family secrets

"When her sister Mala is kidnapped but leaves behind a clue, 15-year-old Ariel and her sisters delve into forbidden waters before the Coral Moon in order to rescue Mala and end up uncovering secrets about their family, their kingdom--and what really happened to their mother"--Provided by publisher.

"When sixteen-year-old Jo Lavoie arrives at the house she inherited from her grandmother, she begins unraveling dark family secrets and learns that the stories her late father told her are more real and dangerous than she ever imagined"--OCLC.

"The Ghost on the Mountain . . . takes [readers] on an adventure to Haiti, where [they're] spending the summer with [their] Grandma Yolette to learn about [their] heritage. [Readers] will discover the secrets that lie inside of [their] family and deep in the soil of the enchanting land"--Provided by publisher.

"When Sallie tries to teach young Eddie to be more like their father, her daredevil coaching leads to an accident, and Sallie is cast out. Nine years later, she returns, determined to reclaim her place in the family. That's a lot more complicated than Sallie expected, and she enters a world of conflict and lawlessness. Sallie confronts the secrets and scandals that hide in the shadows of the Big House, navigates the factions in the family and town, and finally comes into her own as a bold, sometimes reckless bootlegger"--Provided by publisher.

Max, a teen born a girl who considers himself a trans boy, finds out that his family descends from a long line of "Magical Girls" chosen to protect the world from the ancient evil of Devoid and his minions. The seal holding Devoid out of the world has cracked, and if Max does not become a "Magical Boy" to stop him, the world is doomed.

"Called home to care for her grandmother after a fall, Jess, a journalist, discovers a book chronicling the police investigation into an old unsolved murder that has a shocking connection to her family"--OCLC.

"When 12-year-old Max is sent to live with his eccentric grandfather for the summer, he finds himself on an unlikely quest to uncover an enchanted book that contains the key to defeating an unearthly nemesis"--Provided by publisher.

"The story of one man's life across generations and historical upheavals: a . . . novel about love, loss, ambition, and resolution"--Provided by publisher.

"The Daughters of Madurai is both a page-turning mystery and a heartrending story of the fraught family dynamics and desperate choices that face a young mother in India. Spanning 1990s South India and present-day Australia, the novel follows Janani, a mother who will do anything to save her unborn daughter, and Nila, a young woman who embarks on a life-changing journey of self-discovery"--.

"Living on an East London council estate has its worries--and life for fifteen year old Molly hasn't always been easy. But she has a dream . . . to be a boxer just like her older brother Denny. When he agrees to train her, she couldn't be more excited. But one night everything changes. There's an assault outside Molly's local boxing club, Denny's nowhere to be found and the police are after him. Molly must prove her brother's innocence and delve into the underbelly of East London, and her family history where new and old secrets are revealed"--Provided by publisher.