bills, and the very married Dr. Hartford to give her daughter Ansiedad the attention she desperately needs. When Ansiedad's English teacher introduces her students to classic coming-of-age stories, she is inspired to skip adolescence and jump-start her life without mom. While Grace becomes preoccupied with the increasing affections of her co-worker, Ansiedad enlists the help of her loyal friend,...
96) Housekeeping
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Writer/director Bill Forsyth (Comfort and Joy, Being Human) brings to life this tale, set in the 1950s and based on a novel by Marilynne Robinson, which is neither a sentimental nor simple exploration of familial and emotional bonds. Ruth (Sara Walker) and Lucille (Andrea Burchill) are two young sisters who are abandoned by their mother and raised by a succession of aged relatives, until their unconventional aunt Sylvie (Christine Lahti, Running...
97) Amazing racer
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After the sudden death of her father leaves a teenage girl without a family, she becomes lost in her own anger and sadness. Her family doctor informs her that her father had a secret, that the mother she never knew was alive and well. When she travels to meet her, she befriends a horse trainer and discovers that in caring for the horse, she is able to overcome her hardships and emotional trauma. Through the victories and new friendships she forms,...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A witty and modern remake of Oscar Wilde's novella about an American family who moves into a haunted English country house. From the makers of Father Brown. Sir Simon de Canterville is the premier ghost in the British Isles, and exquisitely proud of his dastardly reputation. So when the Otis family leaves America and moves into Canterville's abandoned family estate, Sir Simon prepares to give them the fright of their life. There's just one problem....
Language
English
Description
Twilight: Isabella Swan moves to gloomy Forks, Washington to live with her father. She begins her junior year in high school and becomes fascinated by Edward Cullen. He holds a dark secret which is only known by his family. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for, a true soul mate. But he knows the further they progress in their relationship the more he is putting Bella and those close to her at risk. Edward tries to warn Bella that she...
100) The dog lover
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Sara Gold is a rising star at the United Animal Protection Agency (UAPA), a major animal rights organization that conducts animal rescues and lobbies for better animal welfare laws. Handpicked for a major assignment, Sara goes undercover as a college intern to infiltrate a suspected "puppy mill" run by the enigmatic Daniel Holloway.
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