Central Kansas Library System

"When Dahlia decided to become a foster mother, she had a few caveats: no howling newborns, no delinquents, and above all, no girls. A harrowing incident years before left her a virtual prisoner in her own home, forever wary of the heartbreak and limitation of a girl's life. Eleven years after they began fostering, Dahlia and Louie consider their family complete, but when the social worker begs them to take a young girl who has been horrifically abused...

Describes the daily life, family, school, friends, amusements, and chores of two Aymara Indian brothers living on a high plain in the Peruvian Andes.

"The mountain wilderness of her family's home in the Canadian Rockies is all Hannah Grant has ever known. Now at the age of twenty-four, she's on a journey to help her father to find the son he gave up for adoption three decades before. This is Hannah's chance to discover the life she's missed out on so far--and hopefully find a husband along the way. But she certainly doesn't plan to fall for the first man she meets. Years in the cavalry provided...

A boy who hates bears is transformed into a bear and forced to see the world through the eyes of his former enemy.

Brother Bear: When a young hunter needlessly kills a bear he is magically transformed into a bear as punishment with a talkative bear cub as his guide. Brother bear 2: Kenai and Koda are joined by an old female friend of Kenai named Nita who needs the help of Kenai on a quest.