Child Marriage

Laura et Marie-Douce sont des camarades de classe. La première est populaire, tandis que la seconde se fond dans le décor. Marie-Douce admire Laura en silence et rêve de lui ressembler, mais Laura n'a pas du tout envie de lui adresser la parole.

February 1948. Ruth has been whisked off to the lonely Rook Farm to investigate the discovery of long-buried treasure with her mother. But at the farmhouse, she finds secrets lurk around every corner. Joe, the farmer's son, is hiding something about the treasure, while land girl Audrey watches their every move. But before Ruth can find out more, the treasure is stolen. With a storm coming, Ruth must race to uncover the secrets of the treasure keepers before all their lives are changed forever.

Sona and her friends are eager for their midterm break to begin, but Sona’s plans to write a book and go on adventures are pushed aside when her teacher, Miss Rao, announces that she’s getting married—and Sona and her classmates are all invited! But Sona’s excitement sours when she and her friends realize that after the wedding, Miss Rao might go to live with her husband in a different city. What if she never returns? Sona wishes Miss Rao would never get married!

It's the start of a new school year, and Wren Jo Byrd is worried that everyone will find out her parents separated over the summer. No one knows the truth, not even her best friend, Amber. When even her new teacher refers to her mom as Mrs. Byrd, Wren decides to keep their divorce a total secret. But something else changed over the summer: A new girl named Marianna moved to town and wants to be Amber's next bff. And because of her fib, Wren can't do anything about it.

Children of separating or divorcing parents often feel alone and alienated, as though no one understands what they’re going through. They need reassurance that their feelings are normal, and age-appropriate answers to their many questions. But divorce is confusing and overwhelming—thinking and talking about it are hard, for kids and grown-ups alike. Kate Scharff (a child of divorce herself) addresses many of kids’ common concerns, such as navigating life in two homes, feeling pressured to choose sides, and adjusting when parents date or remarry.

Two worlds collide... For the first time in the long histories of two families, a night is coming when both will be present with their eyes on the same prize. On one side is a family who work theft with precision. They have the charisma and charm to create an image … an illusion. When they're around, something can be there one minute and gone the next, never to be seen again. On the other side is a family with members who are rash, impatient and violent. They won't pretend to be what they're not and they waste no time on such things as charm. On one night a clash of methods will result in...

Parenting today is confronted by complex societal challenges and redefinition of traditional norms and values. At the same time, the interminably evolving technology fronts new opportunities for parents to positively prepare their children for an ever changing world. However, although life principles remain steadfast, fashions, tastes and preferences keep changing. Parenting today therefore calls for a paradigm shift in our parental approaches. This book will help you re-examine your parental frame of reference to raise your children by understanding their needs, protecting them emotionally...

Sam and Vivian Tucker take on emotions that can make or break relationships. They tackle an angry vet searching for sheep rustlers while hiding a thirty-year-old family secret; a terrified rape victim searching for a one-of a kind cat; screaming peacocks tormenting a grieving widow, a bitter bookstore owner trying to understand why an author won't come to her store; two young entrepreneurs trying to catch a con man; and a jeweler stunned to discover her heirloom brooch may have a dangerous past. Red: Sheep Gone Astray Yellow: Kittens in My Kiln Blue: As the Peacocks Scream Orange: ...

Strictly speaking, 'Sweet Chocolate', first part of the trilogy together with 'Ramblings' and 'Towards the End of the Night', is one of the countless variations of Billy Wilder's 'boy meets girl'.But it's not that simple - is the beginning the end or the end the beginning? There are time leaps, flashbacks, changes of perspective, and even overlaps caused by them. Reality, dreams and prophecies, inner monologue, dialogues, and chats. Helpful, puzzling, or completely missing chapter headings ... Sounds like a labyrinth and hopeless confusion - but surprisingly it's not at all. The narrative ...

Belangrijk verhaal van meesterverteller Jacques Vriens over familie, vreugde, verdriet en voor jezelf opkomen. 'Je vertelt het niet!' zei ik tegen Joeri. 'Dat doe ik wel!' Met overdreven grote passen liep mijn broer door. Ik hield hem met moeite bij. 'Doe nou niet zo eigenwijs, misschien komt het nog goed.' We waren door het park op weg naar school. Het was herfst en de bladeren aan de bomen waren geel. De lucht was treurig grijs. Er dreigde regen en ik dacht: echt echtscheidingsweer.

Will Melody and Reid's Christmas wedding go off without a hitch, or will a snowstorm make it a silent night? Ever since Reid Perry proposed to her at a Fourth of July party, Melody's been thinking about becoming his wife and finally having Michael, Reid's son, call her mommy for the first time. But when a sudden snowstorm leaves Reid trapped in the mountains, Melody fears the wedding will never take place. Through the help of her friends and an unexpected guest, Melody begins to discover that sometimes the miracle we want isn't always the miracle we need.

Developed by experts in the fields of early childhood and activism against injustice, this topic-driven board book offers clear, concrete language that young children can grasp and adults can leverage for further discussion.

After nearly a year of crazy, things have finally settled down for Lucy B. Parker. But then Lucy's mom and soon-to-be stepdad announce that they're finally getting married - in a month - and Lucy's life turns upside down. Wedding planning is hard enough, but when a reality TV crew ends up following the family around while it's happening, the results are disastrous. Can Lucy save her mom's wedding - and the family? Or will everything fall apart?

A girl with a wish. A man raising his daughter alone. A woman who goes to the most remote place she can find. Mandy's world is turned upside down when her boyfriend blindsides her with a shocking revelation instead of a proposal. Desperate to escape the heartache, she takes a summer nanny job in Fairbanks, Alaska. Darren is raising his daughter alone. Since his job on the North Slope keeps him away for days at a time there's no other solution except to send his daughter Katie to the lower 48 for the summer. Katie desperately wants to stay in Fairbanks with her father, so she takes matters ...

Twelve-year-old Anna’s parents are going through a rough patch, but Anna can’t let them split up. Not when it might mean living apart from Anto, her twin brother. Anto might be a boy, and he might not speak (except using Lego bricks), and he might carry a coat hanger about like it's his closest friend, but that doesn’t stop the two of them being like peas in a pod. It’s a twin thing, and nobody’s going to separate them.

This is a story from the More Tales from the Greek Legends collection.

This Coretta Scott King Honor book for young adults from best-selling and award-winning author Nikki Grimes uses free-verse poetry to tell the dual stories of Sam, a teen whose dad leaves him and his mother for another woman, and Ishmael, the son of Abraham, who must deal with a different type of rejection when Isaac arrives.

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - March 2021 Bill And The Tooth Fairy: An adult loses a tooth and attempts to appease the tooth fairy. Sienna's Monster: A troubled girl leaves for college and is forced to come to terms with the monster that haunts her nightmares. Soon The Sentence Sign: A bar fight turns into a brush with the colonial AI driven judicial system. Echo: A woman wakes up to find she was "saved" by being put into the body of a robot with far fewer human rights than she is accustomed. StarStuck: The first child in 1,000 years is born to the "Great Purveyors of Reason" and ...

Not all love stories have a happily ever after.... All Lydia de Lisle Edwards wants from her new marriage is to love and be loved by the handsome man who rescued her from the embarrassing, and potentially life shattering, ramifications of conceiving a child out of wedlock. However, as Lydia gets to know Isaac Edwards, along with the strange woman who serves as a mother-figure to her new husband, and the terrifying doctor specializing in women's health--particularly hysteria--Lydia begins to realize this marriage might just be her undoing. An exploration into the struggles of being a woman ...

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