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Shortlisted for the British Book Awards, Richard and Judy Best Read, 2007.
A Richard and Judy Book Club Selection.
Leonard is an eerily wise five-year-old boy with the ability to captivate everyone he meets. Pearl is Leonard's devoted teenage mother, desperately trying to hide a violent secret from her past. Mitch is Leonard's 25-year-old next-door neighbour.

A war widow and a neglected boy form a chosen family in a profoundly moving multigenerational saga about the transformative power of kindness by New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde. It’s 1970 in rural California where Shirley Bennett, a forty-year-old Vietnam War widow, lives...

Freakishly smart. That’s the unwelcome box Ru Evans is put into for life. After all, she taught herself Euclidean geometry at age seven, has an eidetic memory, and is about to enter college at thirteen years old. Boarding at a house near campus 150 miles from home, Ru meets seventeen-year-old Gabriel, an outsider himself who, like Ru, has trouble making friends—until they form a fast sibling-like bond. Finding a relatable someone in the world to talk to is a first for both of them.

Maggie Blount, divorced mother of two and California physician, puts her private practice on hold when disaster strikes. Doctors on Wheels takes her and Alex—Maggie’s professional and romantic partner—wherever they’re needed. After rolling into rural Louisiana in the wake of a category five hurricane, Maggie immediately bonds with two sisters and their puppy, all orphaned by the storm. It’s enough to break Maggie’s heart, and she’s not leaving them behind.

When nineteen-year-old Jill Moss goes missing near the Utah-Arizona border, everyone has an opinion. Only Norma Gallagher, a search and rescue volunteer, knows the real story. Norma’s already found Jill, huddled in a cave and terrified that her abusive boyfriend, Jake, will kill her. If he ever sees her again. To protect Jill from a dangerous man, Norma quietly delivers the girl to her grateful parents in California, even though she’s conflicted. Keeping Jill safe and hidden from Jake, the press, and the public will be their secret. But secrets can’t last forever.

Out there is chaos, the collapse of society, and so much to be afraid of. All that matters is freedom. That’s what Remy Blake has been taught by his survivalist father. Raised off the grid in the middle of nowhere, his own survival skills not yet honed, Remy is days shy of his eighth birthday when his father unexpectedly dies. As seasons pass, supplies run out, and fending for himself grows more desperate, Remy sets out on foot, unprepared for the great unknown of civilization.

Lewis Madigan is young, gay, out of work, and getting antsy when he’s roped into providing end-of-life care for his insufferable homophobic neighbor, Chester Wheeler. Lewis doesn’t need the aggravation, just the money. The only requirements: run errands, be on call, and put up with a miserable old churl no one else in Buffalo can bear. After exchanging barbs, bickering, baiting, and pushing buttons, Chester hits Lewis with the big ask. Lewis can’t say no to a dying wish.

Never knowing his parents, eleven-year-old Stewie Little and his brother have been raised on a farm by their older sister. Stewie steadfastly tends the chickens left by his beloved late grandmother. And every day Stewie goes door to door selling fresh eggs from his wagon—a routine with a surprise just around the corner. It’s his new customer, Marilyn. She’s prickly and guarded, yet comfortably familiar—she reminds the grieving Stewie so much of the grandmother he misses more than he can express.

An immediate bestseller when first published, Pay It Forward captured hearts all over the world, became a wildly popular film, and spawned a generation of increased altruism. This anniversary edition includes a new introduction by the author. It takes an inspiring and moving tale of a young boy...

Roseanna führt eine erfolgreiche Anwaltskanzlei in Manhattan. Doch als ihre beste Freundin unerwartet stirbt, will sie so wie bisher nicht weitermachen. Ohne Ziel fährt sie los und stößt in den Ausläufern der Adirondack Mountains auf eine alte Farm - den perfekten Ort, um ein neues Leben anzufangen. Doch das dazugehörende Stück Land steckt voller Möglichkeiten und Überraschungen, darunter eine Mutter mit ihrer kleinen Tochter, die hier unerlaubt wohnen. Obwohl Gesellschaft das Letzte ist, was Roseanna will, freundet sie sich mit den beiden an.

Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter sucht die junge Sarah Zuflucht im Strandhaus ihrer Großmutter Constance. Während diese alles unternimmt, um das Sorgerecht für die Enkelin zu bekommen, verbringt Sarah viel Zeit allein am Strand. Eines Tages lernt sie dort die sensible, sehr kluge Faith kennen, die vor ihrem übergriffigen Ehemann geflohen ist und sich gut einfühlen kann in die Ängste des jungen Mädchens. Als die Vergangenheit sie beide einholt, müssen sie den kleinen Küstenort verlassen - auch wenn sie nicht wissen, wo es eigentlich hingehen soll.

