mothers

Ivy, having made a shocking discovery in her small western Pennsylvania town when she was just seven, and learned another surprising secret nine years later, questions whether she has inherited the Rumbaugh curse of having excessive love for one's mother.

James McBride chronicles his twelve-year journey to learn about his mother's past, describing her unhappy childhood, marriage, refusal to admit she was white, and creation of an all-black church in Harlem, and shares details of his own life and the challenges he faced coping with his family's secrets.

After her mother moves out, a ten-year-old Cambodian American girl and her old-fashioned father leave their home in Florida to begin a new life in San Diego, experiencing turmoil and change as they slowly adjust to their new circumstances.

Izzy managed to survive by adhering to the rules her mother set down before she died, but when her father decided to remarry, Izzy learned a hard lesson that family involves more than blood and that rules are not always absolute.

A collection of poems that pays tribute to the history of the American South and to the Native Guard, one of the first African-American regiments in service during the Civil War.

In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.

A child explains all the mutual activities which create such a strong friendship with Mother.

If his mother has made other important mistakes, can Nick trust her word that there are no goblins and such lurking around in the night?.

Polly is caught between the prim-and-proper boarding school set she's grown up with and the legendary legacy of the Pirate Queen that she never knew she was a part of.

Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becoming a philosopher.