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Twelve-year-old Conor, dealing with his mother's illness, a less-than-sympathetic grandmother, and bullying classmates, finds a most unlikely ally when a monster appears at his bedroom window. Ancient, wild, and relentless, the monster guides Conor on a journey of courage, faith, and truth.

A young novice, uncertain about becoming a nun, becomes governess to seven children of an autocratic ex-naval captain.

This is an inspirational tale of a young man's dream to reunite his family through amateur wrestling. Mike Chetley, a former high school and collegiate champion, is estranged from his family. Things change when his awkward, undersized, younger brother Cal comes back into his life with a plan to unify Mike and their widowed mother Sharon, but not without major setbacks.

Caleb is a teenager who has experienced a troubled life in the form of an absentee father and an ill, overworked mother. When he finds a stack of old love letters between his parents, he sets out to find the father he has never known and begin the process of letting go of his anger and pain.

"Hallie (Rachel Eggleston) is a small girl with a very big heart. Unfortunately, her 'creative' ways of helping people often leave her father Dan (David Chisum) with a mess to clean up. Dan struggles to keep it all together after his wife's death. He doesn't cook, do hair or know how to help his three children without his beautiful wife and her unshakable faith in God. Through a wonderful surprise, Hallie, her father and the entire family learn...

A dark fairy tale about love, family and the fight for survival in the face of danger.

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,...

A dark fairy tale about love, family and the fight for survival in the face of danger. A single mother is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.

"The story of the unbreakable bond between two brothers from their childhood in rural Devon to the battlefields of the First World War. When young Tommo Peaceful ... volunteers to fight, his protective older brother Charles ... follows him to Flanders. But it is here that both experience the brutal nature of war, far removed from family life and their rivalry for the love of Molly Monks"--Container.

"Ten years after her teenage daughter disappears, a woman crosses paths with a charming single father whose young child feels eerily familiar, in this evocative, suspenseful drama from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell--perfect for fans of Paula Hawkins and Liane Moriarty. Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenaged...