Akron Public Library

Gramps teaches his twin grandsons the value of saving money when he pays each a dollar a week to help with summer chores, then matches every dollar each boy saves.

Twelve-year-old Zora finds herself transported into a fantastic world where all of her drawings have come to life.

"As her grandmother's health declines, a young girl begins to take the lead in their cozy shared autumn traditions"--

Revenge is a dish best served with cloth napkins and a floral centerpiece, according to the Sisterhood members: heiress Myra Rutledge. It's vigilante justice for Julia this time: she's "contracted AIDS from her philandering senator husband." Frail Julia gets strength from her friends and guidance from Myra's lover, Charles, an ex-MI6 British operative and gourmet cook who plays a different kind of Charlie to Myra's Angels. Charles arranges invites...

Thirteen-year-old twins Tinn and Cole, accompanied by friends and family, journey beyond the heart of the Oddmire seeking their long-lost father.

Anne Rosenbaum leads a life of quiet Los Angeles privilege, the wife of Hollywood executive Howard Rosenbaum and mother of their seventeen-year-old son, Sam. Years ago Anne and Howard met studying litera-ture at Columbiashe, the daughter of a British diplo-mat from London, he a boy from an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. Now on sleek blue California evenings, Anne attends halogen-lit movie premieres on the arm of her powerful husband....

"The animal families are getting ready for bed. Share sweet cuddle time as your little one falls fast asleep, secure in God's love"--P. [4] of cover.

New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky shares her special magic in this poignant tale, first published in 1983, of past mistakes and second chances. It's been eight years since Sara McCray has seen her ex-husband, Jeff Parker, after she fled their San Francisco mansion and stifling life controlled by his domineering mother. But the naive young bride has returned a confident woman with her own business. Jeff, too, has changed. Since...

Twelve-year-old Caddy's world turns upside down when her father, Bill, temporarily becomes a stay at home "mom" and her best friends since kindergarten, Ali, Beth, and Ruby, begin to move in different directions.

Recruiting the tough coach who trained his suicide-victim older brother, an Olympics hopeful navigates the punishing and healing nature of sports while struggling with overwhelming feelings of rage.