Pride And Prejudice
In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters; and includes a short essay comparing Austen's Elizabeth and Mr.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 124
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1090
subjects: young women, courtship, love stories, england, social classes, sisters, great britain, domestic fiction, prejudices, families [X], family, dating (social customs), gentry, love, upper class, books that were turned into a movie, large print books, family life, domestic fiction, love stories, bennet, elizabeth, darcy, fitzwilliam, romance fiction [X], romance fiction, bennet, elizabeth (fictitious character), darcy, fitzwilliam (fictitious character), bennet, elizabeth (fictional character), darcy, fitzwilliam (fictional character), electronic books, marriage, novels
We Were Liars
Each summer the wealthy, seemingly perfect Sinclair family meets on their private island.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 139
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: friendship, love, family life, amnesia, wealth, islands, massachusetts, families [X], love stories, romance fiction [X]
Landline
Georgie McCool knows her marriage has been in trouble for a long time and it may be finally at an end, despite their love for each other, but one night Georgie discovers a way to communicate with her husband in the past.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: married people, man-woman relationships, families [X], man-woman relationship, family life, romance fiction [X]
Saint Anything
"Sydney's charismatic older brother, Peyton, has always been the center of attention in the family but when he is sent to jail, Sydney struggles to find her place at home and the world until she meets the Chathams, including gentle, protective Mac, who makes her feel seen for the first time"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 77
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: family problems, brothers and sisters, self-perception, friendship, family life, dysfunctional families, families [X], dating (social customs), love, siblings, romance fiction [X], juvenile fiction / family / general (see also headings under social issues), juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, juvenile fiction / love & romance, romance fiction, electronic books, love stories, electronic books
This Raging Light
Seventeen-year-old Lucille is struggling to get through each day, paying bills and looking after her little sister, Wren, while her father is institutionalized after a breakdown and her mother is "on vacation," but nothing else seems to matter when she is with Digby Jones, her best friend's twin brother.
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year:
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: abandoned children, family life, sisters, responsibility, friendship, romance fiction [X], dysfunctional families, best friends, family problems, juvenile fiction / love & romance, juvenile fiction / family / siblings, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, juvenile fiction / family / parents, families [X], electronic books, electronic books
Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies
"A paranormal suspense novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who can reach inside people and steal their innermost things--fears, memories, scars, even love--and his family's secret ritual that for centuries has kept the cliff above their small town from collapsing"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: magic, families [X], family life, juvenile fiction / fantasy & magic, juvenile fiction / love & romance, juvenile fiction / social issues / values & virtues, electronic books, paranormal fiction, romance fiction [X], electronic books
You Don't Know My Name
Sixteen-year-old Reagan, raised to be an elite spy, is torn between honoring her family's legacy and living a normal life with the boy she loves.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: family life, rescue work, action and adventure fiction, romance fiction [X], spy fiction, families [X], rescues, spies
When Dimple Met Rishi
When Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel meet at a Stanford University summer program, Dimple is avoiding her parents' obsession with "marriage prospects" but Rishi hopes to woo her into accepting an arranged marriage with him.
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year:
copies: 82
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: arranged marriage, dating (social customs), east indian americans, families [X], romance fiction [X], family life, marriage, indian americans
Illusion
"Barrie must rescue her beloved and her family from evil spirits that cursed Watson Island centuries ago"--.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: families [X], spirits, blessing and cursing, orphans, islands, family life, juvenile fiction / legends, myths, fables / general, juvenile fiction / family / general (see also headings under social issues), juvenile fiction / love & romance, south carolina, romance fiction [X], paranormal fiction
Lucky In Love
"Maddie is a hard working high school senior, waiting to hear from the colleges she applied to, when on a whim she buys a lottery ticket and wins; suddenly she is the center of everybody's attention, including her struggling family, and not necessarily in a good way--only Seth Nguyen, her charming coworker at the local zoo, seems oblivious to her luck, and Maddie is not sure whether telling him will change their developing relationship"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
subjects: brothers and sisters, families [X], fortune, friendship, interpersonal relations, lottery winners, family life, lotteries, luck, siblings, success, juvenile fiction / social themes / friendship, juvenile fiction / love & romance, juvenile fiction / family, love stories, romance fiction [X], juvenile works, fiction, fate and fatalism
Eligible
"A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice...Returning with her sister, Jane, to their Ohio hometown when their father falls ill, New York magazine editor Lizzy Bennett confronts challenges in the form of her younger sisters' football fangirl antics, a creepy cousin's unwanted attentions and the infuriating standoffish manners of a handsome neurosurgeon.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
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Every Hidden Thing
In the late nineteenth century, a budding romance develops between Rachel and Samuel, two teenagers from rival families of fossil hunters heading out to the badlands in seach of a rare dinosaur skeleton.
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year: 2016
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: love, families [X], paleontology, fossils, dinosaurs, badlands (s.d. and neb.), romance fiction [X], historical fiction
The Education Of Margot Sanchez
Margot Sanchez is paying off her debts by working in her family's South Bronx grocery store, but she must make the right choices about her friends, her family, and Moises, the good looking but outspoken boy from the neighborhood.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: hispanic americans, conduct of life, families [X], family life, juvenile fiction / social issues / general (see also headings under family), juvenile fiction / love & romance, juvenile fiction / family / general (see also headings under social issues), bronx (new york, n.y.), romance fiction [X], love
Nickel
Coy learns that leaning on his best friend, Monroe, a girl obsessed with eighties culture, is helping him cope with his mom's stint in rehab, but when Monroe contracts a mysterious illness, Coy has to learn how to not give up on his friend and family.
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year:
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
The Lines We Cross
Michael's parents are leaders of a new anti-immigrant political party called Aussie Values which is trying to halt the flood of refugees from the Middle East; Mina fled Afghanistan with her family ten years ago, and just wants to concentrate on fitting in and getting into college--but the mutual attraction they feel demands that they come to terms with their family's concerns and decide where they stand in the ugly anti-Muslim politics of the time.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 40
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: refugees, muslim families, families [X], interpersonal attraction, family life, interpersonal relations, australia, romance fiction [X], muslims