What I Saw And How I Lied
In 1947, with her jovial stepfather Joe back from the war and family life returning to normal, teenage Evie, smitten by the handsome young ex-GI who seems to have a secret hold on Joe, finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies whose devastating outcome change her life and that of her family forever.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: dysfunctional families [X], secrecy [X], coming of age, family problems, secrets, florida, historical fiction, bildungsromans, family life
Dark Song
After her father loses his job and she finds out that her parents have lied to her, fifteen-year-old Ames feels betrayed enough to become involved with a criminal who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570
The Radleys
The Radleys, a modern suburban family living in an English town, have a terrible secret.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: dysfunctional families [X], vampires, family secrets, family problems, humorous fiction, england, secrecy [X], humorous stories
Jasper Jones
In small-town Australia, teens Jasper and Charlie form an unlikely friendship when one asks the other to help him cover up a murder until they can prove who is responsible.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 33
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: interpersonal relations, secrets, murder, family problems, recluses, australia, secrecy [X], homicide, hermits, detective and mystery stories, dysfunctional families [X], mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction, mystery fiction
Divine Secrets
While Hollywood teenager Divine Matthews-Hardison is staying in Georgia with her devoutly Christian uncle and his family, she faces difficult choices about keeping secrets that might be harmful to others, and how--or whether--to accept her mother's boyfriend into her life.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: dysfunctional families [X], secrets, african americans, christian life, georgia, secrecy [X], families
Painting The Rainbow
During Holly and Ivy's annual month-long visit at the family's New Hampshire lake house in 1965, the distance that seems to be growing between the thirteen-year-old cousins fades when they accidentally uncover hints of a family secret dating back to World War II.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
Words And Their Meanings
Seventeen-year-old Anna O'Mally is a gifted writer but for the past year, since her beloved uncle Joe died, she has been wrapped in grief that seems impenetrable until a strange email suggests she did not know Joe as well as she thought--and he was not the saint she believed he was.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: grief, family problems, secrecy [X], best friends, friendship, dysfunctional families [X], dating (social customs), authorship, secrets, family life
Jasmine Skies
"Fourteen-year-old Mira Levenson travels from London to Kolkata to meet her aunt and her cousin and to find out why the families haven't spoken in years"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 900
subjects: voyages and travels, families, dating (social customs), dysfunctional families [X], secrecy [X], india
The Last Time We Say Goodbye
Since her brother, Tyler, committed suicide, Lex has been trying to keep her grief locked away, and to forget about what happened that night.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: brothers, suicide, grief, secrecy [X], brothers and sisters, nebraska, dysfunctional families [X]
Sunny Side Up
After her older brother starts acting strangely, Sunny Lewin is shipped off to Florida to spend the summer with her grandfather.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 188
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 240
subjects: grandparent-grandchild relationship, family life, secrecy [X], florida, family secrets, dysfunctional families [X], grandparent and child
The Art Of Not Breathing
"Since her twin brother, Eddie, drowned five years ago, sixteen-year-old Elsie Main has tried to remember what really happened that fateful day on the beach.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: grief, dysfunctional families [X], secrecy [X], skin diving, scotland, family problems, secrets, juvenile fiction / family / siblings, juvenile fiction / social issues / death & dying, juvenile fiction / love & romance, electronic books, romance fiction, electronic books
Feathered
"Finch's family is falling apart, and her best friend has dropper her.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Odd & True
Told from separate viewpoints, Odette returns in 1909 after a two-year absence, promising to rescue her disabled sister, Tru, from the monsters they were taught to believe in.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: sisters, poliomyelitis, people with disabilities, secrecy [X], dysfunctional families [X], secrets, family problems, monsters, missing persons, family life, paranormal fiction
The Shadows We Know By Heart
Leah Roberts has been secretly watching sasquatches in the woods behind her house for years, but when she notices an enigmatic teenage boy living among them, her complicated family life starts to unravel.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: sasquatch, secrecy [X], dysfunctional families [X], animals, mythical, secrets, family problems, juvenile fiction / fairy tales & folklore / general, juvenile fiction / animals / mythical, juvenile fiction / family / general (see also headings under social issues), romance fiction
More Than We Can Tell
When Rev Fletcher and Emma Blue meet, they both long to share secrets, his of being abused by his birth father, hers of her parents' failing marriage and an online troll who truly frightens her.
FIC
year:
copies: 32
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 480
subjects: secrecy [X], dysfunctional families [X], online trolling, computer games, role playing, adoption, foster home care, child abuse, secrets, family problems, family life, cyberbullying