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2017., Adults, St. Martin's Press Call No: FIC STR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Violet and Finn were "meant to be," said everyone, always. They ended up together by the hands of fate aligning things just so. Three years into their marriage, they have a wonderful little boy, and as the three of them embark on their first vacation as a family, Violet can't help thinking that she can't believe her luck. Life is good. So no one is more surprised than she when Finn leaves her at the beach -- just packs up the hotel room and disappears. And takes their son with him. Violet is suddenly in her own worst nightmare, and faced with the knowledge that the man she's shared her life with, she never really knew at all. Caitlin and Finn have been best friends since way back when, but when Finn shows up on Caitlin's doorstep with the son he's wanted for kidnapping, demands that she hide them from the authorities, and threatens to reveal a secret that could destroy her own family if she doesn't, Caitlin faces an impossible choice. Told through alternating viewpoints of Violet, Finn and Caitlin, Jessica Strawser's Almost Missed You is a powerful story of a mother's love, a husband's betrayal, connections that maybe should have been missed, secrets that perhaps shouldn't have been kept, and spaces between what's meant to be and what might have been. "--
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By Tyler, Anne2004., Adult, Knopf : Distributed by Random House Call No: FIC TYL Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Having married quickly during World War II after falling in love at first sight, a mismatched couple discovers that their different personalities and approaches to life are taking a toll on their relationship and their family.
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c1993., Young Adult, Herald Press Call No: LP BOR Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Ellie's people Volume: 6Summary Note: An overweight, short-tempered Amish teenager learns to control his eating habits and his anger after running away to live as a hobo.
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2020., Ages 10 up, Puffin Books Call No: Y VEN Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter--and friendship--on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts. And while making a living scavenging the city's trash heaps is the pits, the kids find plenty to laugh about and take pride in too. After all, they are now the bosses of themselves and no longer dependent on untrustworthy adults. But when illness strikes, Viji must decide whether to risk seeking help from strangers or to keep holding on to their fragile, hard-fought freedom.
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c1999., Adult, Kensington Pub. Call No: FIC MIC Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Heiress Kristine Kelly must struggle to make a new life for herself and her family after her husband of twenty years takes off with her fortune, leaving her to deal with three teenage children who really do not have much love left for either of their parents.
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2013., 5-8, Scholastic Call No: YS DEA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Dear AmericaSummary Note: It is 1871 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and fourteen-year-old Pringle Rose, still grieving from the death of her parents, takes her brother Gideon, who has Down syndrome, escapes from her uncle and aunt, taking a train to Chicago--but disaster seems to follow her there.
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1999., Adult, G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: FIC PAR Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Boston private investigator Sunny Randall finds herself in the middle of a shooting war with the mob when she is hired by a wealthy family to locate their runaway daughter Millicent, and must call upon her underworld contacts to rescue the teen who has turned to prostitution.
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-- 1st love2014., Young Adult, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: YA PAT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Runaways Axi, sixteen, and Robinson, seventeen, who met on a cancer ward, leave small-town Oregon on a cross-country trip to experience the best of life before it is too late.
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2016, Women, Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: YA MEA Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Glittering Court Volume: #1Summary Note: For a select group of girls, the Glittering Court offers a shot at a life they've only ever dreamed of, one of luxury, glamour, and leisure. The high-born Adelaide, whose wealthy family is forcing her into a loveless marriage, the Glittering Court represents something else: the chance to chart her own destiny, and adventure in the unspoiled, prosperous new land across the sea.
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c2006., Ages 3-6, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: Y PAT Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life.
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2001, c2000., Ages 3-6, National Geographic Society Call No: YM SKU Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Mysteries in our national parks Volume: #5Summary Note: The Landon family travels to Glacier National Park to investigate why grizzly bear cubs are disappearing and becomes involved with a ten-year-old Mexican runaway boy.
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By Wick, Loric2008., Adult, Harvest House Call No: FIC WIC Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Big sky dreams Volume: bk. 3Summary Note: Jessie Wheeler, abandoned by her husband Seth, struggles with her responsibilities as sole proprietor of the general store in Token Creek, and single mother of two, but she finds it even more difficult to trust God and her heart when Seth returns claiming to be a changed man and asking for a chance to prove his love and commitment.
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c2004., Adult, Dutton Call No: FIC COB Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Suburban wife and mother Grace Lawson's idyllic life begins to unravel when she picks up a set of newly developed family photographs that contains a much older picture of a group of men that includes her husband Jack, and sets off a chain reaction of kidnapping and murder leading back to a deadly rock concert.
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c2011., Adult, Dutton Call No: FIC COB Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Sports agent Myron Bolitar works to reunite client Suzze T, a former tennis star, with her rock star husband, Lex, who has walked away from his very pregnant wife and, unbeknownst to her, is troubled over the failing health of his father and the reemergence of his estranged brother.
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2003., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House Call No: FIC GUT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Ann Holmes, a sixteen-year-old runaway living in a Washington forest, is visited by the Virgin Mary--an event that sets off struggles of faith and conscience in her supporters and in a young priest whose attempts to evaluate her experience are clouded by his attraction to her.
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2015, Young Adult, HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: YA DER Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The Taking Volume: bk 2Summary Note: Kyra is on the run along with her fellow Returned from the government organization that experiments on their kind and determined to rescue the boy she loves, but this may put the group in danger as he is being held by the organization pursuing her.
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2001., Adult, Bethany House Call No: FIC LEW Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A captivating betrayal, friendship, and choices faced when trust is shattered.
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c1996., Ages 3-6, Crown Publishers Call No: Y KIN Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When seventy-five-year-old Henny Hickathrift runs away from the old people's home, she meets five children and their parents who welcome her into their family.
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2007., Young Adult, Tom Doherty Associates Call No: Y HAY Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Click here to view More... Series Title: Lost journals of Ven Polypheme Volume: #2Summary Note: Young Ven Polypheme is sent on a secret mission within the walls of the Gated City, a former penal colony in the land of Serendair, where he and his friends face kidnapping and even worse dangers from the ruthless Thief Queen, who is trying to reclaim her runaway daughter.
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c2005., Adults, Bethany House Call No: FIC PET Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A mother and daughter struggle with grief and forgiveness. Will they allow God's spirit--and God's people--to bring true healing...and a future filled with love?"--Provided by publisher.