Der neue berührende Roman von Bestsellerautorin Catherine Ryan Hyde. Die resolute Witwe Bea kommt finanziell gerade so über die Runden, bis sie einem Betrug zum Opfer fällt und plötzlich alles verliert. Entschlossen begibt sie sich in ihrem alten Lieferwagen auf die Reise, um sich das zurückzuholen, was ihr gehört - koste es, was es wolle. Unterdessen muss die aus gutem Hause kommende Allie mit ansehen, wie ihre Eltern wegen Steuerhinterziehung verhaftet werden. Daraufhin landet sie in einer Wohngruppe für Jugendliche und versucht verzweifelt, sich in ihrer neuen Realität zurechtzufinden.

Der Highschool-Lehrer August Schroeder hat nach dem Tod seines siebzehnjährigen Sohnes nur ein Ziel: Er will die gemeinsam geplante Reise nun allein unternehmen, um etwas von der Asche seines Sohnes im Yellowstone-Nationalpark zu verstreuen. Doch schon bald sieht es ganz so aus, als wollte ihm das Schicksal einen Strich durch die Rechnung machen. Sein Wohnmobil bleibt mitten im Nirgendwo liegen, und die Reparaturkosten würden sein Budget für diese ihm so wichtige Reise sprengen.

Die vierzehnjährige Angie kümmert sich rührend um ihre kleine autistische Schwester Sophie. Deren stundenlange laute Schreie machen es jedoch fast unmöglich, längerfristig eine Wohnung zu behalten. Erst als sie als ungeliebte Untermieter bei ihrer Tante Vi die Deutsche Dogge Rigby als Nachbarin bekommen, findet Sophie etwas Ruhe. Der Kontakt zu der großen schwarzen Hündin beendet die ewigen Schreiattacken und macht so auch Angies Leben einfacher.

Gerade erst in eine Kleinstadt gezogen, haben sich Jackie und Paula ein ruhiges Leben für ihre Kinder vorgestellt, den kleinen Adoptivsohn und die zwei Pflegekinder im Teenageralter. Jedoch kommt es recht bald zu einem Zusammenstoß mit ihrer Nachbarin Clementine, die Jackies und Paulas Lebensstil ablehnend gegenübersteht und es nicht gerne sieht, dass sich das problematische Nachbarskind Star mit ihrem temperamentvollen Pferd Comet anfreundet.

Vida is only 19, but she knows a lot about dying. Her weak heart has kept her on the edge of death her whole life. It hasn't been much of a life. Thanks to her overprotective mother, Vida's only friend is Esther, an elderly Holocaust survivor who lives upstairs. Vida's heart is finally about to give out unless she can get a donor heart in time. Richard is 36 and blissfully married until he gets the call that his beloved wife has died in a car accident. His world falls to pieces.

Fourteen-year-old Angie and her mom are poised at the edge of homelessness...again. The problem is her little sister, Sophie. Sophie has an autism-like disorder and a tendency to shriek. No matter where they live, home never seems to last long. Until they move in with Aunt Vi, across the fence from a huge, black Great Dane who changes everything.

Ruth and her little brother, Aubrey, are just teenagers when their older brother ships off to Iraq. When Joseph returns, uninjured, only three and a half months later, Ruth is happy he is safe but also deeply worried. How can it be that her courageous big brother has been dishonorably discharged for refusing to go out on duty? Aubrey can't believe that his hero doesn't have very good reasons.

New to a small town, Jackie and Paula envision a quiet life for their kids: a young adopted son and two teenage foster children, including the troubled Star. However, they quickly butt heads with their neighbor, Clementine, who disapproves of their lifestyle and is incensed when Star befriends her spirited horse, Comet. Haunted by past tragedy and unable to properly care for Comet, Clem nevertheless resents the bond Star soon shares with the horse.

No longer tolerating her husband’s borderline abuse, Faith escapes to her parents’ California beach house to plan her next move. She never dreamed her new chapter would involve befriending Sarah, a fourteen-year-old on the run from her father and reeling from her mother’s sudden and suspicious death. While Sarah’s grandmother scrambles to get custody, Faith is charged with spiriting the girl away on a journey that will restore her hope: Sarah implores Faith to take her to Falkner’s Midnight Sun, the prized black mare that her father sold out from under her.