Love, Lucie x / by Conlon-McKenna, Marita, author 539569

“…Lucie feels like her world is falling apart; her mother has just died of cancer and she is facing the most difficult time of her life. …”

SCHOOL OF THIEVES / by Sabrina Ismail, author 655830, Naadhira Zahari, editor 655828

“…Amra DeSilva left school when she was young and became the sole bread winner of her family. When life hits her hard, she has no choice but to do dirty thief work in order to make ends meet. …”

REVENGE IN VIOLENT HUES / by Nadiah Zakaria, author 655918

“…Amalia Maganti can communicate with ghosts ever since the mysterious death of her father six years ago. On the night of her 18th birthday, she discovers that her father’s paintings are portals to the hidden realm—a direct entry to the different parts of Gemerlapan, right beneath her abusive mother’s nose. …”

Six Crimson Cranes / by Lim, Elizabeth, author 655947, Penguin Random House (Online service) 655978

“…Forbidden magic runs through her veins. Normally she conceals it well, but on the morning of her betrothal ceremony, Shiori loses control. …”
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Sold To Be A Wife : ONLY A DETERMINED FOSTER CARER CAN STOP A TERRIFIED GIRL FROM BECOMING A CHILD BRIDE / by Hartley, Maggie, author 656233

“…Fourteen-year-old Shazia has been taken into care after a conversation at school leads her teacher to suspect that the teenager's family are planning to send her to Pakistan for an arranged marriage. …”

THE DREAMS WE HARVEST / by Aidil Azizul, author 655919

“…After Covid-19 hits and most businesses begin to reopen, Hanan finds her family in a difficult situation. Living a humble life in a small town in Cameron Highlands, she and her mother, Puan Nafisah, grapple with the daunting task of keeping their family’s business afloat all the while trying to keep her late father’s culinary legacy alive. …”

Encore Valentine / by Adriani Trigiani, author 656192

“…Valentine's dreams are dashed when her grandmother names her brother and nemesis Alfred her partner at Angelini Shoes. …”

DUMPLIN' / by Murphy, Julie, 1985- author 616876

“…Sixteen-year-old Willowdean wants to prove to everyone in her small Texas town that she is more than just a fat girl, so, while grappling with her feelings for a co-worker who is clearly attracted to her, Will and some other misfits prepare to compete in the beauty pageant her mother runs.…”

Love and Other Words / by Lauren, Christina, author 593883, Little, Brown Book Group (Online service) 655987

“…Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as a new pediatrics resident, plan her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keep her head down and heart tucked away. …”
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Our Tethered Skates / by Naadhira Zahari, author 655828, Naadhira Zahari, editor 655828

“…Layla has been living in the shadow of her sister who mysteriously disappeared ten years ago. …”

A still small voice by Yeow, Siobhan Ying Hong

“…A still small voice charts the artist’s attempts at finding herself and her own voice, far removed from her family while on exchange at the Royal College of Art in London. …”
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An assimilation of experience. by Mehraj Nisha.

“…She shook her head and continued digging through her handbag for her purse, frustrated, wondering if she had left it on the train. …”
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Educated : a memoir / by Westover, Tara 1986- 656335, author

“…When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. …”

Investigation of low temperature wafer bonding using intermediate layer by Deng, Shusheng

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Upstream : Selected Essays / by Oliver, Mary, 1963-2019, author 656023, Penguin Publishing Group (Online service) 655981

“…Emphasizing the significance of her childhood “friend” Walt Whitman, through whose work she first understood that a poem is a temple, “a place to enter, and in which to feel,” and who encouraged her to vanish into the world of her writing, Oliver meditates on the forces that allowed her to create a life for herself out of work and love. …”
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Exploring WAP technology to enhance online discussion by Lee, Chwee Beng.

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Geobarrier system for use in underground structure by Leong, Eng Choon, Zhai, Qian, Tan, Sze Tiong, Wang, Chien Looi, Lim, Vincent Han, Kew, Jernice Huiling, Seow, Wei Kiong, Wong, Johnny Liang Heng, Rahardjo, Harianto, Satyanaga, Alfrendo, Gofar, Nurly, Mohamed, Haneena

“…On the other hand, the negative pore-water pressure contributes additional shear strength to the unsaturated soil. As water infiltrates into the slope, pore-water pressure in the slope increases (matric suction decreases), and the additional shear strength due to matric suction will decrease or even disappear, causing the slope to be more susceptible to failure. …”
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Taking Flight: FROM WAR ORPHAN TO STAR BALLERINA/ by Deprince, Michaela, author 656399, Deprince, Elaine, author 656400

“…Michaela DePrince was known as girl Number 27 at the orphanage, where she was abandoned at a young age and tormented as a "devil child" for a skin condition that makes her skin appear spotted. But it was at the orphanage that Michaela would find a picture of a beautiful ballerina en pointe that would help change the course of her life. …”

THE MARRIAGE PLOT / by Eugenides, Jeffrey, author 375385

“…Madeleine was the girl who dressed a little too nicely for the taste of her more Bohemian friends, the perfect girlfriend whose college love life, despite her good looks, hadn't lived up to expectations. …”

Caraval / by Garber, Stephanie, author 655982, Macmillan Books (Online service) 655983

“…Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval—the faraway, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show—are over. …”
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